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Voices at UN turn up the heat on China, and the UN, over ongoing genocide in Xinjiang
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Though Beijing is usually able to control or stifle the narrative inside the United Nations and many of its Committees, the oxygen of free speech on the taboo topic of human rights of China’s Muslim minority was able to seep through and be heard. During a “High Level […]
George Floyd, Derek Chauvin and the American system of justice
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau In America, criminal defendants are accorded the presumption of innocence and are promised a fair and impartial jury trial by their peers. Is that what Derek Chauvin, 44, a police officer with 18 years on the job received as he was found guilty by a jury of two counts of murder and […]
NASA techs fear China’s female Mars rover is distracting ‘hot-blooded’ Perseverance
S A T I R E Chinese state media has confirmed they have successfully landed a beautiful female rover named Zhurong on the surface of Mars. This is causing some to raise security concerns that she may enter into a relationship with NASA’s Perseverence rover and steal American secrets. “Perseverance is just like any other hot-blooded American rover,” […]
U.S. Space Force commander fired for publicly challenging Marxist policies that ‘will divide’
FPI / May 16, 2021 Special to WorldTribune The Biden Administration’s Space Force has relieved a commander for publicly warning that critical race theory would divide, not unite, the U.S. military. “Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Space Operations Command commander, relieved Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier of command of the 11th Space Warning Squadron, Buckley Air Force […]
Peron’s socialism returns, China and the virus move in and Argentina’s success story fades
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler This didn’t have to happen. But blame toxic politics, the living legacy of the populist Peronist era, and the tipping point of the Corona pandemic, and you discover what is unraveling Argentina’s socio/economic fabric. Sadly, we see a resource-rich and formerly middle class country morphing into a tragic […]
Troubled times in Lod, Israel
FPI / May 13, 2021 By David Isaac, World Israel News Jews cower in their homes as Arabs set fire to synagogues and comb the streets for Jewish victims. Failing that, they attempt to break into Jewish homes. They burn cars and whatever else they can lay their hands on. These events, more reminiscent of […]
Bad Presidents Society: Hope and change for Jimmy Carter
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Has Turkey’s Erdogan finally overplayed his hand?
Special to WorldTribune, May 11, 2021 Analysis by Eric Clary An entire century has passed since the Armenian genocide began, yet the Biden administration has suddenly felt compelled to officially recognize it. The atrocity that occurred between 1915-23 means few if any genocide survivors are still alive. While descendants of survivors welcome the administration’s gestures, […]
‘Middle Class Joe’ no more: Biden’s rise in dollars and cents
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau When veteran senator, Joe Biden, signed on as vice president and partner to President Barack Obama in 2008, he had a net worth of $27,000. After eight years in that office, he still pushed his persona as “Middle Class Joe,” just a regular guy fit for association with the […]