Party time in Beijing: Xi Jinping coronates self, thumbs nose at U.S. with Saudi-Iran deal

Party time in Beijing: Xi Jinping coronates self, thumbs nose at U.S. with Saudi-Iran deal

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 13, 2023 The theatrical pomp and circumstance of China’s National People’s Congress presents an annual political ritual on the verge of Spring. Nearly 3,000 delegates assembled in Beijing to participate in the week long sessions and delivered-on-demand results for the ruling Communist Party leadership; formalizing the unprecedented […]

Signature Bank collapses 2 days after Silicon Valley Bank

Signature Bank collapses 2 days after Silicon Valley Bank

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2023 Regulators on Sunday seized Signature Bank, two days after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Signature’s failure is the third-largest in U.S. history. Most banks felt the aftershocks Monday. Shortly after Joe Biden addressed the nation on March 13 with assurances that “‘Americans can have confidence that the […]

Died suddenly in South Africa: Rapper, 28, soccer star, 29

Died suddenly in South Africa: Rapper, 28, soccer star, 29

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News March 13, 2023 South African rapper Costa Titch, 28, and South African soccer star Siphamandla “Spepe” Mtolo, 29, have been added to the grim list of “died suddenly.” Costa Titch died after collapsing twice onstage, in quick succession, during a weekend performance at the Ultra South Africa concert […]

‘Green, woke and broke’: Wall Street rocked by 1929-style collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

‘Green, woke and broke’: Wall Street rocked by 1929-style collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2023 The website of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) still boasts that it claims assets of $212 billion. SVB is also steeped in wokeness, being a faithful proponent of the ESG (environmental, social, and governance) movement. On Friday, “oh so woke, oh so green, oh so diverse” SVB “went bust,” author […]

Elon Musk: ‘Free Jacob Chansley’; Trump-J6 Prison choir song tops charts

Elon Musk: ‘Free Jacob Chansley’; Trump-J6 Prison choir song tops charts

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2023 New video shows Jacob Chansley at the doors of the U.S. Capitol reading President Donald Trump’s tweet telling protesters on Jan. 6, 2021 to peacefully disperse. The new video, combined with video revealed by Fox News host Tucker Carlson which showed the so-called “QAnon Shaman” being escorted by police […]

A no longer pensive Pence opens fire on his former boss, a U.S. president

A no longer pensive Pence opens fire on his former boss, a U.S. president

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2023 As he languishes near the bottom of the field of potential 2024 GOP presidential candidates, former and once-loyal-to-a-fault Vice President Mike Pence determined that it was time to go on the attack against the frontrunner. Yes, the ostensibly honorable Pence opened fire on the man who had in […]

Unprecedented? A liberal, Naomi Wolf, offers conservatives her ‘full-throated apology’

Unprecedented? A liberal, Naomi Wolf, offers conservatives her ‘full-throated apology’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2023 Following the release by Fox News host Tucker Carlson of never-before-seen video from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, liberal author and columnist Naomi Wolf published a “letter of apology” to conservatives, saying she was “sorry for believing the dominant legacy-media ‘narrative’ pretty completely from the time it […]

Idiocracy: Blockhead publishers cancel popular comic strip

Idiocracy: Blockhead publishers cancel popular comic strip

Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Bill Juneau, March 11, 2023 The cartoon character “Dilbert,” which has always ranked high on “favorite comic lists,” has been excised from thousands of newspapers. The block-headed Dilbert, a crotchety yet fan-favorite engineer, who often picked at the inadequacies of his fellow workers and could be sarcastic in upbraiding them, […]

‘Shocking’: Democrats attack journalists testifying about secret ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’

‘Shocking’: Democrats attack journalists testifying about secret ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2023 Just two days after New York Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer stood on the Senate floor and outright called for Fox News to censor host Tucker Carlson, House Democrats assailed journalists who reported on the Twitter Files and defended censorship during a House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the […]

Biden budget calls for $4.7 trillion in new tax hikes

Biden budget calls for $4.7 trillion in new tax hikes

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2023 American individuals and businesses will be hit with a boatload of tax increases under Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget. The proposal contains nearly $4.7 trillion in new tax increases. That is on top of the $700 billion in tax hikes Democrats force fed Americans as part of the […]