by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2018 The Women’s March defended Backpage.com the day after the U.S. Department of Justice seized the sex-trafficking website and shut it down. On April 7, the Women’s March tweeted: “The shutting down of #Backpage is an absolute crisis for sex workers who rely on the site to safely get in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump will avoid the failures of his predecessors and refrain from offering North Korea any rewards before Kim Jong-Un “permanently, irreversibly” commits to denuclearization, Mike Pompeo said at his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of state on April 12. “It is the intention of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2018 Researchers in Japan have discovered what is being described as a “semi-infite” supply of rare earth elements in the country’s exclusive economic waters. More than 16 million tons of rare earth elements were discovered in deep-sea mud off the coast of Japan, according to a study released on April […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2018 Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the platform’s alleged hostility toward conservative viewpoints. One Republican during the April 11 meeting, Rep. Billy Long of Missouri, warned Zuckerberg that Congress was “getting ready to overreact” with regulation. “I would suggest you go […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2018 Under warning of impeachment, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on April 11 provided the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence a two-page document that helped initiate special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. In an April 10 interview on Fox’s “The Ingraham Angle”, Intel Committee Chairman Devin Nunes threatened to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2018 Russian President Vladimir Putin in an April 11 phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asked the Israeli leader to avoid taking any steps that would further destabilize Syria. “Putin stressed the fundamental importance of respecting the sovereignty of Syria, called for refraining from any actions that might […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump on April 11 signed into law legislation giving authorities at the federal and state levels wider power to crack down on websites which feature sex trafficking ads. The “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act”, or Fosta, also enables sex trafficking victims […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2018 North Korea has threatened an ICBM strike on the continental United States, but questions have been raised as to how Kim Jong-Un will travel to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at their upcoming summit. According to a report by The Washington Post, the North Korean leader may not be […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 10, 2018 The co-founder of Apple is shutting down his Facebook account, saying he doesn’t believe the social media giant will fix its privacy issues any time soon. Steve Wozniak said he doesn’t believe Facebook will change its intrusive policies “for decades.” In an email to USA Today, Wozniak said “Users […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 11, 2018 A government watchdog group has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice and State Department for records related to the Uranium One deal which former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supported, enabling Russia to buy 20 percent of America’s uranium. Judicial Watch filed […]
