by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2023 The story of Bobi, a dog in Portugal who was enshrined in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest living pooch, is pretty amazing. Bobi was born in a litter of four puppies in village of Portuguese village of Conqueiros. Because the family already owned too […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, October 20, 2023 Over the past year human rights abuses in places ranging from Afghanistan to Ukraine, and to Myanmar/Burma, Xinjiang China, the Middle East, to name a few sordid cases, have splashed across the headlines. Just in the past month, ethnic cleansing of Christian Armenians from Muslim […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2023 During a July 25 U.S. Embassy briefing in Niamey, the capital of Niger, American diplomats told U.S. media that, despite its reputation for government corruption, Niger was still far more stable than other West African nations. A few hours later, the country’s military leaders overthrew the democratically elected president, […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2023 CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday reported on how some of the billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars going to Ukraine are being spent. The report highlighted how U.S. military equipment has saved Ukrainian military and civilian lives. Few critics could argue with that result. What infuriated many observers, however, […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, September 24, 2023 Despite over $100 billion in aid from the U.S., Ukraine continues to struggle in its war with Russia and continues to ask for more aid. The much-anticipated, and publicized, counteroffensive has sputtered … but wait … According to ABC News, “Ukrainian engineers and special forces soldiers tested what […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2023 Earlier this year, Sarah Ashton-Cirillo — born in the U.S. as Michael John Cirillo — apparently became a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military despite not speaking the Ukrainian language. This adds to the list of unanswered questions about the Ukraine government which has banned the primary opposition party. Last […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 8, 2023 It’s been two years since the fall of Afghanistan. The tragic collapse of Kabul to the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban signaled the last sordid chapter in the Biden Administration’s appalling and shambolic “withdrawal” from America’s longest military commitment. But beyond the perceived American weakness and strategic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 5, 2023 Although visits to Stonehenge increased over the past two years, they are still far short of pre-pandemic levels. So, have the Brits discovered a way to make the 4,500-year-old monument in England great again? “Avid stonewatchers believe they have spotted the face” of former President Donald Trump at Stonehenge, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 31, 2023 The European Union has passed a new law that critics say calls for censoring anything posed online that is deemed “false or misleading” under a so-called Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation. The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which went into effect on Aug. 25, mandates that tech […]
FPI / August 30, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct Communist Party leader Xi Jinping was so preoccupied with internal conditions back home in China that he skipped out on a major speech last week at the BRICS summit in South Africa, observers surmised. With the faltering economy seen challenging his leader-for-life status, Xi left it to Commerce Minister […]
