Special to WorldTribune, July 11, 2023 Commentary by Laurence F Sanford China is seizing the seas by building the world’s largest Navy, the largest Coast Guard, the largest fishing fleet, the largest maritime shipping fleet, and the largest stakeholder of seaports worldwide. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) goal is world domination. The strategy is to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 13, 2023 The state-owned mining company of Sweden has reported discovering what is believed to be the largest deposit of rare earth minerals in Europe. The LKAB mining company said on Jan. 12 that it has identified more than 1 million tonnes of rare earth minerals in Sweden’s northern area of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2022 German security officials believe “highly effective explosive devices” were used to in sabotage attacks on Russia’s Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines. Der Spiegel reported on Thursday that the intelligence officials calculated that explosive devices with an effect comparable to that of 500 kilograms (about 1,100 pounds) […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Just a year ago, the political odds of comfortably neutral Sweden and Finland joining NATO were a long shot; Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine changed the military threat and jolted the political calculus. At last week’s NATO Summit in Madrid, both countries were fast-tracked to full membership in […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2021 In response to the so-called Delta variant of Covid-19, the CDC in July advised all Americans to wear masks whenever indoors. Meanwhile, Sweden dropped its last mask recommendation, for public transportation, on July 1. Sweden never locked down or imposed mask mandates. Sweden is currently hovering at zero […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2020 As the number of coronavirus infections surges across Europe, Sweden has some of the lowest numbers of new cases and only 14 virus patients in intensive care. Unlike most of Europe, Sweden never locked down its population early in the pandemic. It never closed schools, restaurants, gyms or even […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2020 Sweden never went into lockdown. It doesn’t require face masks. It kept its restaurants and bars open. It kept its students in school. Outspoken media outlets and politicians around the globe were highly critical of Sweden’s approach to the coronavirus. But, since a surge in virus deaths in April, […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 14, 2020 Sweden has chosen not to go the lockdown route in response to the coronavirus. Officials say the country’s capital, Stockholm, could see herd immunity from the virus as early as this month. Dr. David Katz, the founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in Connecticut, told Fox […]
FPI / May 4, 2020 Analysis by Paul Crespo While communist China has long touted its alleged “peaceful rise” as a global power, its increasingly brutish and bullying behavior toward less powerful countries has shown a harsher reality. Sweden is just the most recent example. Fortunately, Sweden is pushing back. As Axios reports, “a series […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2020 Sweden’s top epidemiologist said “herd immunity” to coronavirus could be reached in Stockholm within weeks. Sweden, unlike its Scandinavian neighbors, did not impose a lockdown amid the COVID-19 outbreak, instead employing a strategy aimed at building a broad-base of immunity while protecting at-risk groups. “In major parts of Sweden, […]