by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 China has said it will return a U.S. underwater drone it seized in the South China Sea. Not long after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s statement criticizing the incident, China’s Defense Ministry said it would return the drone to the U.S. Navy. The drone, launched by the USNS Bowditch, a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 While some pundits see a clash of egos ensuing in President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, optimists believe the new administration will be, as designed, a coming together of a determined team of titans. Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton University, said Trump is building a Cabinet in his own […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 The sale of the Chicago Stock Exchange to a Chinese investment group has been approved, according to U.S. Treasury documents. The sale was approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to a Chinese group led by Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group despite the objections of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2016 The Leftist think tank Center for American Progress (CAP) has set up a “war room” in the shadow of the White House and the newly opened D.C. Trump Hotel with one overriding theme when it comes to the Donald Trump presidency – “Resist”. That one word clarion call appears […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2016 A continuing law enforcement investigation into the authenticity of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate has concluded that it was a forgery. At a press conference on Dec. 15 presided over by Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, and conducted by investigator Mike Zullo, head of the Cold Case […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 The U.S.-led coalition will defer to Russia in retaking Palmyra after Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) regained control of the ancient Syrian city on Dec. 11. “If they don’t, we will do what we need to do to defend ourselves and we’ll de-conflict those actions with the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The populist revolt against President Park Geun-Hye has grave implications for governance amid economic unease and high youth unemployment. In this uncertain transition period, Korea’s relationship with the United States is sure to undergo strains if not change while foes of her conservative pro-American policies line up in search […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 Latin America’s “pink tide” of liberalism has receded with the death of Fidel Castro and the rise of Donald Trump, analysts say. “The band of union leaders, ex-guerrillas and other left-wing rabble-rousers that dominated Latin American politics for more than a decade has fallen from favor as the region’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 The tax-cutting regimen of Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led North Carolina state legislature has led to $4.7 billion in tax cuts and landed the Tar Heel state in the No. 1 position in the nation for GDP growth since 2013. From 2013 through 2015, North Carolina’s 13.4 percent […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2016 More Americans died from illicit opioid overdoses in 2015 than did in the deadliest year of the Vietnam War, according to newly released statistics from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). According to the CDC, 12,990 American citizens died from heroin overdoses in 2015, a 23 percent increase from […]
