How Picasso and Obamacare became politically correct, after a fashion

How Picasso and Obamacare became politically correct, after a fashion

Sol W. Sanders   Back in the early 1930s, worldwide Communism had a serious dilemma. It wanted to exploit well-known adherents, especially in the non-Soviet world. But some of these brightest stars were artists or intellectuals whose work was anathema to Josef Stalin, the monster who had taken over the Soviet Union. Zigzagging intellectually, with […]

Palestinian Authority troops in armored vehicles raid West Bank refugee camp

Palestinian Authority troops in armored vehicles raid West Bank refugee camp

Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority has conducted its largest operation against an insurgency stronghold in the northern West Bank. The PA deployed a force of more than 600 soldiers to raid the Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin. Officials said the special operations force, backed by armored vehicles, clashed with fighters from the […]

Saudis go green: Targeting 41 gigawatts of solar energy by 2032

Saudis go green: Targeting 41 gigawatts of solar energy by 2032

Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has been consulting with the West for plans to develop a solar energy sector. On Sept. 30, the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom hosted a solar energy seminar to explore policy and resource management. The two-day seminar, Solar Arabia Summit, was told that Riyad wants to produce 41 […]

Beijing slaps U.S. diplomat’s ‘irresponsible’ comments as Party vets Hong Kong candidates

Beijing slaps U.S. diplomat’s ‘irresponsible’ comments as Party vets Hong Kong candidates

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Beijing has ratcheted up its rhetoric against alleged efforts by the United States to “interfere” in the political development of Hong Kong. The special administrative region (SAR) of Hong Kong is scheduled to hold general elections in 2017 to pick its chief executive (CE), whose status is equivalent […]

Russia’s Navy seeks return to glory days in hot spots and cold Arctic

Russia’s Navy seeks return to glory days in hot spots and cold Arctic

Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The post-Soviet ebb of Russian naval glory seems to be over under a more aggressive President Vladimir Putin. That seems to be the unmistakable message Moscow is trying to send to the world. In recent weeks, President Putin ordered a dramatic increase of Russian naval presence in the […]