FPI / March 26, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher There has been ample speculation about the Wuhan coronavirus that may have been first detected near the Chinese city of Wuhan in November 2019 but which has now become a global pandemic claiming over 14,000 lives. It could have emerged from a high technology bioresearch laboratory […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2020 At his daily coronavirus task force briefing Wednesday night, President Donald Trump doubled-down on his timeline for reopening the country. Trump said his vision is to return life to normal by Easter, April 12. “I think there are certain people that would like it not to open so quickly,” […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2020 From the very start of the coronavirus crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) has circulated Chinese propaganda about the outbreak. That is not surprising given who the world health body’s current director-general is, reports say. China essentially put Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in charge of the WHO and now […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2020 The Chinese government is engaged in a coordinated influence campaign which uses some 10,000 suspected fake Twitter accounts to spread propaganda and disinformation about the Wuhan coronavirus, a report said. ProPublica reported on March 26 that it has been tracking the fake accounts since August 2019. At first, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 Joe Biden has repeatedly spread misinformation about President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus, a report said. The Daily Caller noted five different occasions where the like 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominee and his campaign have pushed false narratives about Trump’s response to the outbreak. Biden falsely said Trump […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 In January, South Korea reportedly sent millions of masks to China amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Shortly after the Chinese government quarantined the entire city of Wuhan on Jan. 23, South Korea quickly provided China over 6 million masks, in addition to at least 42,000 protective suits, other supplies, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — It’s almost become a sad cliche to say that America is shutting down over the Coronavirus pandemic. Uncertainty and fear stalk the land, but the enemy remains invisible. The growing global effects of COVID-19 from China to Western Europe, and now North America, ominously looms […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk NORFOLK, Virginia — America’s mightiest warships, including the carrier John C. Stennis, line up grey and forbidding here at the world’s largest naval base at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. A few gate-keepers, security people, stand guard on the piers, but otherwise almost no one is visible. It’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on Tuesday announced that the 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be postponed for about one year due to the coronavirus crisis. The opening ceremony had been planned for July 24 in Tokyo. “[T]he IOC president and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 There is a shortage in the Strategic National Stockpile of one of the most needed supplies amid the coronavirus outbreak — N95 respirator masks — in large part because the Obama administration failed to replenish the supply following the H1N1 outbreak in 2009, reports say. Current Health and Human Services […]
