by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2016 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump responded to Chinese threats over his unprecedented conversation with Taiwan’s president by challenging Beijing’s trade policies and its provocative military buildup in the South China Sea. A front-page editorial in the overseas edition of People’s Daily, the official organ of the Communist Party of China, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged U.S. President Barack Obama not to sign a 10-year extension of U.S. sanctions approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate. In a speech to Iran’s parliament on December 4, Rohani said the bill violates a landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2016 “Donald Trump took the call. The voice on the other end of the line was Taiwan’s president [Tsai Ing-wen] congratulating him,” wrote the Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Browne in Taipei, Taiwan. Why the furor that subsequently erupted in the U.S. media? “No president-elect, or president, has spoken to a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — When Fidel Castro died at age 90, perhaps the greatest achievement of Cuba’s communist Commandante was to have defied ten American presidents and five decades of American opposition. During his 57 years in undisputed power, Castro excelled in playing the role of a socialist David […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 That the Democrats have become the party of coastal elites is now backed up by hard data from the Nov. 8 election. President-elect Donald Trump won 3,084 of the 3,141 counties in the United States. Hillary Clinton won just 52 coastal counties and five “county equivalent” cities stretching from […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Nov. 30 voted to conduct a partial recount of votes in Durham County, including the precinct where 94,000 ballots mysteriously turned up just before midnight on election night. The 3-2 vote by the State Board overturns Durham County’s earlier decision rejecting […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump just saved 1,000 American jobs – and he hasn’t even been sworn in yet. And they aren’t very happy about it over at The New York Times, Rush Limbaugh noted Nov. 30. “So what was your reaction when you heard that Carrier was going to keep a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 House Democrats doubled down on Nov. 30 and chose the old guard over the new wave. California Rep. Nancy Pelosi was re-elected minority leader over Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan by a vote of 134 to 63. Pelosi is 76-years-old, Ryan 43. The top three Democrats in leadership in the House are […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2016 The law firm hired to defend the North Carolina Board of Elections in the current gubernatorial recount has solid ties to Democratic candidate Roy Cooper, a report said. Cooper earlier this month had announced that two members of the Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard law firm would be […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 As his days of being commander-in-chief wind down, President Barack Obama plans to become “organizer-in-chief.” Obama already has an organization in place to advocate for his agenda after he leaves office. It is called Organizing for Action (OFA). “The infrastructure for the organization was put into place long before […]
