by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2017 Just how deeply partisan can one U.S. federal government agency be? Consider the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB is now under scrutiny by the Trump administration “which feels it is wasting taxpayer’s money and not returning much for their investment,” Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard noted in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2017 A Chinese company which operates 80 kindergartens is under fire after parents say children at one of the company’s kindergartens in Beijing were “molested, jabbed with needles, fed pills and forced to stand naked by staff members,” a report said. The firm at the center of the child abuse […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2017 A former top general on China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) who was under investigation for alleged corruption committed suicide, Chinese state media reported. Gen. Zhang Yang, a former head of the powerful CMC’s political work department, hanged himself at his home in Beijing on Nov. 23, according to Xinhua. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2017 Iran’s proxy Hizbullah must submit to a new arrangement in which its power is reduced, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Nov. 27. Hariri, in an interview with French broadcaster CNews, said he would finalize his resignation if Hizbullah and Iran do not agree to re-balance Lebanon’s political configuration. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2017 People who mocked Vice President Mike Pence for the professional boundaries he has set with women may be reconsidering their stances amid a wave of sexual abuse allegations against powerful men in politics, media and entertainment. The vice president does not dine alone with a woman other than his […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to stand and deliver when it comes to fixing the sorry state of public toilets in his country. “Toilet issues are not petty matters but an important aspect of improving infrastructure in urban and rural areas,” Xi was quoted as saying. Xi even […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2017 Elders and residents in the Egyptian town where Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists killed at least 305 people in a Nov. 24 attack on a Sufi mosque had been warned in advance by ISIS, a report said. Security officials in Bir Al-Abed, located near the city of El-Arish in North […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2017 In a “widely overlooked” recent report, several women who worked as diplomats for the United States described incidences of sexual harassment by powerful men in D.C. In the August edition of the American Foreign Service Association’s Foreign Service Journal, “Several female ambassadors told of the toxic environments they have […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2017 South Korea is employing a battery of loudspeakers along the DMZ to blast updates into North Korea on the escape of a soldier who made a daring dash to freedom across the heavily-guarded border earlier this month. The South is using the FM Radio “Freedom Voice” system installed near […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 22, 2017 Facebook is continuing to allow discriminatory housing ads a year after an investigation uncovered the issue, a report said. ProPublica discovered in an investigation last year that people were able to take out housing ads on Facebook that “targeted whites only.” After the investigation, Facebook said it had come […]
