Coronavirus hits major European states three times harder than U.S.

Coronavirus hits major European states three times harder than U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2020 Europe’s five most populated countries have a combined population of 324 million. The United States population is 330 million. Yet those five European nations, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain have more than three times the coronavirus deaths as the U.S. As of Sunday morning, the U.S. had […]

French found 4 additional amino acids in coronavirus, enhancing transmission

French found 4 additional amino acids in coronavirus, enhancing transmission

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2020 The Wuhan coronavirus has four more amino acids than other coronaviruses, making its transmission easier, according to a French research team which examined the gene sequence of COVID-19. The research team’s findings have led some in the research community to speculate about whether it is “synthetic” and whether China’s […]

Columnist: China issues ‘clear threat’ to Taiwan after its coronavirus success

Columnist: China issues ‘clear threat’ to Taiwan after its coronavirus success

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2020 Communist China has issued “a clear threat to destroy Taiwan if it continues to offer a counter-coronavirus example to the world,” a columnist noted. The regime of supreme leader Xi Jinping also issued a warning to the United States against strenghtening ties with Taiwan during the coronavirus crisis, Tom […]

Wakeup call on China: Groundswell of public opinion demands policy reversals

Wakeup call on China: Groundswell of public opinion demands policy reversals

by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2020 The coronavirus crisis is not the first time the world has suffered due to China’s negligence during a viral outbreak. But governments worldwide should work to ensure that it is the last, analysts say. The communist Chinese regime “has exported economic, environmental, and viral costs on the world without […]

China’s appointment to UN human rights panel sparks outrage

China’s appointment to UN human rights panel sparks outrage

by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2020 China’s appointment to a seat on the Consultative Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has sparked global outrage from human rights groups. China’s appointee, Jiang Duan, will be part of a panel that will select the UNHRC’s monitors on health, freedom of speech, arbitrary detention and […]

Who is WHO’s director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus?

Who is WHO’s director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus?

by WorldTribune Staff, April 10, 2020 When the term of World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan, a Chinese citizen, ended in 2017, the regime of Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping pushed hard for Ethiopian microbiologist Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as her successor. “When you look at Tedros, Beijing really campaigned for him because they […]

Japan to subsidize companies’ withdrawal from China

Japan to subsidize companies’ withdrawal from China

by WorldTribune Staff, April 10, 2020 The disruption of supply chains due to the Wuhan coronavirus crisis has led Japan to set aside ¥243.5 billion (nearly $2.5 billion U.S.) of its economic support package to help manufacturers shift production out of China. The funds include ¥220 billion for companies shifting production back to Japan and […]

It’s war: Embattled WHO chief in heated exchanges with USA, Taiwan

It’s war: Embattled WHO chief in heated exchanges with USA, Taiwan

by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2020 President Donald Trump intends to continue asking “tough questions” of the World Health Organization (WHO) as the WHO’s director-general launched into a tirade over criticism of the organization’s repeating Chinese propaganda on the extent of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. officials say. Trump has called the WHO “China-centric” and said […]

World paying heavy price for China’s ‘repressive rule’, activists say

World paying heavy price for China’s ‘repressive rule’, activists say

by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2020 The repressive policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which have seen hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities sent to prison camps in China, are also responsible for tens of thousands of deaths worldwide due to the CCP’s decision to hide the extent of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, activists […]

High anxiety for U.S. and UK as Boris Johnson in ICU

High anxiety for U.S. and UK as Boris Johnson in ICU

Special to WorldTribune , April 9, 2020 Commentary by Lee Cohen When Boris Johnson was in intensive care, Americans from President Donald Trump on down wished him a full and rapid recovery, not only because the Prime Minister, who was born in NYC, is a stalwart friend of the U.S., but because the fate of […]