by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2017 A former vice president at Facebook said he feels “tremendous guilt” about helping to create the Internet behemoth and recommends people take a “hard break” from social media. Chamath Palihapitiya, who joined Facebook in 2007 and became its vice president for user growth, told an audience at Stanford Graduate […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2017 A top attorney on special counsel Robert Mueller’s team investigating alleged Trump campaign ties to Russia also represented the IT staffer who set up Hillary Clinton’s private email server, a report said. Aaron Zebley was an attorney for Justin Cooper, the IT aide who set up the private email […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2017 The U.S., South Korea and Japan on Dec. 11 began joint exercises in waters near the Korean peninsula aimed at tracking missiles from North Korea, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said. “During the drill, Aegis warships from each country will simulate detecting and tracking down potential ballistic missiles from the North […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 10, 2017 Members of the UNC Board of Governors are thinking a conservative-leaning center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill would restore intellectual balance to the state’s college campuses. “We are trying to address a problem that seems to be endemic in higher education all across the United […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 10, 2017 President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and plans to move the U.S. embassy to the city gives Muslim states an opportunity to unite and sever ties with the U.S., the deputy speaker of Iranian parliament said. “The least move the Muslim states can make is […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 10, 2017 The same major media outlets that bristle whenever President Donald Trump tweets “Fake News!” continue to provide the president with ammunition. A rash of factual errors in the past week alone raises questions about once rigorous standards of objectivity and professionalism in today’s news industry. On Dec. 8, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Turkey is rapidly developing into a threat to peace and stability in the Middle East. The regime of President [formerly Prime Minister] Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP Justice and Development Party are increasingly authoritarian. Their effort to obtain nuclear power with its military offshoots would make it […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 8, 2017 During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Dec. 7, FBI Director Chris Wray was grilled by Rep. Jim Jordan on a former FBI agent’s role in a FISA application that Jordan said “became the basis for a warrant to spy on Americans.” Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, pressed Wray […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 7, 2017 Cyprus, Greece, Israel and Italy on Dec. 5 signed an agreement to build a major underwater pipeline to supply natural gas to Europe. The pipeline will be some 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) long and is estimated to cost approximately $6 billion (five billion euros). It will have an annual […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 10, 2017 Iraq’s prime minister on Dec. 9 announced the “end of the war against Daesh (Islamic State).” Haidar al-Abadi said Iraqi troops have “gained full control on the Iraqi-Syrian borders.” “Our enemy wanted to kill our civilization, but we have won through our unity and our determination. We have triumphed […]
