by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2018 North Korea announced on Jan. 17 that it would send a 230-member “army of beauties” cheering squad to the 2018 Winter Olympics at PyeongChang South Korea. The announcement was made during working-level talks between the two Koreas at the border village of Panmunjom. “The North has yet to disclose […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2018 The University of North Carolina Charlotte said its new Confucius Institute will fill a “growing demand for Chinese language instruction and cultural activities to better understand China.” Critics say the institutes, which are present on more than 100 U.S. college campuses, are merely propaganda outlets which follow a strict […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2018 Twitter has ignored formal requests to explain its policies after Project Veritas released a video showing current and former employees of the social media giant admitting it censors conservative viewpoints. Twitter has banned high-profile conservative figures such as Milo Yiannopoulos and removed a campaign ad by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2018 The Commerce Department reported in November that the U.S. trade deficit with China has ballooned to $33.5 billion. In a phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Jan. 15, U.S. President Donald Trump said the deficit “is not sustainable.” “President Trump expressed disappointment that the United States’ trade […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2018 At least 50 people have been killed, including five by torture, and 8,000 have been arrested since anti-government protests erupted in Iran late last month, an opposition group said. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, based in Europe, said protests have spread to 130 cities. The council on Jan. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 Spurred by a surge in shale oil, the United States is poised to break an output record that was set in 1970. U.S. oil production will soon top 10 million barrels per day and is expected to hit 11 million barrels per day by late 2019, a level that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 Weeks before joining special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann met with reporters from The Associated Press where Weissman received information on the AP’s investigation into Paul Manafort, a report said. Weissman met the journalists on April 11, 2017, investigative journalist Sara Carter reported on Jan. 11. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 Priests in the Catholic Church have done “irreparable damage” to the children they have raped and molested, Pope Francis declared during a visit to Chile on Jan. 15. “I am one with my brother bishops, for it is right to ask forgiveness and make every effort to support the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 Two men who took part in the widespread protests in Iran were tortured to death in prison, according to local reports and a rights group. Saro Ghahremani, a 24-year-old Kurd, died in Sanandaj prison in Iranian Kurdistan and Ali Poladi, approximately 26, died in Chalus prison in northern Iran, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 As he closes in on one year in office, doesn’t President Donald Trump have “every reason to be rather high on himself”? “What is there to be humble about?” asks R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., editor in chief of The American Spectator. “In his first year in office he has […]
