Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 1, 2024 There’s said to be a Chinese curse which suggests, “May you live in interesting Times.” On the one hand it appears like a gesture of good fortune and happiness. It certainly can be. But what it subliminally implies is that you live in a world […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 19, 2024 North Korea’s ongoing human rights violations have been slammed and shamed by most members of the UN Security Council. In a powerful briefing by both diplomats and a high profile North Korean political defector, the fifteen-member Council underscored the noxious relationships between the regime’s massive […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 12, 2024 The somber but uplifting commemorations of the D-Day landings in Normandy, now eighty years ago, shed light on the historic Allied victory of arms, men and spirit. For American Presidents, D-Day serves as a talismanic singular moment in WWII which saw the successful Allied landings […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 5, 2024 This year has turned out be the time of major elections; Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan, European Union, Pakistan, Russia, soon the United Kingdom and in November the United States. And now India, probably the world’s most populous country, has just finished national elections for parliament, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 28, 2024 New Caledonia, a remote French overseas territory in the South Pacific, is not often in the news. It’s even less common when you see the truly unexpected cast of characters placing this small island group into an unwanted limelight. The trigger for the recent troubles […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 20, 2024 The United Nations General Assembly massively endorsed a plan which brings the State of Palestine one step closer to full membership in the 193-member multinational body. In a lopsided vote of 143 to 9 with 23 abstentions, the Assembly passed a resolution which seemingly puts […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 12, 2024 Paris in the Springtime! A perfect setting and venue for China’s Chairman Xi Jinping to visit to discuss geopolitics and commerce with French President Emmanuel Macron on whose politically pivotal position inside the European Union remains crucial. But first the pomp and splendor of his […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 5, 2024 Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China for whirlwind discussions with the People’s Republic political grandees in Shanghai and Beijing with the hope of “stabilizing the relationship” between both countries. So into the Beijing/ Washington political turbulence Sec. Blinken flew, to smooth the Sino/American political […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 28, 2024 After months of hesitation, political infighting and rancorous debate, the U.S. Congress passed a massive Ukraine funding bill with a bi-partisan majority. The deal was done and a dangerously divided Republican majority smiled nervously. The Democrats and the Biden Administration cheered, many holding little blue […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 18, 2024 It’s not often an American ally and partner addresses the U.S. Congress; but when they do, it’s time to listen. That was certainly the case when Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida spoke before a joint session of Congress in Washington to both thank America for […]
