March 2021 – Page 8 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Antigua and Barbuda Becomes 57th Country to Register Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine, RDIF Says

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

Antigua and Barbuda’s health ministry has registered Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Friday. … Read More >Antigua and Barbuda Becomes 57th Country to Register Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine, RDIF Says

Latin America

Anez Open Letter Suffers ‘Total Amnesia’ of Bolivian Coup Human Rights Violations, Spokeswoman Says

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

A press statement from a major Bolivian organisation representing indigenous communities had slammed an open letter from an ex-government official involved in a 2019 coup, which led to political and economic instability for months prior to Bolivian President Luis Arce’s election last year. … Read More >Anez Open Letter Suffers ‘Total Amnesia’ of Bolivian Coup Human Rights Violations, Spokeswoman Says

Latin America

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Guaido Infected With COVID-19

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

Venezuelan political opposition leader Juan Guaido announced that he has contracted the coronavirus but with mild symptoms. … Read More >Venezuelan Opposition Leader Guaido Infected With COVID-19

World

Five Killed, 1 Injured in Helicopter Crash in Alaska

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

A helicopter crash in the area of Knik Glacier, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of the Alaskan city of Anchorage, left five people dead and one severely injured, the Alaska Department of Public Safety said. … Read More >Five Killed, 1 Injured in Helicopter Crash in Alaska

USA

Biden Risking ‘Class War’ With New Corporation Tax Hikes, Says Former White House Advisor

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

US President Joe Biden is reportedly set to introduce the first major federal tax increase in nearly 30 years as a means of funding long-term economic recovery in a subsequent measure to his pandemic-relief bill. … Read More >Biden Risking ‘Class War’ With New Corporation Tax Hikes, Says Former White House Advisor

Latin America

Maduro Slams Facebook For Banning Him, Calling It ‘Digital Totalitarianism’

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro posted a video in his Facebook account in January announcing that a Venezuelan medication called Carvativir would heal the COVID-19 disease. … Read More >Maduro Slams Facebook For Banning Him, Calling It ‘Digital Totalitarianism’

Middle East

Water fight: Israel turns off Jordan’s water supply amid drought and ‘personal frictions’, media reports

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

Already in trouble with Jordan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu escalated tensions with his country’s closest Arab ally on Friday by unilaterally rejecting its request to increase water supply to the drought-hit kingdom. … Read More >Water fight: Israel turns off Jordan’s water supply amid drought and ‘personal frictions’, media reports

World

At least 1 dead after knife-wielding attacker goes on stabbing rampage at Canadian library

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

At least one person was killed and several injured after a man armed with a knife charged at people inside and outside a public library in North Vancouver, Canada. The suspect has been apprehended. … Read More >At least 1 dead after knife-wielding attacker goes on stabbing rampage at Canadian library

World

Australian politicians propose drug testing and breathalyzers to make parliament ‘best possible workplace’

Posted on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021By Editor

A proposal by two Australian politicians to conduct drug and alcohol testing in parliament has caused controversy on social media as critics fling accusations of ‘whataboutery’, while supporters say it’s about time! … Read More >Australian politicians propose drug testing and breathalyzers to make parliament ‘best possible workplace’

Asia & Pacific

14 injured after Catholic church in Indonesia hit by suicide bomb attack (VIDEOS)

Posted on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021By Editor

A bomb went off outside a Catholic church in the city of Makassar, on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, during Sunday service. Police believe it was a suicide attack. … Read More >14 injured after Catholic church in Indonesia hit by suicide bomb attack (VIDEOS)

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