God and cataclysms: Coronavirus seen returning nation to founding spirit

God and cataclysms: Coronavirus seen returning nation to founding spirit

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2020 A cataclysmic event can be the most important ingredient for spiritual renewal, a columnist wrote. “Could a plague of biblical proportions be America’s best hope for religious revival? As the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, there is reason to think so,” Robert Nicholson wrote […]

Columnist unloads on Kennedy Center chief who sacked orchestra after bailout

Columnist unloads on Kennedy Center chief who sacked orchestra after bailout

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2020 Included in the federal government’s coronavirus relief package is $25 million for the Kennedy Center. On the same day the center got news it was getting the emergency funds, the center’s president, Deborah Rutter, essentially fired the National Symphony Orchestra’s 96 musicians, a columnist noted. “She gave them a […]

U.S. multinationals won’t let virus stop their love affair with communist China

U.S. multinationals won’t let virus stop their love affair with communist China

Special to WorldTribune.com Corporate WATCH By Joe Schaeffer After our economy and everyday national life is through being completely turned upside down and Americans stop dying from the coronavirus, prominent U.S. globalist companies are relishing the idea of getting back to business as usual vis-a-vis their cozy working ties with China’s communist regime. Alan Beebe, […]

Virus stopped economy but not construction of the border wall

Virus stopped economy but not construction of the border wall

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2020 The Trump administration has completed 40 miles of border fencing since early February, according to Border Patrol data. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, amid his coronavirus duties last week, signed off on six waivers to speed wall construction in sections all across the U.S.-Mexico border. Additional contracts for […]

State Dept. warns China-Russia-Iran propaganda on virus will distract ‘information space’

State Dept. warns China-Russia-Iran propaganda on virus will distract ‘information space’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2020 China, Russia and Iran have created an echo chamber which pushes false narratives about the origins of and China’s response to the coronavirus crisis, a U.S. State Department official said. “During the crisis, we’ve seen Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state disinformation and propaganda ecosystems all converge around some disinformation […]

Champs: 102-year-old woman, 101-year-old man survive coronavirus

Champs: 102-year-old woman, 101-year-old man survive coronavirus

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2020 Two centenarians in Italy, born when the Spanish flu was sweeping the nation, have survived the Wuhan coronavirus, reports say. Italica Grondona, 102, recovered after spending more than 20 days in a Genoa hospital recovering from COVID-19, Dr. Vera Sicbaldi said. “We nicknamed her ‘Highlander’ — the immortal,” Sicbaldi […]

Soros network demands coronavirus stimulus checks for illegals

Soros network demands coronavirus stimulus checks for illegals

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2020 Open borders proponents are demanding that illegal immigrants receive coronavirus stimulus checks. The coronavirus relief package passed by the House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump on Friday includes $1,200 federal checks for most American citizens and those considered “resident aliens,” such as permanent lawful residents in […]

China slams U.S. over its strengthened ties with Taiwan

China slams U.S. over its strengthened ties with Taiwan

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a law passed by Congress which aims to strengthen Taiwan’s alliances amid increased pressure from communist China. Even amid the coronavirus outbreak, China in recent weeks has reportedly stepped up its military drills around Taiwan. China has also blocked Taiwan from participating […]

Highly-urbanized Taiwan emerging as coronavirus success story

Highly-urbanized Taiwan emerging as coronavirus success story

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2020 The island nation of Taiwan, with a highly-urbanized population of 24 million, sits about 80 miles from mainland China. Some 1.25 million Taiwanese citizens either live or work on the mainland. In 2019, Taiwan welcomed almost 3 million Chinese visitors. The coronavirus pandemic, however, has not “inflicted the same […]

Long waits to pick up urns in Wuhan raise questions about official death toll

Long waits to pick up urns in Wuhan raise questions about official death toll

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2020 Thousands of urns have reportedly been delivered to funeral homes in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. Photos and information circulating on Chinese social media indicate there are long lines of people picking up cremated ashes. The reports call into question the Chinese communist government’s official figures […]