by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 Australian officials slammed Facebook for what they say was drastic “heavy-handed’ retaliation after the government moved ahead with plans requiring Big Tech platforms to pay Australian news outlets for using their content. Facebook on Wednesday blocked all news sharing in Australia. Australian officials are warning that Facebook’s actions are […]
FPI / February 18, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher Becoming a leading space power requires three ambitions. First you must secure your access to the Earth-Moon System by not letting China take it away. This enables you to, second, build a competitive presence to best exploit Mars and close asteroids. But third, you require a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 Of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial, six have been censured in their home states by party organizations or grassroots voters. In Louisiana, the executive committee of the state GOP voted unanimously to censure Sen. Bill Cassidy. “Our […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 Rush Limbaugh “influenced millions — a movement of millions, really. A movement of millions and masses of young and old conservatives alike,” a columnist noted of the legendary radio host who passed away Wednesday. “A movement of millions and masses that also included liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, socialists, progressives and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 Radio host and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced. One of the most influential media figures in American history, Limbaugh was a giant in conservative politics since “The Rush Limbaugh Show” began in 1988. He […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 The mass internment being carried out against the Uighur population in China is merely a “different norm,” Joe Biden said during his CNN town hall on Tuesday. Biden also said he would not “speak out” against China’s brutal crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. Asked about his […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 Millions of Texans remained without power amid sub-freezing temperatures on Wednesday. The state scrambled to open “warming centers” as controlled outages were implemented to protect the grid from crashing from a record surge in demand as temperatures plunged to near zero in some areas. The state’s grid operator, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 President Donald Trump granted TC Energy a presidential permit to construct and operate the XL pipeline in March 2019. In a Jan. 20, 2021 executive order, Joe Biden revoked that permit. “It basically shut a lot of what we were doing down overnight,” Jeff Birkeland, the CEO of West […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 In what it calls an effort to “address the issues of racism, sexism and other destructive biases and their impact on naval readiness,” the U.S. Navy is requiring that all sailors pledge to “advocate for and acknowledge all lived experiences and intersectional identities of every Sailor in the Navy.” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler When the new Biden Administration spoke grandly of “restoring America’s place in the world,” that bold new relationship with Canada restarted with an insult. Indeed, while the United States and Canada are among the world’s best neighbors, trading partners, and security allies, the governments in Washington and Ottawa […]
