Florida Gov. DeSantis: ‘Essential’ churches play important role ‘in times like this’

Florida Gov. DeSantis: ‘Essential’ churches play important role ‘in times like this’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2020 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has exempted religious services from his stay-at-home order aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. DeSantis, a Republican, deemed churches as “essential,” telling reporters during a Thursday press conference that the government does not have the authority to close a church and adding that […]

Sen. McSally calls for World Health Organization director’s resignation

Sen. McSally calls for World Health Organization director’s resignation

by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2020 The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) should step down over helping to cover up China’s negligence which led to the coronavirus spreading worldwide, Sen. Martha McSally said. The Arizona Republican said on Fox Business on Thursday that Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has been a constant cheerleader […]

Lockdown prompts national gun-buying spree

Lockdown prompts national gun-buying spree

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2020 Americans are buying firearms in record numbers as more and more state and local governments issue stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus outbreak. Small Arms Analytics and Forecasting (SAAF), which compiles firearms sale statistics, estimates that a total of 2,583,328 guns were sold in March. The FBI recorded 3,740,688 background […]

How coronavirus ranks on the worldwide death toll

How coronavirus ranks on the worldwide death toll

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2020 “We accept 50,000 traffic deaths a year. We accept cancer deaths. We accept suicides. We accept ’em,” radio host Rush Limbaugh noted in his April 1 broadcast. But, “we haven’t accepted” coronavirus, “we have accommodated.” Limbaugh cited worldometers.info (or world-o-meters.info) stats showing the number of worldwide deaths between Jan. […]

Virginia store employee faces multiple charges, jailed without bail after shooting robber

Virginia store employee faces multiple charges, jailed without bail after shooting robber

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2020 An employee at a business in Arlington, Virginia was arrested after he confronted three people who allegedly broke into and attempted to rob the store. The employee, using a legally owned firearm, shot one of the suspects. “Following consultation with the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, the employee, Hamzeh Abushariah, 33, […]

Top Japanese official: Rename WHO the ‘China Health Organization’

Top Japanese official: Rename WHO the ‘China Health Organization’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) has essentially become China’s accomplice in the coronavirus outbreak and should be renamed the “China Health Organization,” Japan’s deputy prime minister said. “Early on, if the WHO had not insisted to the world that China had no pneumonia epidemic, then everybody would have taken […]

Schiff calls for commission to investigate Trump’s response to coronavirus

Schiff calls for commission to investigate Trump’s response to coronavirus

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2020 Rep. Adam Schiff, who was furiously pushing to impeach President Donald Trump as the coronavirus was spreading in the U.S., said he will introduce a bill to create a “nonpartisan commission” to study “our mistakes” in response to the virus. The California Democrat tweeted on April 1: “After Pearl […]

‘Warfare beyond rules’: Chinese officers envisioned combat by non-military means

‘Warfare beyond rules’: Chinese officers envisioned combat by non-military means

FPI / April 1, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com In 1996, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Art Press published “Warfare Beyond Rules”, in which the central premise was that China should prepare to conduct “warfare beyond all boundaries and limitations to defend itself.” The book’s authors, two colonels in the PLA, stated that war may include a blend […]

50 U.S. companies step up in response to President’s appeal

50 U.S. companies step up in response to President’s appeal

by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2020 “The private sector is responding to President Trump’s call to step up and help combat the coronavirus,” the White House said in a March 31 statement. Some 50 companies have answered President Donald Trump’s call for help, including Facebook, Anheuser-Busch, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, and Toyota. “While by no means […]

Student does his homework, calls for CCP to relinquish power, disappears

Student does his homework, calls for CCP to relinquish power, disappears

by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2020 A Chinese college student who publicly called for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to relinquish power amid its mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak has reportedly gone missing. Zhang Wenbin, a college senior and programmer from China’s northeastern Shandong Province, posted a video on Twitter on March 30 which said […]