Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, August 13, 2023 PARIS — The recent military coup d’etat in Niger, a vast and arid land on the southern tier of the Sahara, underscores the widening political crisis in Africa’s Sahel region, where instability, dire poverty and Islamic jihadi terrorism, have stalked the land. Thus, when Gen. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, August 7, 2023 PARIS — The one-year countdown for the opening of the Paris Summer Olympics has begun. The return of the Olympics to France is largely met with eager anticipation for this international sporting extravaganza, but is equally tempered by the usual security concerns, political controversies, and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, May 23, 2023 The following by WorldTribune.com columnist Don Kirk, originally appeared in The Hill. The defeat of the American-equipped, American-advised South Vietnamese forces in the first four months of 1975 invites comparisons to today’s American support for Ukraine against Russian invasion. In contrast to the approval of vast amounts of aid provided thus […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The women’s led uprising against Iran’s Islamic Republic continues. Under the inspiring slogan Woman, Life, Freedom, the movement confronting Teheran’s theocratic regime is widening and now had gained vital political support from key Western countries many of whom long rationalized their political and business links with Iran. Nationwide […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler PARIS — It’s been a strange and uncertain summer, bookmarked by high temperatures, torrid inflation, and a very hot war on Europe’s eastern doorstep. France is still in vacation mode for a few more hectic weeks, but as the once glorious long days now shorten and the inevitable […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2022 A peer reviewed study out of France has discovered mRNA Covid vaccines astronomically increase rates of potentially fatal myocarditis. The study found the risk for the Moderna vaccine was the highest, increasing risk of myocarditis in young adults aged 18 to 24 by 44 times. For the Pfizer vaccine, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected on Sunday after populist opponent Marine Le Pen conceded following Sunday’s second round of voting. Macron’s victory makes him the first French president in 20 years to win a second term. Projections showed Macron winning about 58% of the vote, against Le Pen’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler France faces a dilemma. Does a successful and prosperous West European state wish to gamble with its future? Or does that state, feeling the popular anxiety from high food and fuel prices, crime and a constricting COVID pandemic, still hold to the status quo? Now with the second […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Dennis Prager Under the pretext of public health, the soul of what is known as the Free West has left most Western countries. Looking at the government overreach and abuses of power in virtually every other Western nation, one can only conclude that America truly is the last free man standing. Here […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 23, 2021 Several candidates are expected to challenge incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron in April’s election. One of them, Eric Zemmour, has been referred to as the “French Trump.” Zemmour said he believes “it is no longer time to reform France. It is time to save it.” He wants to end […]
