Venezuela crisis defies diplomatic solution as leftists cling to power

Venezuela crisis defies diplomatic solution as leftists cling to power

by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2017 As Venezuela continues to collapse under socialist rule, left-leaning countries who support President Nicolas Maduro insisted at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) that other nations have no right to interfere in Venezuela. The May 31 OAS meeting in Washington ended with no consensus on helping […]

Soros: EU faces ‘existential’ threat from ‘hostile powers’ including Trump’s America, Brexit

Soros: EU faces ‘existential’ threat from ‘hostile powers’ including Trump’s America, Brexit

by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump is among the “hostile powers” who have brought the European Union to the “tipping point,” leftist billionaire George Soros said. “Externally, the EU is surrounded by hostile powers – [President Vladimir] Putin’s Russia, [President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan’s Turkey, [President Abdul Fatah] Sisi’s Egypt and the […]

Planned Parenthood’s year: More abortions, more taxpayer subsidies, fewer health services

Planned Parenthood’s year: More abortions, more taxpayer subsidies, fewer health services

by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2017 From 2015-2016, Planned Parenthood performed 114 abortions for every adoption referral it issued. According to the abortion provider’s annual report, which it released this week, Planned Parenthood performed 328,348 abortions from 2015-2016 while issuing just 2,889 adoption referrals. “Planned Parenthood’s new report reveals that abortions, taxpayer funding, and profit have […]

First robot cop joins the force in Dubai; Here come the surgeons, authors of best-sellers

First robot cop joins the force in Dubai; Here come the surgeons, authors of best-sellers

by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2017 A new study says that artificial intelligence will outperform humans at all tasks within the next 50 years. Dubai is already making an AI investment in one of those tasks – policing. The largest city in the United Arab Emirates has assigned its first robocop for duty near the […]

Roots: Islam’s deep-seated legacy of slavery vs the new narrative from CNN

Roots: Islam’s deep-seated legacy of slavery vs the new narrative from CNN

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Liberals now argue America is — and always has been — a Muslim nation. Their goal is to make Islam an intrinsic part of the American experience, thereby hoping to present any criticism of Islamist behavior as being somehow “Un-American.” Leading the charge is CNN. It recently aired an […]

Skunk at the garden party: Trump pulling U.S. out of Paris Climate deal

Skunk at the garden party: Trump pulling U.S. out of Paris Climate deal

by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly decided to make good on a campaign promise and pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement. “Details on how the withdrawal will be executed” are being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Axios reported on […]

Major advertiser reverses decision to bail from Hannity show

Major advertiser reverses decision to bail from Hannity show

by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2017 A financial services firm with a huge active and retired military clientele has backtracked on its decision to pull its advertising from Fox News’s “Hannity” show. San Antonio-based USAA said on May 30 it would resume advertising on the show “in response to the uproar that it had a […]

Wonder Woman premier set for Lebanon as Beirut plans ban over Israeli lead actress

Wonder Woman premier set for Lebanon as Beirut plans ban over Israeli lead actress

by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2017 Wonder Woman’s invisible jet isn’t in the first installment of the action hero film series, but she may need it to fly over Lebanon. The country, that is officially at war with Israel and has a law banning Israeli products, is seeking to ban Wonder Woman from its movie […]

Escape from New York City: Secessionist movement seeks rare constitutional convention

Escape from New York City: Secessionist movement seeks rare constitutional convention

by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2017 Every 20 years, New York voters have the opportunity to call for a constitutional convention. Upstate supporters of a movement to break away from New York City hope to use that opportunity to get a secession vote on the ballot. Voters will decide this November whether to hold a […]

Trump’s break with G7 climate consensus caused melt-down in polite society

Trump’s break with G7 climate consensus caused melt-down in polite society

by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2017 At the Group of 7 (G7) summit, agreeing to disagree on shared convictions so strongly-held that they approach religious fervor is not an option. It is simply not cool. Therefore, when U.S. President Donald Trump broke ranks on the Paris Agreement climate accord over the weekend at G7, sophisticates […]