Editor – Page 1711 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Gathers 50 Ratifications, Goes into Force in Early 2021

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

In July 2017, the UN General Assembly voted to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which includes a comprehensive set of prohibitions on participating in any nuclear weapon activities. … Read More >UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Gathers 50 Ratifications, Goes into Force in Early 2021

World

Why Nagorno-Karabakh and Why Now?

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

Several months ago, I wrote that things had been tense on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone since the collapse of the USSR, but only now are we hearing of a resumption of active hostilities, the deployment of heavy weaponry and heated engagements. … Read More >Why Nagorno-Karabakh and Why Now?

USA

The Sunset Gun: One Nation, Under the Influence of Hate

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

Repairing the breach left by centrism and fueled by rage will require radical love, the kind of love that condemns a broken system and not its broken people. … Read More >The Sunset Gun: One Nation, Under the Influence of Hate

Middle East

Demonstrators Protest Outside Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Residence in Jerusalem – Video

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

Anti-government protests have been held weekly for the past several months across the Jewish state, with many Israelis demanding the Israeli prime minister’s resignation over his indictment on corruption charges, as well as widespread anger over the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read More >Demonstrators Protest Outside Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Residence in Jerusalem – Video

USA

The Trump Tax Reform Helped the Billionaire Class—Not the Working Class

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

The Republican tax law boosted the fortunes of America’s wealthiest while increasing insecurity for U.S. manufacturing workers. … Read More >The Trump Tax Reform Helped the Billionaire Class—Not the Working Class

World

Australia Faces Challenging Times Caused by Deteriorating Relations with China

Posted on October 25, 2020By Editor

A recent article published in Russia Today on 13 October 2020 by Tom Fowdy raised some very important issues affecting Australia’s economic well-being. That economic position is rapidly deteriorating as the country’s crucial economic relationship with China disintegrates at an accelerating rate. … Read More >Australia Faces Challenging Times Caused by Deteriorating Relations with China

USA

Debate Victory May Have Sealed It for Biden

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

Donald Trump learned his lesson to appear gentlemanly before a national audience at long last. But too late. That is the Big Takeaway from the Second Trump-Biden presidential debate on Thursday night. … Read More >Debate Victory May Have Sealed It for Biden

Asia & Pacific

As U.S. Tensions Soar With China, Taiwan Fears Cannon Fodder Risk

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

After 40 years of “strategic ambiguity” in its partnership with the United States, Taiwan has taken the unprecedented move of calling Washington for “clarity” on whether it would be defended in the event of armed conflict with China. … Read More >As U.S. Tensions Soar With China, Taiwan Fears Cannon Fodder Risk

Asia & Pacific

Greenpeace condemns Japanese plans to release Fukushima reactor water into the sea, claims it could damage human DNA

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

Greenpeace has warned that radioactive water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant contains matter that could damage human DNA if discharged into the ocean, as reportedly planned. … Read More >Greenpeace condemns Japanese plans to release Fukushima reactor water into the sea, claims it could damage human DNA

French mayor threatened with ‘decapitation’ a week after schoolteacher’s brutal murder

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

Jeremie Breaud, mayor of Bron, near Lyon, has revealed he’s been threatened, with local graffiti stating, “We will cut your head off,” days after an Islamist extremist beheaded schoolteacher Samuel Paty. … Read More >French mayor threatened with ‘decapitation’ a week after schoolteacher’s brutal murder

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