Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty June 25, 2020 By Amos Chapple Photographs tell the story of a “forgotten war” that began 70 years ago and has never formally ended. At the close of World War II, the Korean Peninsula was occupied by Soviet troops in the north and U.S. forces in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2020 The Rand Corporation in a new report notes there is “strong evidence” that the Chinese communist government’s reporting of coronavirus cases in January of this year was “undercounted by a factor of nearly 40.” Rand said that “based on officially reported cases in China in January 2020, the odds […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2020 Emissions are likely to decrease in 2020 due to the coronavirus, but the world would need many more pandemics to offset China’s voracious appetite for coal, analysts say. BP’s chief executive Bernard Looney wrote in a LinkedIn post that in order to get to net zero emissions by 2050, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 18, 2020 In April and May, as the world was dealing with the coronavirus pandemic which China was responsible for spreading worldwide, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was practicing blockade operations around Taiwan, with aircraft carriers and destroyers of the PLA Navy cooperating with anti-ship-missile-carrying H-6K bombers, about 100 of which […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 16, 2020 At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed by Chinese troops during fighting on Monday at the disputed border area in the Himalayan Mountains, officials in India said. The Indian government said Chinese forces also suffered casualties. India’s government said the fighting was instigated by Chinese troops operating in an […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 15, 2020 Three U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups are currently deployed in the Indo-Pacific, a news service report said. The USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, previously sidelined due to COVID-19, is operating in the Philippine Sea near Guam; the USS Nimitz strike group is in the Pacific off the U.S. West […]
FPI / June 15, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes Zoom Video has seen an absolutely meteoric ascension this year. State-mandated business closures and coronavirus panic have forced many to conduct business via digital meetings, and Zoom has been a massive beneficiary. It reported arguably one of the greatest quarterly earnings ever recently, seeing its users […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The Samsung empire’s de facto leader, Jay Y. Lee, is a free man despite the best efforts of Korean government prosecutors to lock him up while he faces yet another trial to keep him from taking over the group as the only son of Lee Kun-Hee, still hospitalized and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2020 Democrats, led by Rep. Adam Schiff, and their major media allies continue to warn that Russia will unleash its army of online bots to interfere in the 2020 election. At the same time, Schiff and company gloss over the greater threat — China. Twitter confirmed as much this week. […]
FPI / June 11, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic will propel the communist nation to supplant the United States and take a “leading role in the new world,” Chinese propaganda outlets are saying. Meanwhile, a U.S. official said videos posted online recently showed what appeared to be personnel from the Chinese Embassy […]
