Taking on China: Administration zeros in on spying, including student agents

Taking on China: Administration zeros in on spying, including student agents

by WorldTribune Staff, June 4, 2019 The United States hosted 360,000 students from China last year, according to the Institute of International Education, more than any other country. Now amid increased technology espionage warnings from U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, policies are changing and Chinese students are feeling less welcome. U.S. officials have warned that […]

Sky didn’t fall but Google’s cloud did; Massive outage allegedly triggered by ‘configuration change’

Sky didn’t fall but Google’s cloud did; Massive outage allegedly triggered by ‘configuration change’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 4, 2019 The Internet was having a bad day on June 2, and a DrudgeReport headline suggested the U.S. Government was involved. As with anything involving bureaucracy and high technology, the answer to the question what happened got lost in a cloud of words. A massive outage affected major tech brands […]

China’s modernized navy now has more warships than the U.S.

China’s modernized navy now has more warships than the U.S.

FPI / June 4, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com The modernization of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has resulted in China having a fleet size larger than that of the United States. PLAN is now the world’s largest navy with 300 warship hulls, according an analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) ChinaPower […]

Canadian researchers: Dodgeball is a tool of ‘oppression’

Canadian researchers: Dodgeball is a tool of ‘oppression’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 4, 2019 Remember, dodgeball is a sport of violence, exclusion and degradation. So, when you’re picking players in gym class, remember to pick the bigger, stronger kids for your team. That way you can gang up on the weaker ones. — Patches O’Houlihan in “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”. According to […]

Barr: Spygate investigation is focused on ‘small group at the top’ of FBI in 2016

Barr: Spygate investigation is focused on ‘small group at the top’ of FBI in 2016

by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2019 The Department of Justice’s investigation into the origins of Trump-Russia “spygate” is focused on “a small group at the top” of the FBI at the time, Attorney General William Barr said. “A lot of the people who were involved are no longer there,” Barr said on May 31. The […]

Farage hails Trump’s UK visit, but Brexit leader not welcome at state dinner

Farage hails Trump’s UK visit, but Brexit leader not welcome at state dinner

by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump offered “America’s hand in friendship” to a fractured Great Britain upon his arrival across the pond on June 3, Brexit leader Nigel Farage said. Farage, whose four-month-old Brexit Party pulled off a stunning victory in last month’s EU parliamentary elections, tweeted: “As Trump arrives in […]

On 30th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre, social media joins CCP in suppressing protests

On 30th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre, social media joins CCP in suppressing protests

by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2019 June 4 marks the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, when the Chinese government in a bloody and brutal crackdown sent troops to fire on students, activists and other people demonstrating for democracy and against the Communist Party. China’s government, per its usual conduct on the Tiananmen anniversary, […]

New Strzok-Page emails reveal FBI scrambled to accommodate Clinton just before 2016 election

New Strzok-Page emails reveal FBI scrambled to accommodate Clinton just before 2016 election

FPI / June 3, 2019 By Judicial Watch Judicial Watch announced on June 3 it received 218 pages of emails of disgraced former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page which show then-FBI General Counsel James Baker instructing FBI officials to expedite the release of FBI investigative material to Hillary Clinton’s lawyer, David Kendall in […]

‘She knocks the country’: Veterans walk out on AOC

‘She knocks the country’: Veterans walk out on AOC

by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2019 Two U.S. military veterans say they walked out of a closed-door Bronx community meeting last week after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized President Donald Trump and blamed the U.S. for the war in Yemen. Ocasio-Cortez held the private meeting on May 29 with about a dozen members of Community Board […]

R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Under pressure, Iran’s Rouhani says talks with U.S. could happen

R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Under pressure, Iran’s Rouhani says talks with U.S. could happen

by WorldTribune Staff, June 2, 2019 Iran may at some point be willing to talk with the United States but first must be shown the proper respect, Iran’s president and foreign minister said. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on June 1 said Iran could be a willing participant in discussions with the Trump administration but added […]