What is it about EV batteries? Blast at customs warehouse felt 20 miles away; 163 injured

What is it about EV batteries? Blast at customs warehouse felt 20 miles away; 163 injured

by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2023 A 15-year-old boy was killed and 163 people were injured in a massive explosion in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday which reports say was triggered by detonating electric car batteries. More than 20 people had to be hospitalized, the Uzbek health ministry said. At least five children suffered wounds from […]

Unreported: Russia’s geostrategic breakthrough in the ‘Great Game’

Unreported: Russia’s geostrategic breakthrough in the ‘Great Game’

Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, June 16, 2023 Russia appears to have finally won secure access to the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, the goal it has pursued vigorously since the 17th Century: the old Great Game may be over, and the new begun. Russia’s inchoate, […]

Meanwhile in Uzbekistan: Xi clarifies that China-Russia, in that order, now rules world

Meanwhile in Uzbekistan: Xi clarifies that China-Russia, in that order, now rules world

by WorldTribune Staff, September 16, 2022 Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday insisted the foreign policy “tandem” of Russia and China is a force for good on the global stage. “We jointly speak out for the formation of a fair, democratic and multipolar world order, based on international law and the central role of the […]

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

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

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 […]

Uzbek attacker inspired by ISIS video on cell phone; Study finds Central Asian migrants ‘more susceptible’ to radicalization

Uzbek attacker inspired by ISIS video on cell phone; Study finds Central Asian migrants ‘more susceptible’ to radicalization

by WorldTribune Staff, November 2, 2017 The Uzbek national who carried out the Oct. 31 terror attack in New York City became radicalized after being inspired by an ISIS video he watched on his cell phone a year ago. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov later followed online instructions on how to weaponize a vehicle and decided to […]

Report: NYC terror suspect entered U.S. on ‘diversity visa’ Trump opposed

Report: NYC terror suspect entered U.S. on ‘diversity visa’ Trump opposed

by WorldTribune Staff, November 1, 2017 President Donald Trump in August endorsed legislation to eliminate the visa program which allowed the man suspected of killing at least eight people in the Oct. 31 New York City terror attack to enter the U.S. ABC New York reported that 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov entered the U.S. in 2010 […]