by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2017 Paper or plastic to pay for something? That is so 2013. In China, mobile pay is the way to go in 2017 and beyond, and is even rumored to be the preferred method of payment for street beggars, Evelyn Cheng wrote for CNBC on Oct. 8. In 2016, mobile […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2017 The United States has increased U-2 reconnaissance operations over the Korean peninsula after ominous warnings from North Korea watchers in several nations and a first-hand report from Pyongyang. Anton Morozov, a member of the Russian lower house of parliament’s international affairs committee, revealed North Korea’s plans after he returned […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2017 The new documentary series “The Vietnam War” ignores why the U.S. entered the war and overlooks facts that ultimately could have won the war, a former National Security Council (NSC) member wrote. The series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick “is most certainly a TV tour de force replete […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2017 A new external Internet connection provided by Russia will give North Korea the capability to conduct more cyber attacks, an analyst said. North Korea’s Internet access is estimated to be somewhere between a few hundred and just over 1,000 route connections. Pyongyang’s web connections are vital for coordinating the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2017 Pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal “doesn’t make us tougher with North Korea … it isolates us from the rest of the world,” said an Obama administration official who helped broker the deal. “North Korea will see this as we are unreliable and we don’t have credibility,” Wendy […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 4, 2017 A conservative think tank in Washington called off a public meeting with Chinese dissident Guo Wengui after the think tank’s website was targeted in a denial of service cyber attack traced to Shanghai, a report said. The Hudson Institute on Oct. 2 sent an email notice stating the widely-anticipated […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 4, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump has “very clearly” signaled his intent to pursue a diplomatic solution to the standoff with North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Oct. 3. Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Pentagon “supports fully” a diplomatic solution amid mixed messages from […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2017 Both American and South Vietnamese veterans said they found glaring omissions in “The Vietnam War”, the new PBS documentary by filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. South Vietnamese vets who spoke with The Mercury News said they were largely left out of the narrative, which they say focused too […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 2, 2017 Xi Jinping has amassed immense power as China’s President, Chairman of the Central Military Commission and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. However billionaire dissident Guo Wengui claims on social media including YouTube from his new home in the United States that Xi has maintained his position by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 2, 2017 A law firm that was representing a major dissident who has exposed corruption at the highest realms of the Chinese Communist Party was targeted in a cyber attack, a report said. The FBI is investigating the alleged hacking this month at the Clark Hill law firm, which had been […]
