by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2017 The Palestinian Authority (PA) says it has received $221 million in aid from the U.S. authorized by Barack Obama in the last hours of his presidency despite the Trump administration’s claim that it had frozen the transfer of the funds. “We have already received the last sum assigned by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2017 Hillary Clinton is laying the groundwork for a 2020 presidential campaign, seeking to stay relevant by possibly hosting her own TV talk show, sources say. “She thinks being the host of a popular TV show would energize the Democratic Party base and her tens of millions of fans,” a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2017 A payment of $221 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) that was authorized in the final hours of Barack Obama’s presidency has been frozen by the Trump administration. U.S. officials informed PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Jan. 24 that the funds were not expected to be handed over […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2017 Hold the pickles. Hold the lettuce. Hold the $15 per hour worker? Meet the Big Mac ATM machine. McDonald’s and other quick service restaurants are answering the push led by Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders for a nationwide $15 minimum wage by installing automated kiosks instead of adding more humans […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2017 In the region that includes Taiz, Yemen, most families own a Kalashnikov rifle, but they are used primarily to fire off during celebrations such as weddings. When the Yemeni conflict spilled into the region in 2015, a Taiz shopkeeper named “Ahmed” took his Kalashnikov, and a pair of binoculars […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2017 Saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is “meaningless” without the United States, Japan on Jan. 25 rejected Australia’s effort to salvage the trade agreement. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had suggested China be brought in as a replacement for the U.S. after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2017 The anti-Trump protesters who torched a limousine in downtown D.C. on Inauguration Day may have thought the destructive act was righteous – sticking it to the man. The limo, however, was owned by a Muslim immigrant who now says the damage could cost his company $70,000, along with hospital […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, MexiData.info Well, it’s finally come to pass. Donald Trump is President of the United States, having been installed in the traditional inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C. Of course, the campaign and election of Donald Trump was fraught with controversy. After all, the candidate was a real […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2017 A terror suspect wearing an explosives vest who was captured before he could enter a busy Beirut cafe confessed to being an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadist. The suspect, a Lebanese national from Sidon, attempted to enter a cafe in Beirut’s Hamra district on Jan. 21 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2017 A town on the Suonada Sea that calls itself “Japan’s USA” has come under fire on the homefront for its celebration of U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Residents of the rural town of Usa in Oita Prefecture formed the “Extravagantly Celebrate the American Presidential Inauguration in Japan’s USA Association” […]
