July 28, 2021 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

How Washington’s top Taiwan specialist embraced separatist party leader and opened new cross-Strait crisis

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

Known as “America’s leading Taiwan hand,” Richard C. Bush has helped preserve peace between Beijing and Taipei. But as Washington moved toward conflict, he suddenly shifted his position. … Read More >How Washington’s top Taiwan specialist embraced separatist party leader and opened new cross-Strait crisis

Journalism & Mass media

Read drone whistleblower Daniel Hale’s riveting letter to judge describing why he ‘came to violate the espionage act’

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

As the President Joe Biden winds down United States military involvement in Afghanistan, a conflict spanning nearly 20 years, the U.S. Justice Department seeks the harshest sentence ever for the unauthorized disclosure of information in a case against an Afghanistan War veteran. … Read More >Read drone whistleblower Daniel Hale’s riveting letter to judge describing why he ‘came to violate the espionage act’

Journalism & Mass media

Syrian insurgents guilty of ‘red line’ 2013 sarin chemical attack, study finds

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

A new open-source study concludes that Syrian insurgents carried out the Ghouta sarin chemical attack in August 2013. The explosive findings add to a growing body of public evidence that undermines US-led efforts to blame the Syrian government, which almost led to US military intervention. … Read More >Syrian insurgents guilty of ‘red line’ 2013 sarin chemical attack, study finds

Moderna’s Covid-19 jab given green light by EU drugs regulator for use in adolescents

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

he EU’s medicines regulator has given its backing for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to minors aged between 12 and 17, citing positive results in trials involving 3,732 participants. … Read More >Moderna’s Covid-19 jab given green light by EU drugs regulator for use in adolescents

Asia & Pacific

Monsoon rains trigger floods and landslides in India leaving at least 67 dead

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

At least 67 people have died as monsoon rainfall sparked floods and landslides, primarily in the western Indian state of Maharashtra where some areas have received 23 inches of rain in 24 hours. … Read More >Monsoon rains trigger floods and landslides in India leaving at least 67 dead

World

Great Barrier Reef avoids UNESCO endangered list after lobbying efforts from Australia and 11 other countries

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

The Great Barrier Reef will not join the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) endangered heritage list, after Australia and 11 countries applied pressure on the organization to reconsider. … Read More >Great Barrier Reef avoids UNESCO endangered list after lobbying efforts from Australia and 11 other countries

Asia & Pacific

Up to 75% of new Covid cases in Singapore are in vaccinated people but getting jab lowers chances of serious illness, figures show

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

Some 75% of people who got infected with Covid-19 in Singapore recently had been previously inoculated. None of them, however, got seriously ill, the health authorities said, encouraging further vaccinations. … Read More >Up to 75% of new Covid cases in Singapore are in vaccinated people but getting jab lowers chances of serious illness, figures show

Middle East

‘Baseless’: Kabul refutes Taliban’s claims that militant group controls 90% of Afghan border

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

A spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense has dismissed the Taliban’s claims that the organization controls 90% of the country’s borders, stating that the declaration was “baseless.” … Read More >‘Baseless’: Kabul refutes Taliban’s claims that militant group controls 90% of Afghan border

World

‘Not a blame game’: WHO urges collaboration after Beijing rejects proposed second probe into Covid-19 origins

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

A World Health Organization spokesman has called on nations around the world to further their cooperation with the international body in finding the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. … Read More >‘Not a blame game’: WHO urges collaboration after Beijing rejects proposed second probe into Covid-19 origins

Asia & Pacific

Lockdown imposed on millions of children as Philippines battles soaring Covid cases

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

The Philippines government has issued a stay-at-home order for millions of children aged five to 17, just weeks after Manila lifted a ban on minors at public gatherings, as the country battles soaring Covid cases. … Read More >Lockdown imposed on millions of children as Philippines battles soaring Covid cases

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