Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Japan says it will not join a U.S.-led coalition to protect shipping in vital commerce lanes in the Middle East but will send its own vessels to ensure safe delivery of oil to Japan. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on October 18 said Tokyo will still […]
Geostrategy-Direct.com In the 1980s, the Pentagon invested heavily in technology such as stealth and the Internet to help win the Cold War and establish the U.S. as the world’s lone superpower. Today, however, there is a growing consensus that China has taken the lead in the 5G era as the regime of supreme leader Xi […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 15, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump, in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria. Vice President Mike Pence said Trump had been stern with Erdogan on the phone and the vice president said he would soon travel to the region in an […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump said he will be watching closely what Turkey does militarily in northern Syria after the U.S. announced it will pull its troops out of the area. Trump said there would be “big trouble” if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s forces do anything inhumane. The president […]
Special to WorldTribune, September 24, 2019 Madam President, Mr. Secretary-General, world leaders, ambassadors, and distinguished delegates: One year ago, I stood before you for the first time in this grand hall. I addressed the threats facing our world, and I presented a vision to achieve a brighter future for all of humanity. Today, I stand […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk TOKYO ― Kim Jong-Un must be happy now. What could have made him feel better than for his friend President Donald Trump to dump John Bolton as national security adviser? As Trump made clear, he and Bolton disagreed on many things, notably the Middle East, Iran and Afghanistan. Bolton’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2019 The current secretary of Veterans Affairs slammed the Obama administration for attempting to all but erase religion from the veterans’ health care system, a report said. “The last administration … had a very ahistoric approach [to veterans],” VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said in an interview with The Washington Times […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 22, 2019 President Donald Trump on Aug. 21 signed a memorandum which eliminates federal student loan debt for some 25,000 of America’s disabled military veterans. “The debt of these disabled veterans will be entirely erased. It will be gone. They will sleep well tonight,” Trump told a crowd of veterans at […]
FPI / July 25, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com China’s recent initial test of a new anti-ship ballistic missile sent a “chilling” message and spotlighted the “long-term strategic threat” posed by the communist nation, the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. Adm. Philip Davidson, speaking at a security conference in Aspen, Colorado on July 18, revealed that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Bondville, VT — For those of us of a certain age, we vividly remember where we were on July 20, 1969 the date of America’s successful Lunar landing. On a cool July southern Vermont evening my parents and I visited friends to watch what was expected to be […]
