by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2019 President Donald Trump on March 26 signed an executive order aimed at protecting the U.S.’s vital infrastructure from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Officials and analysts have long warned that the U.S. electric grid is vulnerable to an attack from countries with EMP weapons, including Iran, North Korea, China […]
Analysis by David W. Goetze Special to WorldTribune, March 27, 2019 It’s not just what the data says, but when it says it. I imagine no candidate who ran for election in November of 2018 had any clue on Election Night when races were being called and conceded that over 33,000 Provisional Ballots had been […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2019 In a new book titled “Kushner Inc.”, author Vicky Ward portrays Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and their influence with President Donald Trump as dangerous. In a review for NPR, Annalisa Quinn notes that Ward, a longtime writer for Vanity Fair, portrays the couple “as coiffed agents of chaos […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2019 Two prominent journalists yesterday called for a full accounting from major U.S. media and intelligence agencies that helped launch and fuel Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which cleared the Donald Trump campaign of rumors its colluded with the Russian government to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton. For two years, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Beijing’s ambitious “Belt and Road” infrastructural initiative has scored its first significant beachhead in the Mediterranean, as Italy has signed on to the expansive Chinese globe-spanning project. China’s President Xi Jinping was feted in Rome with a grandiosity fit for an visiting Emperor as the […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2019 When Olympic athletes who win gold, silver or bronze medals are caught violating the regulations of the Games, they must return their medals to the International Olympic Committee. In Olympics history, 143 medals have been stripped. When a media outlet is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for reporting as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2019 On March 15, the Incheon City Council angered conservative South Koreans by passing an ordinance that called for compensating families of natives of Wolmi Island who died or had to leave their hometowns due to bombing by U.S. and UN forces during the Incheon landing operation on September 15, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2019 Two Russian Air Force planes carrying troops and tons of equipment landed in Venezuela on March 23, reports say. A flight tracking website showed two aircraft left a Russian military base for the Venezuelan capital Caracas on March 22. The arrival of the military jets in Venezuela was confirmed by Javier […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2019 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on March 26 said the Trump administration is moving on two fronts to ensure U.S. taxpayer funds are not used to “subsidize or promote” abortions abroad. The moves include “refinements” to the so-called “Mexico City Policy” which prohibits U.S. funds from going to foreign […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2019 During a March 22 visit to Beirut, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo bluntly challenged the political status quo in Lebanon which includes a prominent role for Iran proxy Hizbullah. Pompeo told a press conference that “the Lebanese people face a choice: Bravely move forward or allow the dark […]
