by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 Nuclear plants in the United States are not prepared for an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, the responsible federal agency said. Following a report by the Electromagnetic Defense Task Force, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) admitted to a high level of “uncertainty” in the event of an EMP attack. “If […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 Communist China has instituted a social credit system in which the country’s residents receive negative scores for such things as supporting the Falun Gong or Tibetan Buddhism, criticizing the government, and smoking or playing loud music on trains. Running afoul of the social credit system can lead to harsh […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 Joe Arpaio announced on Aug. 25, two years to the day that he was pardoned by President Donald Trump, that he is running again for sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona. “Watch out world! We are back!” Arpaio, 87, said in a statement. Arpaio was convicted in July 2017 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 An Obama-appointed judge has determined that Wisconsin’s taxpayers are on the hook for sex reassignment surgery for some trans persons. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley ruled that Medicaid cannot exclude transgender surgery and related treatment such as hormone therapy to low-income residents in Wisconsin, The Gateway Pundit reported […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 Even South Korea’s “mainstream media” which has largely ignored a populist conservative revolt against President Moon Jae-In are reporting that he has squandered his political capital. The number of South Koreans who disapprove of his performance has exceeded 50 percent for the first time since he took office in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have prohibited state-run propaganda outlets from publishing “any positive reports on the Hong Kong people’s appeals for democracy and freedom,” a report said. The CCP has also directed that the state-run media outlets, which have global reach, promote in print, photographic and televised reports the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 Federal authorities in 2018 made more arrests of Mexican nationals living in the United States than arrests of American citizens, according to the Department of Justice. More than 78,000 federal arrests of Mexicans were made last year, compared to 70,500 federal arrests made of American citizens, the DOJ reported. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 Most mass shootings in the United States are followed by a surge in FBI background checks for gun purchases, according to a new study. A spike in gun sales has occurred after eight of 10 recent mass shootings, the study by the home security firm Cove found, according to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 Writer and satirist Kioomars Marzban has been sentenced to 23 years and nine months in prison by an Iranian Revolutionary Court which convicted him of charges including cooperation with the United States. Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, lawyer for the 28-year-old Marzban, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Aug. 24 that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 Liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently underwent three weeks of radiation treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York after a cancerous tumor was discovered on her pancreas. Libertarian billionaire David Koch, who passed away on Aug. 23 after a long battle with prostate cancer, donated […]
