by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2018 Having her working class sitcom character be a supporter of President Donald Trump is “just realistic,” said Roseanne Barr, who is also a real-life Trump voter. “I’ve always attempted to portray a realistic portrait of the American people and of working class people. And in fact it was working […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A top Iranian judiciary official has said antigovernment protest leaders should be handed the harshest possible sentences, while President Hassan Rouhani suggested demonstrations were driven by opposition to his ultraconservative rivals in the ruling elite. Rouhani and Hamid Shahriari, deputy head of Iran’s judiciary, spoke on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2018 The NFL has agreed to funnel millions of dollars to social justice groups tied to leftist billionaire George Soros. ESPN reported that a seven-year, $89 million deal with the Players Coalition will call for NFL owners to send tens of millions of dollars to the Dream Corps, a leftist advocacy group […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2018 Solar farms are costing North Carolina counties big bucks and land owners also fear having the facilities nearby will impact property values. “Solar and wind in North Carolina is out of control,” state Sen. Bill Cook, District 1 Republican, said. Cook plans to introduce legislation that would reduce the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2018 North Korea has shrugged off U.S. President Donald Trump’s willingness for direct talks with Kim Jong-Un and ramped up its harsh rhetoric in a clear signal to the leftist government in Seoul. “The U.S.-led unequal international order is now shaken by the roots by our Republic (the North) which […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2018 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has forcefully ended anti-government protests that officials in the Islamic Republic blamed on “foreign instigators.” “Iran’s revolutionary people along with tens of thousands of Basij forces, police and the Intelligence Ministry have broken down the chain [of unrest] created … by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2018 English instruction has been banned in Iran’s primary schools after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said teaching the language is tantamount to Western “cultural invasion.” “Teaching English in government and non-government primary schools in the official curriculum is against laws and regulations,” said Mehdi Navid-Adham, the head of the state-run […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2018 A judge at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Jan. 5 ruled the House Intelligence Committee can investigate whether the FBI relied on the discredited Trump dossier to launch its probe into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. In rejecting a bid by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2018 Saudi authorities on Jan. 4 arrested 11 royal family members who protested a decree which ordered the state to stop paying their electric and water bills. “No one is above the law in Saudi Arabia, everyone is equal and is treated the same as others,” Saudi Attorney General Sheikh […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump and the North Korean regime led by Kim Jong-Un are jockeying for position ahead of rare high-level talks this week between South and North Korea. The two Koreas agreed to hold talks at the border village of Panmunjom on Jan. 9 to discuss the North’s […]
