Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — In a stunningly stark report on the political and economic conditions in Venezuela, the UN’s Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet, outlined a troubling litany of continuing human rights abuses, extrajudicial killings, and economic privations characterizing the besieged Latin American country. The groundbreaking report by the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2019 The British warship HMS Montrose on July 10 trained its guns on Iranian ships which UK authorities say were impeding a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. “Contrary to international law, three Iranian vessels attempted to impede the passage of a commercial vessel, British Heritage, through the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2019 President Donald Trump’s suspicions of the UK government’s role in the massive investigation of him and his associates were confirmed with the revelation this week that London’s top envoy in Washington had written a “dossier” filled with anti-Trump vitriol, a report said. The resignation on July 10 of British […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2019 Ross Perot, legendary for his generosity and a political maverick who many analysts say paved the way for populist presidential campaigns, passed away on July 9 at age 89. In March, Perot’s son wrote two checks of the maximum legal limit to President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, Fox News […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2019 Former President Bill Clinton claims he “knows nothing” about the “terrible crimes” alleged against his pedophile friend Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton also insists he took only “a total of four trips” on Epstein’s private plane in 2002 and 2003 and that his Secret Service detail was with him at all […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2019 A federal appeals court appears set to negate the Obamacare individual mandate and two judges on the panel questioned whether the law would be able to stand on its own if the individual mandate is declared unconstitutional. On July 9, two Republican-appointed judges on the 5th Circuit Court of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2019 The United States plans to form a military coalition “that would ensure freedom of navigation both in the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab,” the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said on July 9. The U.S. is “engaging now with a number of countries” who could […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2019 The Chinese and international media have largely ignored mass demonstrations in Hong Kong, which started as opposition to an extradition bill but have evolved into ongoing, full-fledged protests against Beijing’s increasingly heavy-handed rule over the autonomous territory. While hundreds of thousands of protesters routinely jam the former British colony’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2019 President Donald Trump is on pace to raise $2 billion to $2.5 billion for his re-election effort, political insiders say. “Republican donor enthusiasm is reaching new levels more than a year before the presidential election, sparking wild predictions that President Trump and the Republican National Committee’s joint fundraising committee […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2019 Soon after Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in New York, users took to the open-sourced Wikipedia to delete references related to the billionaire pedophile’s connections to former President Bill Clinton. The reference tying Epstein to President Donald Trump was left intact. “As people in our society will do, when they […]
