FPI, April 27, 2019 By Kelli Ballard, LibertyNation.com A former State Department employee, who worked under both Bill and Hillary Clinton, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States on April 24. According to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) press release, Candace Marie Claiborne, 63, committed the crime by: “…lying to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner It’s official: former Vice President Joe Biden has (finally!) entered the 2020 presidential race. More importantly, a new poll shows Biden with a commanding lead over every other candidate in the Democratic primary with the exception of Bernie Sanders. Creepy Uncle Joe is now the presumptive front-runner. According to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto Following the release of the much-anticipated Special Counsel report by Robert Mueller, the Democratic Party is in full panic. The investigation exonerated President Donald Trump and his 2016 election campaign from the charge of conspiring with a foreign power to steal an American election. After an exhaustive and lengthy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived by train in Russia’s Far Eastern Port city of Vladivostok, a day before he is due to meet there with President Vladimir Putin. Earlier on April 24, Kim crossed into Russia near the Khasan station on the border, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Despite the terrible fire which collapsed the roof and destroyed large parts of the fabled Gothic Cathedral, despite the collapse of its iconic spire in the midst of the inferno, and despite the near apocalyptic pyre which engulfed the medieval church, Notre Dame de Paris […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Beijing has lashed out at a U.S. decision to impose sanctions on countries that buy Iranian oil, warning that it will intensify turmoil in the Middle East and in the international energy market. “China firmly opposes the U.S. implementation of unilateral sanctions and its so-called long-armed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Richard Fisher, Geostrategy-Direct Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to quickly approve the foreign sale of the Sukhoi Su-57E, the export version of Russia’s most modern 5th generation combat aircraft despite past friction over Chinese reverse engineering. Even though China has its first 5th generation fighter in service, the Chengdu Aircraft […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL — The sinking of the Sewol ferry five years ago was one of the greatest tragedies in Korean history. The memory for me, along with many others, is especially poignant since I spent hours in the great school gymnasium where families of the 304 victims, most of them […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Faced with an entrenched dictatorship, challenged by a deepening political crisis, and undermined by an escalating humanitarian catastrophe, Venezuela is careening towards the edge of the cliff. The once-prosperous Latin American country has entered an explosive political limbo which threatens both Venezuela as well as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan calls for large-scale resettlement of Palestinian Arabs in Jordan, the ceding of Jordanian territory to Israel, and the formation of a confederation between Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s Civil Administration to administer Judea and Samaria, according to a report for Beirut-based newspaper. […]