by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2018 In the nearly three weeks since the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, advocates pushing for stricter gun control laws have monopolized the national conversation. Now, those on the other side of the issue are beginning to push back. In a March 2 speech to the Virginia House of Delegates, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty WASHINGTON — If it hasn’t started already, then a new arms race is almost certainly about to get under way, arms-control experts and analysts warn. With his announcement that Russia has developed new strategic weapons, including a nuclear-powered missile that he said can fly indefinitely and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 Americans believe government inaction on threats and violent video games and movies are more to blame for mass shootings than weak gun control laws, two new polls show. A Rasmussen Reports poll in the wake of last month’s Florida school shooting found that 54 percent of adults blame the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 The digital advertising dominance of Google and Facebook and their ever-changing algorithms are putting independent publishers at a severe disadvantage and U.S. regulators should step in, News Corp. Chief Executive Officer Robert Thomson said. “It’s fair to say I have algorithm angst,” Thomson said. His concerns have been echoed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk PYEONGCHANG ― Now I know firsthand what they’re talking about when they say the Russians are tricky. Yes, they’ve gotten into American and other websites, tried to sway the U.S. presidential election and are not to be trusted, but those were media reports. In an era of fake news, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 A Republican who is certified by the NRA as a firearms trainer will run against the Democrat leader of North Carolina’s House of Representatives, who has called for stricter gun control laws, a report said. Rhonda Allen filed to run for the District 39 seat on Feb. 28, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2018 Several California cities have passed resolutions instructing local authorities not to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Activists have even demanded that ICE be removed from the state. President Donald Trump has indicated he may oblige. The president on Feb. 22 said he may pull ICE out […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2018 A man who spent nine months with the Khmer Rouge in the early 1970s has come forward to recount his story of what life was like under the brutal communists who carried out the Cambodian genocide. Ith Sarin, now age 80, said he has returned to Cambodia from the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2018 Egypt has more than doubled the number of troops it has stationed in the Sinai Peninsula, a Feb. 28 report said. Egyptian armed forces Maj. Gen. Mohammed el-Shahat said there are currently 88 battalions and a total of 42,630 soldiers in Sinai, Israel’s Channel 11 reported. The troop increase […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk U.S. officials remain deeply skeptical of North Korea’s intentions while South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In seeks to build on the momentum toward negotiations in the aftermath of the Winter Olympics. The White House is awaiting a firm signal directly from Pyongyang about the prospects for talks while wondering about […]
