Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders After eight years of the Obama Administration’s whining, false modesty and general incompetence, President Donald K. Trump has backed into the U.S.’ logical if not inevitable role as world leader. [Aspirations for United Nations assumption of that responsibility are at best disappointing.] It is ironic, to say the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2018 U.S. crude oil production hit a record 11.6 million barrels day as domestic prices sunk to their lowest levels since March, the U.S. Energy Department said on Nov. 7. U.S. oil prices fell to $62 a barrel on Nov. 7. The last time the U.S. oil benchmark settled below […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Korean history over the past century has been so full of surprises that it’s risky to make serious predictions. The North Korean invasion of the South in June 1950, ordered by Kim dynasty founder Kim Il-Sung, was the worst, most tragic surprise of all. So traumatic was that blitzkrieg […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2018 The number of residents who have fled the economic and humanitarian nightmare in socialist Venezuela has topped 3 million, the United Nations said on Nov. 8. The exodus amounts to around one in 12 of the nation’s population. William Spindler of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2018 A number of people who survived the Las Vegas massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, were also reportedly regulars at the Western-themed bar in Thousand Oaks, California where a gunman killed 12 people on Nov. 7. Authorities said Ian Long, a 28-year-old ex-Marine, opened fire at the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un told South Korean President Moon Jae-In during one of their summit meetings that the North was wary of giving up a list of its nuclear arsenal and facilities, fearing it could embolden the Untied States to attack, a South Korean official said. South Korean […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2018 The Nov. 6 midterms delivered a Democratic House and Republican Senate, but never-Trumpers and anti-Trumpers are suffering from cognitive dissonance over as President Donald Trump seemed to emerge as the big winner, analysts said. Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh are to thank for erecting a red wall […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2018 The United States, following the imposition of sweeping sanctions against Iran, warned all ports and insurance companies to stay clear of Iranian ships. “From the Suez Canal to the Strait of Malacca and all choke points in between, Iranian tankers are now a floating liability,” said Brian Hook, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 7, 2018 A large number of American Jews have signed up for firearms training in the wake of the Oct. 27 shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 people dead. Yonatan Stern, the founder of Cherev Gidon Israeli Tactical Training Academy, said he received hundreds of requests in the days […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 6, 2018 There are some striking parallels between the 2018 midterm elections and the 2012 documentary film “Runaway Slave”. The late Andrew Breitbart, in an interview for the 2012 film, said the race card “is the most effective tool that the Democrat-media complex has” in its playbook. In the 2018 midterms, […]
