by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2019 South Korean President Moon Jae-In was among a group of investors who made large donations in the 1980s to establish the left-wing Hankyoreh Media Group, a report said. Moon gave 200 million won ($552,000 in 2019 dollars) to the media group, which established the far-left Hankyoreh newspaper in 1987, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2019 Some 95,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in Texas and about 58,000 non-citizens may have voted in Texas elections between 1996 and 2018, state election officials said. Texas Secretary of State David Whitley said on Jan. 25 that the large number of non-citizens registered was discovered in a year-long […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. and Taliban officials have agreed in principle to the “framework” of a peace deal, The New York Times quotes U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad as saying after five days of talks between the militant group and the United States in Qatar. Both sides have said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 28, 2019 From July to November of 2016, reporters and commentators from the major media, like then-Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, were eager to discover any tidbits WikiLeaks was looking to reveal, “even while knowing they came compliments of the Kremlin,” said a report, citing a review of election media coverage. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 28, 2019 Driven by a continued shale boom, the United States is on track to produce more crude oil and liquids than Russia and Saudi Arabia combined by 2025, an energy consultancy said. In 2018, the U.S. passed Russia and OPEC-leader Saudi Arabia to become the largest crude oil producer. America’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2019 A construction worker in New York City called in to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show on Jan. 22 to vent on lawmakers and the major media trotting out daily shows of sympathy for government workers who they portrayed as struggling mightily to get by due to the partial shutdown. “I’m […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2019 Count actor and former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein among those not on board the AOC train. Stein told Fox Business last week that newly-minted lawmaker and leftist media darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rhetoric is not only misguided, but dangerous. “We have a society in which there are an awful lot of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2019 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at UN challenged all nations to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela or admit they support tyranny. “Now it is time for every other nation to pick a side. No more delays, no more games. Either you stand with […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2019 President Donald Trump could cite his authority under the National Emergencies Act to declare a state of emergency at the U.S.’s southern border and free up $7 billion in federal funds for a border wall, a report said. Under the emergency declaration, Trump would order the Pentagon to immediately […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler BUENOS AIRES — Two of Latin America’s political heavyweights have put the squeeze on Venezuela’s increasingly authoritarian regime. In a meeting between Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his new Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsanaro, the leaders of the region’s two largest economies have stepped up pressures on Venezuela for […]
