Threats, ‘disinformation’ from China seen deflecting scrutiny of secret Wuhan lab

Threats, ‘disinformation’ from China seen deflecting scrutiny of secret Wuhan lab

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2020 The outrageous claim by China’s Foreign Ministry that the U.S. Army sent the coronavirus to China is meant to deflect attention from the fact that the center of Beijing’s biological weapons program is based in Wuhan, which has the most cases of the virus, a report said. A Chinese […]

Biden’s coronavirus plan: No travel bans; no mention of China

Biden’s coronavirus plan: No travel bans; no mention of China

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2020 Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled his plan to combat the coronavirus. It does not include a single travel ban on any foreign country or even on Wuhan, the Chinese city where 80,000 infected with the virus reside. In fact, Biden’s plan does not even mention China. “If implemented, Biden’s […]

FCC may take action on Schiff’s secret subpoenas of phone records

FCC may take action on Schiff’s secret subpoenas of phone records

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2020 In releasing a report which included the phone records of Rep. Devin Nunes, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, journalist John Solomon, and others, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff abused his subpoena power, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said. Carr tweeted on March 12: “Chairman Schiff has been collecting Americans’ private […]

Russian oil power play targets U.S., but may backfire

Russian oil power play targets U.S., but may backfire

FPI / March 13, 2020 By Paul Crespo Russia and Saudi Arabia are now engaged in a full-scale oil price war where the ultimate target is the U.S. shale oil industry. Russia provoked this war days ago when it refused to follow OPEC+ plans to decrease production to maintain prices as the coronavirus saps demand. […]

Canada’s security threatened by ‘brazen’ influence operations by China, Russia

Canada’s security threatened by ‘brazen’ influence operations by China, Russia

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2020 “The fundamental building blocks of Canada’s democracy” are being threatened by “clandestine and coercive” efforts, primarily from China and Russia, to influence politicians, students and the media, a parliamentary committee said on Thursday. “The threat is real, if often hidden,” the national security and intelligence committee of Canadian parliamentarians […]

Michael Avenatti: From CNN and MSNBC superstar to rat-infested jail cell

Michael Avenatti: From CNN and MSNBC superstar to rat-infested jail cell

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2020 Michael Avenatti appeared more than 100 times on CNN and MSNBC in 2018. CNN personality Brian Stelter once beamed that his pal Avenatti could run for president. Now Avenatti is confined to a Manhattan jail cell surrounded by rats. Which led some to observe that the only difference in […]

Report: FBI knew facts about Flynn, Russia collusion in January 2017

Report: FBI knew facts about Flynn, Russia collusion in January 2017

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2020 Newly declassified documents show that the FBI knew in January of 2017 that President Donald Trump had not colluded with Russia and that former national security adviser Michael Flynn was not a Russian agent, a report said. “And that means a nascent presidency and an entire nation were put […]

Trump executive order aims to end U.S. reliance on foreign-made medical supplies

Trump executive order aims to end U.S. reliance on foreign-made medical supplies

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2020 President Donald Trump is set to issue a “Buy American” executive order which aims to eliminate the U.S.’s reliance on foreign-made medical supplies. White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro confirmed Wednesday the administration is working on the executive order. Amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, America’s […]

Taiwan’s early decisive actions minimized coronavirus impact despite proximity to Wuhan

Taiwan’s early decisive actions minimized coronavirus impact despite proximity to Wuhan

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2020 The island nation of Taiwan has just 47 confirmed cases of coronavirus despite its close proximity to China, Japan and South Korea, three countries with some of the world’s worst outbreaks of the Wuhan virus. As news of the new virus was breaking, Taiwan’s government introduced a travel ban […]