Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 2, 2026 250 Years of Freedom — 9 There’s a perfect nexus of sport, celebration and patriotism throughout the USA this summer as the FIFA World Cup, the countdown to the American 250th Birthday celebrations, and the 4th of July Independence Day holiday have converged into a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 26, 2026 If is a big and a most consequential word in the English language. The word connotes wishes and conditionality and often aspirations. If also is one of the shortest words holding a very long explanatory meaning which embodies hope but just as easily signals fatalism. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 12, 2026 The UN General Assembly has a busy year ahead.. First the members have chosen its new President to preside over the 81st General Assembly. Then the 193 members picked five new non-permanent members to serve on the fifteen-member Security Council. Lastly, later in the year, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 30, 2026 Set amid pomp and military pageantry at the White House, and bathed in the sunlight of a bright future, the USA offered its celebratory welcome to Britain’s visiting King Charles III and Queen Camilla. President Donald Trump’s warm welcome to the Royals offered a pitch […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 23, 2026 Many readers probably don’t remember the oil boycotts of 1973 or 1978. These were defining times which helped bookmark the 70’s. Now in the wake of Iran’s closing Strait of Hormuz, by blocking a key maritime route for petroleum shipments, global markets, economies and consumers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 16, 2026 A massive political tsunami swept across the Japanese islands as recent national elections scored a resounding electoral win for the incumbent political party and its maverick leader Sanae Takaichi. Though the outcome was assumed, her stunning triumph was not expected. The snap parliamentary elections reflected […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 26, 2026 Location, Location, Location. Whether in real estate or international politics, the physical location of a particular property, country or sea-lane plays into its geopolitical importance. From Manhattan to Miami, from Singapore to Suez and Gibraltar to Greenland, so much is determined by the location and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 30, 2025 It’s time to consult the crystal snow globe and try to peer ahead what may be on the horizon for the new year. Without question 2025 has been tumultuous, but the year ahead holds cautious promise to finally solve some political crises mixed with some […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 30, 2025 Ukraine is about to enter the fourth Winter of the Russian war. The fleeting hopes for an American-brokered ceasefire and an end to the hostilities in the grinding conflict seemed to have disappeared as the days grow shorter, the nights grow colder, and the shadows […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 18, 2025 Real World News The UN Security Council on Monday approved President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. The 13-0 vote backs Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan, which calls for a Board of Peace as a transitional authority in Gaza that Trump would head. The plan also authorizes an international stabilization force […]
