Special to WorldTribune.com Basketball legend Michael Jordan’s trademark violation lawsuit against a Chinese company using a similar name and logo to his Nike-produced brand was dismissed by a court in Beijing. Jordan was seeking to have the trademark of Qiaodan Sports Co. revoked for allegedly misleading consumers about its ties to the Chicago Bulls star […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As sanctions are lifted and its overseas assets are unfrozen, Iran’s cash haul from the recently-concluded nuclear deal could hit $150 billion, an Israeli official said. That amount would be more than all U.S. aid to Israel since the country’s founding in 1948. The $150 billion estimate was made by an Israeli […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Sol W. Sanders There is universal agreement that China is increasingly the No. 1 U.S. policy concern. But perhaps never in the history of modern Sinology has there been such difference of opinion about what is happening in China and what — if anything – the U.S. should and could do about it. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — A rhetorical tsunami followed the signing of the landmark nuclear limitation deal between Iran and six world powers in Vienna. On the one hand President Barack Obama and his tireless Secretary of State John Kerry presented a technically well-crafted plan which would supposedly keep the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Senior drug enforcement officials in Washington and along the U.S. southwest border have spotted new technologies used by Mexican drug cartels to track their trackers in U.S. law. The concern grows out of the availability, capability and low cost of drones and unarmed aircraft systems (UAS), many […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Carl Schreck and Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The historic deal between Iran and world powers reportedly reached on July 14 in Vienna has paved the way for international sanctions against Tehran to be lifted in exchange for limits on its nuclear activities. While the six powers have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct As the U.S. enters the July 4 weekend and the summer travel season with numerous large public gatherings and celebrations, law enforcement and intelligence officials this year are confronting many types of potential terrorist threats but perhaps the most unusual is a dirty bomb attack. Some commentators […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler PARIS — International development assistance still remains a vital element in reducing global poverty. What’s known as Official Development Assistance (ODA) has now reached record levels of over $135 billion annually and is channeled to a group of 148 countries ranging from the poorest of the poor such […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Obama is on the verge of creating the New World Order. He is using Trade Promotion Authority — otherwise known as “fast track” — to pass his globalist dream: the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a sweeping 12-nation trade pact. The TPP, however, is much more than about “free trade.” It is a deliberate […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The shale boom has paved the way for the U.S. to surpass Russia as the world leader in energy production. According to a survey released on June 10 by BP Plc’s Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. oil output, fueled by fracking, increased by 1.6 million barrels per day in 2014. Natural […]