by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2020 The 1980 “Miracle on Ice,” in which the U.S. hockey team defeated a heavily favored Soviet squad, really “wasn’t a miracle at all,” according to a Sacramento Bee columnist. Why? Because, on the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest upsets in sports history, some of the 1980 U.S. […]
FPI / February 21, 2020 By Paul Crespo Shortly after Turkey suffered its worst single-day military casualties at the hands of Russian-backed Syrian government forces in Idlib last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly stated he was opening Turkey’s borders to Syrian refugees fleeing into Europe. “We opened the doors. The flow of migrants may […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 3, 2020 Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and coronavirus task force representatives from the CDC and NIH all said during a Monday press conference that the risk of the virus to Americans “remains low.” That is a far cry from the dire warnings issued last […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 3, 2020 While not surprised that the Democratic Party establishment would close ranks against socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Sanders campaign was reportedly caught off guard by just how quickly establishment Democrats coalesced around Joe Biden. “Many of the establishment Democrats don’t want us to win,” Sanders told 5 Eyewitness News […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 3, 2020 The coronavirus is taking a heavy toll on high ranking government officials in Iran. As recently as last week, government officials in Teheran had downplayed the effects of the virus in the Islamic Republic. An activist group said that Wikipedia’s Farsi-language website appeared to be disrupted in Iran after […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk In a time of crisis, near-panic, over a disease to which the best medical minds have yet to find a sure cure, total cooperation is essential. The World Health Organization, scientists around the world, anyone who knows anything is duty-bound to try and help. Which brings us to North […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The imagery and optics presented a publicist’s dream; an American president being feted by a cast of millions on foreign soil with exotic backdrops ranging from the enchanting Taj Mahal to a rousing Namaste Trump rally at the Motera Cricket stadium with 110,000 cheering onlookers […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 3, 2020 Is Bernie Sanders responsible for taking the Flavor out of Public Enemy? It seems the group’s Chuck D is a huge Bernie fan. But Flavor Flav is not. When it was announced that the legendary hip hop group would perform at a Sanders rally in Los Angeles, the famous […]
FPI / February 13, 2020 By Judicial Watch U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth granted Judicial Watch’s request to depose former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about her emails and Benghazi attack documents, Judicial Watch announced on March 2. The court also ordered the deposition of Clinton’s former Chief of Staff, Cheryl Mills and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2020 The swine flu, or H1N1, was first reported to have been detected in the United States in April 2009. At the end of April 2009, President Barack Obama addressed Americans briefly, saying that U.S. health officials were monitoring the situation. Obama said he had requested $1.5 billion from Congress […]