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Will Vatican kowtow to Beijing on church freedoms?

By World Tribune on February 20, 2018 China, Columnists, Hong Kong, John Metzler, Rest of The Best, Taiwan, Top Stories

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — Imagine an agency of the United States government directly choosing and appointing the Catholic Bishops of Washington D.C., St. Louis, Denver and Boston. In other American dioceses there’s close coordination between the fictional “American Religious Affairs Council” and the Vatican on choosing a particular prelate. […]

Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella movement’ against Chinese Communist Party refuses to die

By World Tribune on February 6, 2018 China, Exclusives, Hong Kong, NE Asia, Top Stories, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, February 6, 2018 Three leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement vowed to continue their fight after their sentences were reversed by the Chinese-ruled city’s Court of Final Appeal on Feb. 6. In a unanimous decision, a panel of five judges cleared Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow. The three activists had […]

Who’s who: Vote tally on UN resolution slamming U.S. on Jerusalem

By World Tribune on December 21, 2017 Afghanistan, Africa / Europe, Algeria, Americas, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Exclusives, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Grace Vuoto, Great Britain, Haiti, Hamas, Hizbullah, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mexico, Mideast, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, NATO, NE Asia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Terrorism, Thailand, Top Stories, Top Story, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, U.S. Politics, Ukraine, United Nations, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Washington, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Special to WorldTribune , December 21, 2017 Yes: 128 No: 9 Abstain: 35 Y AFGHANISTAN Y DOMINICA Y LITHUANIA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Y ALBANIA A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Y LUXEMBOURG Y SAUDI ARABIA Y ALGERIA Y ECUADOR Y MADAGASCAR Y SENEGAL Y ANDORRA Y EGYPT A MALAWI Y SERBIA Y ANGOLA EL SALVADOR Y MALAYSIA […]

Economic Freedom Index: U.S. dropped to 17th in 2016

By World Tribune on March 11, 2017 BB Columnists, Columnists, Exclusives, Hong Kong, India, John Metzler, Mexico, NE Asia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Top Story, U.S. Economy, Washington

By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The American economy slipped yet again to a lower ranking in 2016 as a result of a combination of regulatory burdens, large public debt and business taxes according to a watchdog survey of global economic freedoms. The annual Heritage Index of Economic Freedom saw the U.S. economy slip […]

Beijing slaps U.S. diplomat’s ‘irresponsible’ comments as Party vets Hong Kong candidates

By World Tribune on October 2, 2013 BB Inside China, China, Exclusives, Hong Kong, Intel Brief, Life, NE Asia

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Beijing has ratcheted up its rhetoric against alleged efforts by the United States to “interfere” in the political development of Hong Kong. The special administrative region (SAR) of Hong Kong is scheduled to hold general elections in 2017 to pick its chief executive (CE), whose status is equivalent […]