by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2018 A group of U.S. lawmakers are calling on China to release a Christian minister from North Carolina who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in China for allegedly organizing illegal border crossings into Burma. Pastor John Cao, who is of Chinese origin, built 16 schools that serve […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2018 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt on July 2 became the fourth Trump administration official to be harassed in public at a restaurant. According to a Facebook post, Kristin Mink, a teacher at the elite private school Sidwell Friends in Washington, D.C. where President Barack Obama sent his […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2018 A co-director of the upcoming movie “Roe v. Wade” said it has been filmed in relative secrecy in New Orleans out of consideration for the security of the cast and crew. Several people working on the film quit and two colleges where it was set to film would not […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2018 Palestinians loyal to Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas rallied in Ramallah on July 2 to protest what they say are attempts by the United States “to impose its plans in the area.” Protesters expressed support for Abbas and the PA leadership’s rejection of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2018 A Belgian couple with Iranian heritage were arrested as they allegedly were on their way to bomb an Iranian opposition group’s rally near Paris, French authorities said. The French federal prosecutor’s office said the Belgian citizens were charged with “attempt at terrorist murder and preparing a terrorist crime,” saying […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler PARIS — The American mainstream media template, dutifully reflected and jaded by most of the European press, paints a tempestuous picture of the relationship between our European partners and what is presented as a capricious and domineering Trump Administration. Rifts over NATO defense spending, the Iran nuclear deal, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2018 Special counsel Robert Mueller was granted wide latitude by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to pursue any alleged contact between Russia and the Trump campaign not matter how “stale” it is, a judge said. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III, who is presiding over Mueller’s case against former Trump campaign […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2018 The school board in Fairfax County, Virginia last month voted to adopt a new sex-education program which critics say teaches children “they weren’t actually born male or female.” The new “Family Life Education Program” passed by the school board scraps “biological sex” and instead teaches that sex is a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2018 The European Union’s external borders should be immediately closed and illegals currently in Europe should be detained and deported, Bulgaria’s prime minister said. Bulgaria will not accept any plan aimed at sending migrants back to the first EU state they arrived in, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said following last […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2018 A U.S. citizen who had expressed support for Al Qaida in social media posts was arrested for planning to load a van with explosives and carry out a July 4 terrorist attack in downtown Cleveland, the FBI said. Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts, also known as Abdur Raheem Rahfeeq, was arrested […]
