by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2018 The artist who created the official portrait of former President Barack Obama that was unveiled on Feb. 12 at the Smithsonian in past works depicted black women decapitating white women. Kehinde Wiley, the first African American to paint an official presidential portrait, also created two works in 2012 depicting […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2018 Egyptian forces have killed 16 jihadists and captured 30 others as part of a massive anti-terrorism operation in northern and central Sinai. Meanwhile, a video said to be from the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in Egypt is calling on jihadists to carry out attacks during next month’s presidential elections […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2018 A budget deal which increases government spending by $300 billion is a triumph for the D.C. swamp, the co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus said on Feb. 11. “I’m saying the swamp won and the American taxpayer lost,” Rep. Jim Jordan said on “Fox News Sunday”. Jordan said the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2018 The major media, which have provided non-stop top billing to the Trump-Russia collusion story, has been quiet about the FBI’s questionable behavior in the Trump investigation. The two major and conflicting narratives, each of blockbuster dimensions, have almost mutually exclusive audiences each of which rely on contrasting news sources […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2018 Any doubts that Kim Jong-Un’s squad of cheerleaders was sent to the Winter Olympics for propaganda purposes may have been erased during the Feb. 10 women’s hockey game between the Korean unified team and Switzerland. During the game, which Switzerland won by a score of 8-0, the cheer group […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Academics in Iran and rights activists are calling for a serious and transparent investigation into the death of Iranian-Canadian academic and environmental activist Kavous Seyed-Emami in prison. Four academic societies related to political science, sociology, peace studies, and cultural studies made the call in an open […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 11, 2018 British-based Oxfam said it “got it wrong” when the charitable organization failed to publicly disclose misconduct at so-called “Caligula” style sex parties its employees engaged in while administering earthquake relief in Haiti in 2010. “With hindsight, I would much prefer that we had talked about sexual misconduct,” Oxfam’s chief […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — With a spectacular and sparkling opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics, South Korea has predictably excelled in showcasing both sports and setting. Yet, given that security concerns on the divided peninsula dominated the nervous countdown to the Winter Games, the Seoul government at least in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2018 The North Carolina Senate on Feb. 9 passed legislation that will redirect what was being called a $58 million “slush fund” of Gov. Roy Cooper to local school districts. The fund was linked to permitting for the advancement of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline that will […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The revelation that former British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6) officer Christopher Steele may have been illegally recruited by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation could have major ramifications for the UKUSA Accord (“Five Eyes”) signatory countries with the U.S.: the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The […]
