Xi Jinping is still obsessed with Taiwan which China has never ruled

Xi Jinping is still obsessed with Taiwan which China has never ruled

by WorldTribune Staff, May 15, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The small island nation of Taiwan if off the radar screen for most of the world’s population. But as a bastion of democracy, freedom and the cultural values that define the real China, it clearly occupies the mind of Chinese Communist Party dictator Xi Jinping. […]

China made public its satellite imagery to reveal U.S. buildup before start of Iran War

China made public its satellite imagery to reveal U.S. buildup before start of Iran War

Special to WorldTribune, May 13, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, May 12, 2026 By Richard Fisher An ominous new development emerged earlier this year during the build-up of United States military forces in the Persian Gulf region prior to Feb. 28, 2026 U.S. and Israeli war with Iran: China exposed that buildup with “commercial” satellite […]

‘Evil’? We couldn’t get Google on the phone but did interview its AI

‘Evil’? We couldn’t get Google on the phone but did interview its AI

by WorldTribune Staff, May 15, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The power of subliminal marketing is confirmed by the “Don’t Be Evil” motto adopted by Google in the prospectus for its 2004 IPO. Thus Google is not widely seen as “evil” despite the fact that it continues in the Trump era to railroad partisan “information” […]

Tennessee’s Democrat, Steve Cohen, slams Trump, announces exit

Tennessee’s Democrat, Steve Cohen, slams Trump, announces exit

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 15, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Steve Cohen, a Democrat, has represented Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District since January 2007. When Tennessee’s Republican-dominated legislature redrew its congressional map and carved up the district to favor Republicans, Cohen saw the writing on the wall. Cohen, Tennessee’s lone Democrat in the House of […]

South Carolina governor calls special session to redraw congressional map

South Carolina governor calls special session to redraw congressional map

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 15, 2026 South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday called a special session for the state legislature to take on redistricting. “I have issued an Executive Order calling the General Assembly back for an extra legislative session to address the state budget and congressional districts,” McMaster […]

Letter: Let our European ‘friends’ find their own path forward

Letter: Let our European ‘friends’ find their own path forward

LETTER TO THE EDITOR — May 15, 2026 Special to WorldTribune.com The war with Iran has significantly deepened severe rift between the U.S. and Europe. Refusal to provide military bases to Washington has hardened President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on the issue of the U.S. leaving NATO and the withdrawal of American troops from European countries. […]

Conversation with Gemini AI about the unchecked, near cosmic power of its creator, Google LLC

Conversation with Gemini AI about the unchecked, near cosmic power of its creator, Google LLC

Special to WorldTribune The following exchange between editors with Free Press Media Group and Google’s Gemini AI (Artificial Intelligence) was recorded on May 13, 2026  Free Press Media Group: Given the 2026 Internet global economy and Google LLC’s unchallenged and opaque dominance of advertising networks, Internet search results, reputation assessments, SSL qualifications and editorial content […]

CIA whistleblower: Here is how Fauci manipulated U.S. intelligence on Covid origins

CIA whistleblower: Here is how Fauci manipulated U.S. intelligence on Covid origins

by WorldTribune Staff, May 14, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Anthony Fauci deliberately steered U.S. intelligence away from the lab leak theory and toward a predetermined conclusion of a natural origin of the Covid virus, a whistleblower told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday. According to testimony by CIA special operations […]