Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 21, 2023 Another earthquake has jolted Turkey. But contrary to the seismic calamity which devastated large parts of eastern Turkey in February killing more than 50,000 people this was an electoral jolt whose political shockwaves and aftershocks continue to rattle the entire country from Istanbul, through the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com, April 26, 2023 Corporate WATCH Commentary by Joe Schaeffer An organization no one voted for and created by none other than the United Nations has just released “a new blueprint for reinvigorated global governance.” The report unmistakably aims for the erosion of the sovereign rights of individual nations on the way to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler It’s seems like a profound contradiction; trying to convince Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to accept foreign humanitarian help for their own starving population. Thus as beleaguered Afghan civilians endure a brutal winter, the sanctimonious Islamic fundamentalist regime in Kabul has largely restricted international aid agencies because they employ women. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2022 Government officials in the Philippines said the nation will not follow the recommendation of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to allow abortion and divorce and to legalize same-sex marriage. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said such recommendations of other UN member-states during last week’s Universal Periodic Review […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Some good news from war weary Ukraine! And actually even better news for many developing countries dependent on Ukrainian food and fertilizer shipments which faced Russian naval blockades until mid-Summer. Readers may remember that during July, a combination of United Nations and Turkish diplomacy with Russia led to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 23, 2022 It has been an eventful week at the United Nations for South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol, one of the few conservatives to win a presidency anywhere in the world this year. In a speech before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Yoon invoked the word “freedom” 18 times, according […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Foreign investment flows worldwide have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels reaching nearly $1.6 trillion. That’s the good news. Yet as a new report warns, the war in Ukraine and widening global uncertainty make the prospects for expansion appear grim. That’s the verdict from the annual World Investment Report 2022, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2022 Russia informed the UN Security Council on Friday of “the military biological activities of the U.S. on the territory of Ukraine.” In a Security Council session convened at Russia’s request, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, claimed the U.S. Department of Defense had funded the biolabs in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2022 The United Nations is providing migrants with a roadmap on how to get to and stay in the United States, a report said. The UN is playing a lead role in “orchestrating” the movement of millions of migrants from around the world who make their way to the United […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2022 Sanctions imposed on Iran by the Trump administration were so devastating that the mullahs in Teheran were unable to pay dues owed to the United Nations. As a consequence, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism lost its voting rights at the UN. Was this not a victory […]
