by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2017 Paper or plastic to pay for something? That is so 2013. In China, mobile pay is the way to go in 2017 and beyond, and is even rumored to be the preferred method of payment for street beggars, Evelyn Cheng wrote for CNBC on Oct. 8. In 2016, mobile […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2017 The United States has increased U-2 reconnaissance operations over the Korean peninsula after ominous warnings from North Korea watchers in several nations and a first-hand report from Pyongyang. Anton Morozov, a member of the Russian lower house of parliament’s international affairs committee, revealed North Korea’s plans after he returned […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2017 The U.S. government has said the Las Vegas massacre was not connected to “international terrorism.” FBI special agent Aaron Rouse told a press conference on Oct. 2 about the mass shooting: “We have determined to this point no connection with an international terrorist group.” But the attack carried out […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists are running out of food, money – and the will to be martyred. More than 1,000 desperate ISIS fighters surrendered last week after fleeing their Iraqi stronghold at Hawija. “Instead of the martyrdom they had boasted was their only acceptable fate, they had voluntarily ended […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The Pentagon says the U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of the advanced THAAD missile-defense system to Saudi Arabia for $15 billion, citing Iran among threats in the Middle East. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in an October 6 statement that it […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL —South Korea’s outspoken radicals and leftists can hardly hide their dismay. To the consternation of organizers of the candlelight crusade that brought down the government of the conservative Park Geun-Hye, ousted and jailed on a wide range of offenses, their one-time hero, Moon Jae-In, elected president as Park’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump will try to work with Pakistan on counter-terrorism “one more time” before taking measures forcing the nation to do more, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told lawmakers on Oct. 3. “We need to try one more time to make this strategy work with them, by, with, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2017 The new documentary series “The Vietnam War” ignores why the U.S. entered the war and overlooks facts that ultimately could have won the war, a former National Security Council (NSC) member wrote. The series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick “is most certainly a TV tour de force replete […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2017 Allegations of sexual harassment against Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein’s have been “floating around” since the 1990s, yet the highest-of-profile Democrats had no problem taking cash from the producer of such movies as Pulp Fiction and Oscar-winner Shakespeare in Love. According to a bombshell New York Times report on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) is persisting in its claims that Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was acting on the terror group’s behalf. In the Oct. 6 issue of its al-Naba newsletter, ISIS claims Paddock converted to Islam six months ago. The newsletter used the nom de guerre that ISIS bestowed up Paddock […]
