Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct June 16, 2004 Editor’s Note: In commemoration of the historic June 12, 2018 summit in Singapore, we are republishing the following nonfiction report about Kim Jong-Un’s father. South Korea’s Pyeonghwa (Peace) Motors Corporation plans to stage an inter-Korean golf game next month in the North’s capital city of Pyongyang, company […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 7, 2018 The United States has reached a deal to end sanctions against Chinese telecom ZTE, imposing a $1 billion fine in what Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called “the strictest and largest settlement fine that has ever been brought by the Commerce Department against any violator of export controls.” The deal […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 7, 2018 California’s voters thoroughly rebuked George Soros’s attempt to transform the criminal justice system in the Golden State. Incumbents in district attorney contests in Sacramento, San Diego and Alameda counties rolled to victories on June 5 over liberal candidates heavily funded by the leftist billionaire. In Sacramento County, District Attorney […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 6, 2018 The head of Iran’s nuclear agency has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the Islamic Republic is opening a center for new centrifuges for uranium enrichment at its Natanz nuclear site. Ali Akbar Salehi, chief of the Iran Atomic Energy Organization, said the expansion does not violate […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 6, 2018 A U.S.-Mexico border region where Islamic State (ISIS) cells are known to operate with the help of Juarez Cartel smugglers is getting a new wall, a government watchdog group said. A 20-mile section of border “is finally getting a wall to replace laughable ‘road barriers’ that, not surprisingly, have […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2018 Special counsel Robert Mueller is focusing on a private network reportedly tied to Israel and the United Arab Emirates as his investigation expands from Russia to Middle East governments’ alleged attempts to influence U.S. politics, according to news reports. Mueller is investigating the private firm Wikistrat, the Wall Street […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2018 Italy is the ironic host for this year’s Bilderberg meeting given that the subject topping the secretive group’s agenda is populism in Europe. The 66th Bilderberg Meeting is set for June 7-10 in Turin. Some 130 participants from 23 countries have confirmed their attendance. Italy’s new populist government, headed by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2018 A former U.S. Navy sailor, who used the Hillary Clinton defense after being charged with mishandling classified information, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump and now plans to sue former President Barack Obama and ex-FBI Director James Comey. A lawyer for Kristian Saucier said he will file the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — In the midst of an expanding American economy, record low unemployment rates, and buoyant consumer confidence, the Trump Administration has inadvertently planted the seeds of a global commercial slowdown and political showdown. The steel and aluminum tariffs slapped on imports from our key Transatlantic trading […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 4, 2018 Former President Bill Clinton, in a June 4 interview on NBC’s “Today”, portrayed himself as a victim and says he doesn’t owe Monica Lewinsky an apology. “A lot of the facts have been omitted to make the story work,” the former president said. He was backed up by longtime […]