Chairman of Joint Chiefs: Google won’t work with Pentagon but offers ‘direct benefit’ to China’s PLA

Chairman of Joint Chiefs: Google won’t work with Pentagon but offers ‘direct benefit’ to China’s PLA

by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2019 Though it ended its cooperation with the Pentagon, tech giant Google has no problem boosting China’s military, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said. “The work that Google is doing in China is indirectly benefiting the Chinese military and I’ve been very public on this issue […]

Trump: U.S. immigration laws are ‘so stupid’, wall ‘desperately needed’

Trump: U.S. immigration laws are ‘so stupid’, wall ‘desperately needed’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2019 After 12 Republicans voted to strike down his border national emergency declaration, President Donald Trump said at a press conference that America’s immigration laws are “stupid,” “ridiculous” and must be changed. The Senate on March 14 voted to block Trump’s national emergency. The president said he would veto the […]

Testimony: McCain aide leaked ‘dossier’ to NPR, Bernstein, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BuzzFeed

Testimony: McCain aide leaked ‘dossier’ to NPR, Bernstein, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BuzzFeed

by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2019 A former aide to Sen. John McCain testified he leaked the anti-Trump dossier to several media outlets. David Kramer made the revelation during testimony in a libel lawsuit brought by Russian businessman Aleksej Gubarev against BuzzFeed, which first published in full the dossier by ex-British spy Christopher Steele. Gubarev […]

‘Animal Farm’? George Orwell never imagined this

‘Animal Farm’? George Orwell never imagined this

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL — The Demilitarized Zone that’s divided North from South Korea since the Korean War evokes images of the Berlin Wall that divided East from West Berlin from 1961 to 1991 but shows no signs of going down after the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean […]

On guard: Portland star doesn’t hide views on Turkey’s Erdogan

On guard: Portland star doesn’t hide views on Turkey’s Erdogan

by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 Enes Kanter, a Turkish national and player for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, says, despite death threats, he will not back down on criticism of the regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who Kanter called a “freaking lunatic.” Kanter, a 6-11 center, told Fox 11 TV that he […]

Attorney hits ‘hysterical overreach’ by ‘hostile’ judge in Manafort ruling

Attorney hits ‘hysterical overreach’ by ‘hostile’ judge in Manafort ruling

by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 Paul Manafort’s conviction and sentence on dealings unrelated to Russian collusion is a “travesty” brought about in large part by the “media mob,” a former defense attorney for President Donald Trump charged. John Dowd, in an interview with The Washington Times, noted that special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed […]

21st century Mafia still running drugs; Gambino crime boss shot dead in NY

21st century Mafia still running drugs; Gambino crime boss shot dead in NY

by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali was rubbed out in a gangland hit outside his home in Staten Island on March 13. “Cali, 53, was shot several times and run over in front of his brick mansion in the lavish Todt Hill neighborhood at about 9:20 p.m.,” the […]

Twice-deported illegal charged in rape of 12-year-old Alabama girl

Twice-deported illegal charged in rape of 12-year-old Alabama girl

by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 An illegal immigrant who has been deported twice was arrested in Marshall County, Alabama and charged for the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Marshall County Sheriff Phil Sims said the suspect, 29-year-old David Gonzalez, was deported from the U.S. to Guatemala in 2008 and 2009. “He’s used more than […]

Sharia law’s big week: Rep. Omar prevails, Judge Jeanine reprimanded . . . by Fox News

Sharia law’s big week: Rep. Omar prevails, Judge Jeanine reprimanded . . . by Fox News

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Judge Jeanine Pirro is the victim of creeping Sharia law. The FOX News host has been publicly vilified for comments made on her weekend show. The judge’s great crime? She criticized Ilhan Omar, the rabid anti-Semite and Muslim Somali Democrat congresswoman from Minnesota. “She’s not getting this anti-Israel sentiment […]

What was wrong with Facebook yesterday? Even the techs don’t know for sure

What was wrong with Facebook yesterday? Even the techs don’t know for sure

by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 Facebook was down for users around the world on March 13. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible,” Facebook tweeted. The Facebook outages began Wednesday afternoon ET and appeared to affect people in multiple […]