March 22, 2021 – Page 3 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Venezuela says natural gas plant explosion was ‘terrorist attack’ targeting sanctioned state-run energy company (VIDEOS)

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

The Venezuelan petroleum minister said that Saturday’s powerful explosion and blaze at a gas plant was the result of a terrorist attack. The plant belongs to the state-run energy company (PDVSA), which was sanctioned by the US. … Read More >Venezuela says natural gas plant explosion was ‘terrorist attack’ targeting sanctioned state-run energy company (VIDEOS)

Israel seizes Palestinian foreign minister’s travel permit after visit to International Criminal Court over war crimes probe

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, who was returning to the West Bank from a meeting at the International Criminal Court (ICC), was held up at a border crossing and got his VIP travel permit revoked by Israel. … Read More >Israel seizes Palestinian foreign minister’s travel permit after visit to International Criminal Court over war crimes probe

Russia

After Biden snubs debate offer, Putin brings defense minister Shoigu for pre-planned getaway in remote Siberian wilderness (VIDEO)

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent the weekend in Siberia following a turbulent week in which his US counterpart, Joe Biden, suggested he was “a killer” and subsequently refused a challenge to have a live streamed debate. … Read More >After Biden snubs debate offer, Putin brings defense minister Shoigu for pre-planned getaway in remote Siberian wilderness (VIDEO)

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Making Covid-19 vaccines political was huge mistake on part of EU, Hungary’s FM Szijjarto tells RT after getting his Sputnik V jab

Posted on March 22, 2021By Editor

Hungary’s experience with the joint EU vaccination program has been frustrating, with Brussels failing to provide a steady supply of jabs. Instead, Budapest has secured vaccine’s elsewhere, the country’s foreign minister has said. … Read More >Making Covid-19 vaccines political was huge mistake on part of EU, Hungary’s FM Szijjarto tells RT after getting his Sputnik V jab

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Hungarian foreign minister becomes first EU politician to take Russia’s Sputnik V, gets vaccine live on camera

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

Peter Szijjarto has become the first EU official to receive the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, as his nation prepares to receive another batch of hundreds of thousands of doses from Russia. … Read More >Hungarian foreign minister becomes first EU politician to take Russia’s Sputnik V, gets vaccine live on camera

EU

‘We need to think more freely’: Bavarian PM mulls producing Sputnik V in Germany as Russian pharma announces investment plans

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder has once again called for the speedy approval of Russia’s Sputnik V as his government considers vaccine production in the German state, and a Russian company plans to invest in it. … Read More >‘We need to think more freely’: Bavarian PM mulls producing Sputnik V in Germany as Russian pharma announces investment plans

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‘Fulfil your contract’: EU Commission chief threatens AstraZeneca with Covid vaccine export ban

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

Ursula von der Leyen has warned pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that the European Union would consider a complete export ban on its Covid-19 vaccine if it doesn’t supply the bloc with the jabs before other nations. … Read More >‘Fulfil your contract’: EU Commission chief threatens AstraZeneca with Covid vaccine export ban

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Blood clots & one death reported in Denmark after hospital staffers take AstraZeneca vaccine

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

Two hospital staffers in Denmark experienced blood clots and cerebral haemorrhaging after they were vaccinated against Covid-19 with AstraZeneca’s jab. One has since died. … Read More >Blood clots & one death reported in Denmark after hospital staffers take AstraZeneca vaccine

Health

Researchers say AstraZeneca vaccine can cause thrombosis in BRAIN in ‘rare’ cases as WHO says it is ‘not certain’ about it

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

German scientists have found out that administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine could potentially produce antibodies that would in turn stimulate formation of blood clots in “rare” cases as the WHO sees no such “causal” link. … Read More >Researchers say AstraZeneca vaccine can cause thrombosis in BRAIN in ‘rare’ cases as WHO says it is ‘not certain’ about it

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Dutch police shower anti-lockdown protesters with water cannons after crowd assembles near Van Gogh Museum (VIDEOS)

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

Amsterdam police deployed two water cannons and officers in riot gear to prevent an unpermitted protest against Covid-19 restrictions, ultimately making the crowd leave the area. … Read More >Dutch police shower anti-lockdown protesters with water cannons after crowd assembles near Van Gogh Museum (VIDEOS)