by WorldTribune Staff, April 30, 2017 Key Washington Republicans, in what sources are calling a “purge,” are set to oust the current president of the Heritage Foundation and the staffers he brought with him from the U.S. Senate, a report said. Former Sen. Jim DeMint will be ousted from the Heritage top spot after a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 30, 2017 Egypt’s religious leaders have an “obligation” to condemn “violence in the name of religion,” Pope Francis said on April 28. “Let us say once more a firm and clear ‘No!’ to every form of violence, vengeance, and hatred carried out in the name of God,” the pope said during his […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 30, 2017 Wake Forest, North Carolina is just one of many American towns considering broadband options for its residents. In 2007, Cornelius, Davidson and Mooresville, North Carolina spent $92.5 million to purchase and upgrade a bankrupt cable television system and turn it into MI-Connection, a government-owned internet, cable TV and telephone […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 The United States and South Korea on April 28 pledged to maintain an “ironclad defense posture” against the threat from North Korea and pressed China to accept the need for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Meanwhile, in an interview with Reuters on April 27, U.S. President […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 A Saudi Man in his 20s has been sentenced to death on apostasy charges after he uploaded videos to social media renouncing Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Ahmad al-Shamri lost two appeals after his 2014 arrest for blasphemy, according to the Independent. “I wish there could be live streaming […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 A pair of North Carolina university chancellors who opted not to vote to punish the state over the House Bill 2 “bathroom bill” were let off the hook by the gay lobby, a report said. National and state LGBT pressure groups have not spoken out against Carol Folt of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 While some aging world leaders sag before our eyes, Russian President Vladimir Putin could be a poster boy for wrinkle-free creams. How does he it? The 64-year-old Putin is almost certainly subjecting his face to steady rounds of non-invasive cosmetic treatments, cosmetic surgeons told Canada’s National Post in an […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 China has warned that it would impose unilateral sanctions on North Korea if the Kim Jong-Un regime conducts any more nuclear tests, according to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson made the comments on April 27, a day before he was to chair a meeting with UN Security […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 The FBI has thus far refused the House Intelligence Committee’s requests for documents that could explain the “unmasking” of Americans in a spying operation during the Trump transition, a report said. FBI spokesman Andrew Ames would not say why the bureau has not met the House committee’s document request. “The FBI […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 The British author of the so-called “Trump dossier” involving alleged ties with Russia has admitted that much of the document’s information is unverified. Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the 35-page dossier, said that charges his sources made about a tech company CEO and Democratic Party hacking is unverified, […]
