March 7, 2021 – Page 3 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

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WATCH: People flee to higher ground, boats rush to safer waters after New Zealand says tsunami evacuation ‘overrides’ Covid alert

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

Coastal areas of New Zealand were under evacuation orders for several hours after a series of powerful earthquakes, sending residents fleeing to safety as officials said the emergency overrode the country’s Covid-19 restrictions. … Read More >WATCH: People flee to higher ground, boats rush to safer waters after New Zealand says tsunami evacuation ‘overrides’ Covid alert

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Australian national broadcaster stops airing Chinese state-run TV over human rights concerns

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

Australian national TV network SBS has announced that it will no longer broadcast content from CGTN and CCTV, China’s state-run TV channels, over claims that the stations aired dozens of forced confessions from prisoners. … Read More >Australian national broadcaster stops airing Chinese state-run TV over human rights concerns

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Ban vaccine export? We can do the same, French minister says, after Italy stopped AstraZeneca shipment to Australia

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

France could take a cue from Italy and ban the export of Covid-19 vaccines, the French health minister said. Italy blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca jabs to Australia under the EU’s anti-shortfall rules. … Read More >Ban vaccine export? We can do the same, French minister says, after Italy stopped AstraZeneca shipment to Australia

At least one dead in Mandalay as anti-coup protests persist in Myanmar (VIDEOS)

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

Another fatality has been reported in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city, as security forces opened fire on demonstrators protesting against the military government that took power over a month ago. … Read More >At least one dead in Mandalay as anti-coup protests persist in Myanmar (VIDEOS)

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‘Unbridled crisis situation’: Australian PM says he understands Italy’s export block on 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines

Posted on March 7, 2021By Editor

Australia’s prime minister has brushed off Italy’s decision to block the export of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines as the EU continues to try to limit deliveries to other countries to address a shortage of doses across the continent. … Read More >‘Unbridled crisis situation’: Australian PM says he understands Italy’s export block on 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard thwarts hijacking attempt to fly Iran Air plane across Persian Gulf – media

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

Iran’s IRGC reportedly stopped the attempted hijacking of a passenger plane in the Islamic Republic. The perpetrator, who was arrested, allegedly wanted to take a Fokker 100 aircraft south across the Persian Gulf. … Read More >Iran’s Revolutionary Guard thwarts hijacking attempt to fly Iran Air plane across Persian Gulf – media

Pope Francis begins historic trip to Iraq in first papal visit to the Middle Eastern nation (VIDEO)

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

Pope Francis has arrived in Baghdad as he begins a historic trip to Iraq, in the first-ever papal visit to the nation and his first international trip in more than a year, after remaining at the Vatican during the Covid pandemic. … Read More >Pope Francis begins historic trip to Iraq in first papal visit to the Middle Eastern nation (VIDEO)

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Greenpeace activists sneak onto airport tarmac & vandalize Air France jet, raising security concerns (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

An Air France jet received a partial paint job after Greenpeace activists infiltrated Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport. Social media users expressed bafflement over how such a brazen act of vandalism was possible. … Read More >Greenpeace activists sneak onto airport tarmac & vandalize Air France jet, raising security concerns (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

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20 killed in Somali capital after suicide car bomb detonates outside restaurant

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu. The incident occured on the same day Somali Islamist militants stormed a jail in the semi-atonomus Puntland state. … Read More >20 killed in Somali capital after suicide car bomb detonates outside restaurant

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South Africa in talks with African Union to buy 10 million Covid vaccines after initial AstraZeneca order proves ‘disappointing’

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

South Africa’s Health Ministry has revealed it’s in talks with the African Union (AU) to buy 10 million Covid vaccines after an initial order of AstraZeneca vaccines proved “disappointing” in fighting the new variant of the virus. … Read More >South Africa in talks with African Union to buy 10 million Covid vaccines after initial AstraZeneca order proves ‘disappointing’