Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A report in Beijing’s state media said China’s increasing military “competitiveness” is making the United States “uneasy” and is contributing to the Americans’ need for more muscle flexing, namely the deployment of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group to the South China Sea. The U.S. carrier group, which includes […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 Lawyers representing impeached South Korean President Park Geun-Hye are asking the UN to help secure her release after prosecutors called for a 30-year sentence and a court in Seoul extended her detention by six months. “The UN is looking at our application urgently and the South Korean authorities need […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Sheriff Scott Israel must resign. His leadership of the Broward County police department is not just untenable. It has become a national disgrace — a scandal that can no longer be ignored. In the wake of the school mass shooting in Florida, the media was quick to demand gun […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 Google and Facebook are at the head of a “Digital Cartel” that is threatening the survival of independent news outlets, leaders of both conservative- and liberal-leaning media firms say. Joseph Farah, founder and CEO of the conservative WorldNetDaily.com, wrote on Feb. 26 that WND faces a severe financial crisis […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 Eight states currently allow teachers to carry guns at school and six others are considering legislation to do so. Texas, Kansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming allow teachers to carry at school while Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Maryland, and Oklahoma are considering allowing school personnel carry weapons, the Wall […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2018 Social media users, already banned on U.S. platforms, compared the Chinese Communist Party’s move to pave the way for President Xi Jinping’s long term reign to the ruling dynasty in North Korea. “Argh, we’re going to become North Korea,” wrote one Weibo user. “We’re following the example of our […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2018 Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto called off his tentatively planned visit to the White House after a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump in which Trump refused to yield on his stance that Mexico pay for a proposed border wall. During a 50-minute conversation on Feb. 20, Pena […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2018 The newly released rebuttal memo by Democrats shows the only collusion with Russians in the 2016 presidential campaign was on the part of Democrats and the Hillary Clinton campaign, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said. The Democrats’ rebuttal memo was released on Feb. 24. Earlier this month, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2018 Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told CNN on Feb. 25 that he has taken the department to a “new level” and that his leadership has been nothing short of “amazing.” Israel made the comments despite Broward County confirming that deputies had received at least 18 calls from 2008 to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2018 An MSNBC host seemed taken aback by a Texas sheriff’s explanation of how a local school district has been allowing teachers to carry firearms at school since 2014. Sheriff Paul Cairney of Argyle, Texas said during an appearance on MSNBC that Argyle Independent School District allows highly trained members […]
