July 2021 – Page 43 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

‘No state cover-up’: French government refuses to apologize over Pacific nuclear test radiation levels

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

France’s junior defense minister Genevieve Darrieussecq has denied her country engaged in a “state cover-up” to conceal the extent of the impact of nuclear tests conducted by the country in the Pacific between 1966 and 1996. … Read More >‘No state cover-up’: French government refuses to apologize over Pacific nuclear test radiation levels

Middle East

Man arrested after trying to smuggle explosives through Afghanistan airport in MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

A man was arrested after he was caught attempting to smuggle explosives hidden in a musical instrument onto a plane at Afghanistan’s Herat International Airport. … Read More >Man arrested after trying to smuggle explosives through Afghanistan airport in MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

Huge blast at Romania’s largest oil refinery sends black smoke billowing into sky (VIDEOS)

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

An explosion at a Petromidia’s Black Sea crude oil refinery in Romania has sent plumes of black smoke rising into the sky. Several people are injured, and ambulances have arrived at the scene, according to reports. … Read More >Huge blast at Romania’s largest oil refinery sends black smoke billowing into sky (VIDEOS)

Asia & Pacific

Myanmar imposes lockdown on 2 million residents amid rising Covid cases & anti-coup health workers’ strike

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

Residents of Myanmar’s second city of Mandalay, and two townships in southern Bago, have been ordered to remain at home to curb the spread of Covid cases throughout the country, as healthcare workers continue a post-coup strike. … Read More >Myanmar imposes lockdown on 2 million residents amid rising Covid cases & anti-coup health workers’ strike

Shows

On Contact: Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man & the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to journalist and author, Ariel Sabar, about his new book Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife. Sabar’s book exposes much about the bankruptcy of contemporary theology and the yearning by academics to be lionized by the mass media and popular culture, even at the expense of truth. … Read More >On Contact: Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man & the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife

Norway to pay compensation for AstraZeneca side effects as patients who suffered from Pfizer & Moderna watch and wait

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

At least three claims over serious side effects of Oxford-made vaccine AstraZeneca have been upheld in Norway, resulting in financial compensation. Dozens more are expecting a ruling in connection with coronavirus-jab reactions. … Read More >Norway to pay compensation for AstraZeneca side effects as patients who suffered from Pfizer & Moderna watch and wait

Asia & Pacific

India’s official Covid death toll climbs past 400,000, but real figure could be drastically higher

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

India has become the third country to have surpassed the 400,000 coronavirus death mark, but there is speculation that the number of fatalities is actually significantly higher. … Read More >India’s official Covid death toll climbs past 400,000, but real figure could be drastically higher

Shows

CrossTalk Bullhorns, HOME EDITION: China’s agenda

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

The Communist Party of China celebrated its 100th anniversary last week. It made it clear it will not tolerate being lectured by the West any longer. Is this a new red line? Also, in the aftermath of the Putin-Biden summit, is it fair to say that Washington’s “interagency consensus” is winning again? … Read More >CrossTalk Bullhorns, HOME EDITION: China’s agenda

Latin America

Pulling a Trumpie? Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he won’t concede defeat to ‘fraud’ in next year’s election

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

The president of Brazil warned he will not hand over office after next year’s election unless he believes a victory is “clean.” He’s also demanding constitutional reform that would see Brazil’s electronic voting system overhauled. … Read More >Pulling a Trumpie? Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he won’t concede defeat to ‘fraud’ in next year’s election

Asia & Pacific

Taiwan to obtain variant-busting Novavax shots through COVAX global sharing scheme in bid to boost lagging inoculation campaign

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021By Editor

Taiwan has chosen to receive Novavax’s much-touted Covid-19 shots through the COVAX vaccine sharing initiative, with the island in severe need of speeding up its inoculation campaign to prevent further outbreaks. … Read More >Taiwan to obtain variant-busting Novavax shots through COVAX global sharing scheme in bid to boost lagging inoculation campaign

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