by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2020 Police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators who gathered on Sunday to protest China’s new security law which bans what the communist regime terms “treason, secession, sedition [and] subversion” in Hong Kong. As the demonstrators and police were facing off, Chinese Foreign […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a new measure that allows elections at all levels and referendums to be conducted by mail and via the Internet, according to the Kremlin’s website. The law was rushed through all three readings in the State Duma on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 22, 2020 An article in the May 8 edition of WorldTribune [Allegations of fraud in South Korean elections called warning on new voting technologies] attracted widespread attention in South Korea. The liberal-left JTBC South Korean network challenged the report which cited the East Asia Research Center. Dr. Tara O, who heads […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to permanently cut off funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) and revoke U.S. membership if the UN organization doesn’t make changes meant to curb what he called its pro-China bias. In a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 19, 2020 The civil war between freedom-minded Hong Kong residents and Communist China was stymied by the outbreak of coronavirus. Now tensions have again erupted. Several pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong were dragged out of the city’s legislative chamber Monday during a dispute concerning a bill which would criminalize disrespect of […]
FPI / May 19, 2020 Analysis by Paul Crespo While China increasingly bullies U.S. ally Australia over its recent stand advocating for an international inquiry into Beijing’s handling of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) — another serious issue is surfacing — China’s subversive infiltration of Australia’s universities. A University of Queensland (UQ) student who has been […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2020 President Donald Trump is taking several steps in confronting China over its coronavirus negligence. Trump has blocked trade with Chinese technology giant Huawei and has halted some U.S. retirement investments in China. The Trump administration is also mulling how Beijing should compensate the world for infecting it with the […]
FPI / May 18, 2020 Commentary by Lee Cohen Brexit is happening. The UK is currently in an official transition period leading up to its complete divorce from the European Union. During this phase, which lasts until the end of 2020, Britain is “no longer a member of the EU but continues to be subject […]
FPI / May 18, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com The top technology issue after 5G is the world’s network of undersea cables, a U.S. government official told a Japanese researcher during a meeting in Washington, D.C. in early March. As much as 99 percent of communications and data transmitted across the globe are made possible through the undersea […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 17, 2020 An article in the May 8 edition of WorldTribune attracted widespread attention in South Korea where conservatives have no traditional media alternatives to the corporate giants which have lined up with the ruling party of leftist President Moon Jae-In. A report by the liberal-left JTBC South Korean network challenged […]
