China doubles down on coronavirus secrecy

China doubles down on coronavirus secrecy

FPI / February 5, 2020 Following a Feb. 3 high-level meeting, China’s leaders reportedly called for stricter controls on information relating to the coronavirus outbreak. During the early stages of the outbreak, China was criticized for suppressing vital information about the deadly virus which many analysts said contributed to the devastating epidemic. At the Feb. […]

Reports: Canada minister walks back comments on government licensing of media

Reports: Canada minister walks back comments on government licensing of media

by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2020 Canada’s heritage minister is now walking back comments he made on Sunday which indicated the leftist Trudeau administration would require all news websites in Canada to obtain a government license, reports say. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault told CTV on Sunday that “audio, audiovisual, and alphanumeric news content” to Canadians […]

Time to ‘de-gender’ beauty, fashion designer says

Time to ‘de-gender’ beauty, fashion designer says

FPI / February 4, 2020 The fashion industry should put an end to clothing that is designed specifically for men or women, a designer said. “Gender neutrality is not the death of fashion — it is the renaissance of fashion,” Alok Vaid-Menon, who goes by Alok, said last month at the Business of Fashion’s annual […]

U.S. military set for largest European war games since Cold War

U.S. military set for largest European war games since Cold War

FPI / February 4, 2020 Though U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized European countries for not contributing enough to NATO’s budget, in the Spring of 2020 the United States will signal its resolve to defend its NATO allies by deploying the largest number of troops to Europe since the Cold War. Resembling the NATO REFORGER […]

China’s transparency on coronavirus challenged

China’s transparency on coronavirus challenged

by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2020 As the death toll from in China from the Wuhan coronavirus has surpassed that of the SARS outbreak of 2002 and 2003, the communist government’s response is being called into question. China’s Health Commission reported on Sunday that there were 361 deaths nationwide. During the SARS outbreak, 349 people […]

Taiwan outraged at inclusion as part of China on WHO coronavirus declaration

Taiwan outraged at inclusion as part of China on WHO coronavirus declaration

by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2020 Officials in Taiwan are livid that the island nation is being included as part of China in the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency declaration on the coronavirus. Taiwan has reported just 10 cases of the virus, compared to more than 14,000 in China. But due to influence from the […]

Japan’s Abe explains rationale for deploying warship to Middle East

Japan’s Abe explains rationale for deploying warship to Middle East

by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2020 Japan has dispatched a helicopter destroyer to the Middle East to safeguard the nation’s oil supplies, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. The Takanami-class destroyer left its port near Tokyo on Feb. 2 and is tasked with protecting merchant ships and oil tankers passing through the Gulf of Oman. About […]

Beijing, Seoul battle political fallout from virus crisis

Beijing, Seoul battle political fallout from virus crisis

by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2020 China’s communist party regime is facing perhaps its biggest crisis yet in the coronavirus outbreak, reports say. The death toll could be much higher than reported according to a report by Hong Kong-based news outlet Initium Media, which alleged the Chinese Communist government is secretly cremating victims of the […]

Ukraine’s Zelensky: ‘We dearly appreciate’ President Trump: ‘New sentiment, a new attitude’

Ukraine’s Zelensky: ‘We dearly appreciate’ President Trump: ‘New sentiment, a new attitude’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 31, 2020 Asked whether President Donald Trump’s impeachment has spoiled U.S.-Ukraine relations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said “it seems to me it’s the other way around.” Zelensky said the United States has been “and will remain our key ally in defending sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.” During a […]

Fired Ukrainian prosecutor files criminal complaint against Joe Biden

Fired Ukrainian prosecutor files criminal complaint against Joe Biden

by WorldTribune Staff, January 30, 2020 The Ukrainian prosecutor who Joe Biden boasted about getting fired has filed an official criminal complaint against the former vice president, a report said. Viktor Shokin on Tuesday filed the complaint with Ukraine’s interim director of the National Bureau of Investigation against Biden for interference in Ukraine’s legal proceedings, […]