by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump can’t go it alone when it comes to the world shaking off its dependence on Chinese goods, Brexit leader Nigel Farage said. “Ultimately, it isn’t governments or trade deals that decide how much business gets done between nations. It is consumers that make that decision, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2020 Taking a different approach to the coronavirus crisis than its Scandinavian neighbors, Sweden has left its schools, gyms, cafes, bars and restaurants open throughout the pandemic. The government is relying on citizens to act responsibly and follow social distancing guidelines. Most limitations announced by Swedish authorities are no more […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2020 The United States travel industry has lost eight million jobs amid the coronavirus crisis. That is a third of the industry’s U.S.-based jobs, the U.S. Travel Association said. Travel spending on airlines, hotels, and the hospitality industry has sunk so low that spending losses will top half a trillion […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2020 Demonstrations against state governments’ coronavirus lockdowns have erupted in recent days in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Utah, Virginia and Washington. In Pennsylvania, the state legislature passed a bill that would order much of the state re-opened much sooner that Gov. Tom Wolf had called […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2020 A weekend host on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) accused President Donald Trump of encouraging “armed insurrection” via his tweets calling for liberating states from what protesters say are oppressive coronavirus stay-at-home orders. NPR Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon made the accusation twice during his three-hour show on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2020 In a series raids on April 18, Hong Kong police arrested 15 pro-democracy activists in what reports said was the biggest crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement since the outbreak of mass protests last year. Among those detained on charges of illegal assembly were Democratic Party founder Martin Lee, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2020 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday issued a series of executive orders aimed at re-opening the state amid the coronavirus crisis. “Because of the efforts by everyone to slow the spread, we’re now beginning to see glimmers that the worst of COVID-19 may soon be behind us,” Abbott said, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2020 A New York Times columnist blamed Fox News host Sean Hannity for the death of a man who may have contracted the coronavirus while on a cruise to Spain. The April 18 NY Times article by Ginia Bellafante linked Hannity’s using the term “hoax” over the media’s coverage of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2020 Yes, President Donald Trump’s name will be printed on coronavirus relief checks. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said it was his idea to do so. “The president could have been authorized to sign the checks. That would have slowed things down. We didn’t want to do that. We did put […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2020 The record clearly shows that the World Health Organization (WHO) has failed the world on the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus. Chinese health officials knew the virus was spreading between humans by mid-January. But, on Jan. 14, the WHO stated that there was “no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission […]
