by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2018 Inflation in Venezuela could top 1 million percent by the end of this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Shortages in food, water, medicine and electricity, as well as high crime, plague millions of Venezuelans, said Alejandro Werner, head of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere department. Related: Oil […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2018 As Venezuelans suffer and thousands flee an economic and humanitarian nightmare, the nation’s massive oil reserves allow Socialist President Nicolas Maduro and his top aides to remain safely in power in Caracas. “The Maduro regime, despite the crisis, is in a pretty strong political position right now,” Michael Shifter, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2018 President Donald Trump has confidence in U.S. intelligence agencies, just not certain leadership layers and the many former top intel officials who have turned their criticism of the 45th president into lucrative book deals and television gigs. “It’s been terrible,” Trump told CBS anchor Jeff Glor on July 18, citing the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2018 Two ships transporting North Korean coal have entered South Korean ports several times since October of last year, including in the last two months, Voice of America (VOA) reported on July 19. Under UN Resolution 2371, North Korea is banned from exporting minerals, including coal. South Korea’s government said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump is pressing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to “do something” to bring about the release of an American pastor jailed in Turkey on terrorism and spying charges. A Turkish court on July 18 dashed the hopes of Pastor Andrew Brunson’s immediate release. The court ordered […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2018 In closed-door congressional testimony, FBI lawyer Lisa Page often contradicted colleague and lover Peter Strzok, a Republican congressman said. Strzok, in testimony last week, denied there was anti-Trump bias in texts he exchanged with Page, including one promising to “stop” Donald Trump from becoming president. Page, however, testified that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump said he was successful at the Helsinki Summit in getting a commitment from Russian President Vladimir Putin to help with North Korea. Trump tweeted: “Russia has agreed to help with North Korea, where relationships with us are very good and the process is moving along. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2018 Since housing, recreational, and meal-service infrastructures on U.S. college campuses are often underutilized during the summer, why not open them up to illegal immigrants and their families, a a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution proposed. The “half-empty residence halls at American colleges and universities” could “help house families […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2018 The reaction by the major media, Democrats and many conservatives to U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin was likened to “mob violence” by a Russian Studies professor. Sen. Rand Paul said in a separate interview that many of the president’s critics on the summit seemed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2018 The Charlotte City Council on July 16 voted in favor of the North Carolina city hosting the 2020 Republican National Convention despite the presence of a “dangerous” President Donald Trump. The Democrat-controlled council voted 6-5 in favor of allowing City Manager Marcus Jones to negotiate contracts with the Republican National Committee […]
