by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2020 In an open letter, influential Chinese academic Xu Zhiyong called on Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping to step down in wake of Xi’s handling of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Defying the risk of retribution from the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xu wrote of Xi: “Your incompetence is on […]
FPI / March 9, 2020 Chinese nationals in South Korea, have been exposed using social media in an effort to thwart a massive petition drive to impeach South Korean President Moon Jae-In, a report said. Amid massive criticism of Moon’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, a Blue House petition which called for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2020 China’s state-run propaganda outlets are circulating false stories on the coronavirus situation in the United States in order to take the focus away from the origin of the outbreak and criticism of the communist regime’s handling of it in China, reports say. The disinformation campaign is painting the coronavirus […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 5, 2020 As part of heightened awareness on the borders in the U.S.’s fight against the coronavirus, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials said they have since January caught 328 Chinese who had attempted to cross the Mexico border into the United States. The Chinese citizens were “apprehended” and sent back […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 5, 2020 The United State was successful in preventing a Chinese official from being named director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). A Singaporean official defeated a candidate from China in a leadership contest for the UN’s intellectual property body, which was swept into a rift between Washington and Beijing […]
FPI / March 4, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com A large number of states in the U.S. have contracts with two Chinese firms — Lenovo and Lexmark — which are required to report data and information they receive to the communist government in Beijing, security analysts say. The use of Chinese equipment makes the states and other entities […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk In a time of crisis, near-panic, over a disease to which the best medical minds have yet to find a sure cure, total cooperation is essential. The World Health Organization, scientists around the world, anyone who knows anything is duty-bound to try and help. Which brings us to North […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The imagery and optics presented a publicist’s dream; an American president being feted by a cast of millions on foreign soil with exotic backdrops ranging from the enchanting Taj Mahal to a rousing Namaste Trump rally at the Motera Cricket stadium with 110,000 cheering onlookers […]
FPI / February 28, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com China is intent on doubling the size of its nuclear arsenal by the end of this decade, U.S. military officials say. “These initiatives increase China’s ability to project power further from their mainland and support their aspirations to impose China’s will throughout the Indo-Pacific region,” Adm. Charles A. Richard, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2020 The first U.S. clinical trial for a coronavirus treatment is underway at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) confirmed on Tuesday. The experimental therapy is biotech giant Gilead’s remdesivir, an antiviral with the potential to treat a host of pathogens […]
