by WorldTribune Staff, February 9, 2018 A leading figure in the #MeToo movement in California has been accused of sexual misconduct. California Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, the head of the Legislative Women’s Caucus, “is accused of groping a male staffer from another lawmaker’s office,” The Associated Press reported on Feb. 8. Daniel Fierro told the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2018 As an all-female team of North Korean cheerleaders launched a Winter Olympics charm offensive down South, back at home dictator Kim Jong-Un was presiding over a massive military parade that rolled out the North’s ICBMs. In Washington, meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s request for a U.S. military parade was criticized […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2018 In written testimony to three congressional committees, an FBI informant said that, amid Moscow’s pursuit of the Uranium One deal, Russian nuclear officials earmarked millions of dollars for the Clinton Foundation around the same time then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was promising a U.S. “reset” with Russia, a report […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2018 George Soros is a top donor to a British group that is seeking to overturn Brexit, reports say. The leftist billionaire has through his Open Society Foundations funneled $550,000 to the Best for Britain campaign, which is seeking a second Brexit referendum, The Telegraph reported on Feb. 8. Soros […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2018 Egypt has warned Turkey not to infringe on gas exploration rights Cairo obtained in a deal with Greek Cyprus. “Any attempt to infringe or diminish Egypt’s rights in that area” will be confronted, Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Feb. 6, Reuters reported. Turkish Foreign Minister […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2018 China has transformed several islands in the South China Sea into military fortresses, aerial photos obtained by a newspaper in the Philippines show. The photos, taken from 1,500 meters up in the last six months of 2017, show China constructed runways, helipads and observation towers on seven reefs in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2018 A September 2016 text message between FBI agents Lisa Page and Peter Strzok said that then-President Barack Obama wanted “to know everything we’re doing.” The message from Page to Strzok discussed talking points that were being prepared for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to Obama. The texts were […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2018 Kim Yo-Jong, the sister and a top confidant of Kim Jong-Un, will represent North Korea’s ruling dynasty as she visits South Korea this week for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, a report said. The Unification Ministry in Seoul announced on Feb. 7 that Kim Yo-Jong, who is believed to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2018 The North Carolina business community should use its “political capital” to urge the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to halt new tax cuts that are scheduled to take effect next year, Gov. Roy Cooper said on Feb. 5. Cooper, a Democrat, made the comment at the Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2018 An FBI agent who was an assistant to former Director James Comey left the Bureau in order to defend it against “political attacks” in his new job as an analyst with CNN, a report said. A flyer from the farewell party of agent Josh Campbell informed party attendees of […]
