by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2022 Brittney Griner, who advocated for the removal of the National Anthem from WNBA games, is now asking for America’s help as she faces 10 years in a Russian prison for drug possession. Griner on Thursday pleaded guilty in a Russian courtroom to possessing less than a gram of cannabis […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2022 The entire eastern region of Ukraine effectively came under Russian control over the weekend, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. Russian forces captured Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian stronghold in the Luhansk region, the ministry said. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Russian forces, […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2022 Team Biden has been very boastful about how it has sanctioned so many of the bad Russian oligarchs it says are helping to bankroll Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The White House in March even released a “fact sheet” in which it said it would “impose visa restrictions […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News June 15, 2022 Two Americans have been taken prisoner by Russian forces on the outskirts of Kharkiv in Ukraine, reports say. Robert Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, both from Alabama, are the first Americans to be taken prisoner by Russia since the Ukraine conflict began, The Daily […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler “If we do not feed people, we feed conflict,” warned UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressing an urgent Summit on Food security in the wake of the ongoing Ukraine war. “Global hunger levels are at a new high. In just two years, the number of severely food insecure […]
FPI / May 25, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct.com A new drone torpedo capable of destroying entire cities or ports will be deployed by Russia this year, according to the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The drone torpedo, dubbed the Poseidon by Russia, is armed with a megaton-class nuclear warhead and will be carried on a massive new […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Our world is beset by unthinkable tragedy; brash military aggression, widening instability and grinding humanitarian suffering. We know the places ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, yet governments and relief agencies face overwhelming crisis fatigue as we lurch from Kabul to Kyiv in less than six months. Cause, effect, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler It’s often said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a brilliant chess player. Various geopolitical analysts and Think Tank acolytes somberly assert this “truism” with requisite well stocked bookcases behind them. Yet has Putin’s war against Ukraine, started during the Winter, proved a stroke of genius by the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Many people ask, “What’s the UN been doing to stop the Ukraine war?” That’s a fair question given that the conflict has been raging more than two months creating Europe’s most costly conflict and humanitarian crisis since WWII. So where is the UN or more specifically Secretary General […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was largely predictable but it also brought some surprises. It was quite expected that the current U.S. administration would try to draw Russia into the “Ukrainian swamp” in order to weaken and isolate it as much as possible. It was expected that the inexperienced and […]
