April 19, 2021 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Australian PM announces inquiry after public outrage over rising military suicides

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that a Royal Commission will be established to investigate the rising number of suicides among military personnel, after public outrage pressured the government to act. … Read More >Australian PM announces inquiry after public outrage over rising military suicides

Asia & Pacific

Delhi to enter 6-day lockdown as Covid-19 worries increase

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

From Monday night, the Indian capital will be under a strict lockdown for six days, amid growing Covid-19 concerns. These include a lack of hospital beds and medical supplies to treat the growing number of people with coronavirus. … Read More >Delhi to enter 6-day lockdown as Covid-19 worries increase

Asia & Pacific

In nod to China, New Zealand’s foreign minister says it is ‘uncomfortable’ with ‘expanding’ role of US-led ‘Five Eyes’ spy network

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

In a major acknowledgement of China’s concerns, New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said her country is “uncomfortable” with the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance’s efforts to expand its scope into dictating policy. … Read More >In nod to China, New Zealand’s foreign minister says it is ‘uncomfortable’ with ‘expanding’ role of US-led ‘Five Eyes’ spy network

Asia & Pacific

11 police freed after violent anti-blasphemy protests in Pakistan as Muslim hardliners demand official boycott of France

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

Pakistan’s interior minister has confirmed that 11 police officers who were taken hostage by Islamist radicals during violent anti-France demonstrations last weekend have been released but more talks are needed to resolve issues. … Read More >11 police freed after violent anti-blasphemy protests in Pakistan as Muslim hardliners demand official boycott of France

Asia & Pacific

Singapore anti-drugs agents make largest drugs seizure in decades with $1.7 million haul

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

Singapore’s anti-drugs authority announced on Monday that it has seized the nation’s largest haul of illegal substances in 25 years, after busting an attempt to distribute around US$1.7 million worth of narcotics. … Read More >Singapore anti-drugs agents make largest drugs seizure in decades with $1.7 million haul

Will teachers call cops on anti-Semitic kids? Swedish government accused of gaslighting over proposed Holocaust denial ban

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

The Swedish government wants to make Holocaust denial a criminal offense. Critics see it as a virtue-signaling exercise that fails to address actual hate problems in the country. … Read More >Will teachers call cops on anti-Semitic kids? Swedish government accused of gaslighting over proposed Holocaust denial ban

Journalism & Mass media

In moving UN speech, veteran diplomat confronts OPCW ‘stonewalling and smear tactics’ on Syria

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

Speaking to the UN Security Council, veteran diplomat Hans von Sponeck calls out the OPCW’s “stonewalling and unacceptable smear tactics” amid growing outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal. … Read More >In moving UN speech, veteran diplomat confronts OPCW ‘stonewalling and smear tactics’ on Syria

Asia & Pacific

HomeWorld News On human rights, US and Japan have debts to China and the people of the world, says Beijing

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

The Chinese foreign ministry has blasted the US and Japan, criticizing their own historical human rights record, after the two nations issued a joint statement pledging a new partnership and slamming China’s behavior. … Read More >HomeWorld News On human rights, US and Japan have debts to China and the people of the world, says Beijing

USA

Five injured in Shreveport shooting, two critically, in fifth such incident in US at the weekend

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

Multiple shooting victims have presented at hospitals in the Shreveport area of Louisiana, after a gun battle in a city parking lot. Media say five are in hospital, two of whom are critically injured. … Read More >Five injured in Shreveport shooting, two critically, in fifth such incident in US at the weekend

Spanish police raid illegal 3D-printed weapons workshop capable of producing a gun barrel IN MINUTES

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

Spanish police have seized weapons, including a replica assault rifle and explosives, in a raid on what has been called the first illegal 3D-printed weapons workshop in Spain, capable of producing weapon parts in minutes. … Read More >Spanish police raid illegal 3D-printed weapons workshop capable of producing a gun barrel IN MINUTES

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