‘It belongs to us’: Young protesters storm Hong Kong’s legislature 22 years after takeover

‘It belongs to us’: Young protesters storm Hong Kong’s legislature 22 years after takeover

by WorldTribune Staff, July 1, 2019 An army of primarily young demonstrators smashed entrance glass windows, stormed and then occupied Hong Kong’s legislature on July 1, the anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty. Another 550,000 protesters jammed the city’s streets as what started as a protest over legislation that would allow Hong Kong […]

In first, a U.S. president crosses DMZ into North Korea

In first, a U.S. president crosses DMZ into North Korea

by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2019 President Donald Trump on June 30 became the first sitting U.S. commander in chief to set foot in North Korea when he briefly crossed the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. Trump and Kim then walked into South Korean territory together and were joined by South […]

Home after Bahrain conference, Palestinian participants flee arrest by crossing into Israel

Home after Bahrain conference, Palestinian participants flee arrest by crossing into Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2019 Two of three Palestinian businessmen who attended the recent U.S.-led economic workshop in Bahrain avoided arrest by Palestinian security forces by crossing the Green Line to Israeli-controlled territory, reports say. One of the businessmen who participated in the conference, Salah Abu Miala, was arrested on June 29 and later […]

Video shows well-dressed immigrants crossing Rio Grande with luggage

Video shows well-dressed immigrants crossing Rio Grande with luggage

by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2019 Video footage from the Del Rio Sector in Texas shows migrants, some in designer clothes, toting luggage and backpacks with their children in tow pouring across the U.S.-Mexico border. “#USBP Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 2 large groups of over 100 in 2 days,” Customs and Border […]

UC San Diego students chill at Ché Café, but do they know how he treated gays?

UC San Diego students chill at Ché Café, but do they know how he treated gays?

by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2019 Students at the University of California at San Diego have a so-called “safe space” at the Ché Café Collective, named after Cuban revolutionary Ché Guevara, the icon of liberal chic whose image appears on two-tone t-shirts that are proudly worn by many students at campuses nationwide. In 2014, UC […]

Obama-appointed judge blocks Trump from using defense funds for border wall

Obama-appointed judge blocks Trump from using defense funds for border wall

by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2019 A federal judge on June 28 issued a permanent injunction blocking the Trump administration from using Defense Department funds to build the border wall. Judge Haywood Gilliam of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, barred the Trump administration […]

Report: 4 ISIS terrorists planned to enter U.S. from Mexico via Panama, Costa Rica

Report: 4 ISIS terrorists planned to enter U.S. from Mexico via Panama, Costa Rica

by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2019 Nicaragua’s military reported it has captured four Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists who had planned to enter the United States through Mexico. Nicaraguan authorities identified the men as two Egyptian nationals — 33-year old Mohamed Ibrahim and 26-year-old Mahmoud Samy Eissa — and two Iraqis, 41-year-old Ahmed Ghanim Mohamed Al […]

Biden got pass at debate on ties with China, Ukraine and his son

Biden got pass at debate on ties with China, Ukraine and his son

by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2019 Joe Biden has been under pressure for weeks to explain major corruption issues involving China, Ukraine and his son Hunter. But in the 2020 Democratic presidential debate on June 27, the former vice president faced no such pressure from the moderators. Not a single question during the two-hour debate […]

Cartels shifting from drugs to human trafficking: Better profits, less risk

Cartels shifting from drugs to human trafficking: Better profits, less risk

by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2019 Mexican cartels now prefer trafficking humans to drugs because they not only get “very, very rich,” but the legal consequences of getting caught are not as severe, said President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the U.S.’s first “border czar.” “A lot of these transnational criminal organizations they’re moving aliens […]

Needles, California considers itself a Second Amendment Sanctuary City

Needles, California considers itself a Second Amendment Sanctuary City

by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2019 Needles, a California town of 4,844 people which sits on the border with Arizona, has declared itself a Second Amendment Sanctuary City, a first for the Golden State. “The City Council wanted our community to know that we support their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms,” Needles […]