Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders There always seemed to be the possibility that there could be a really big rumble along the San Andreas Fault and Hollywood, San Francisco’s hills and the wild northern California coast would slide into the Pacific. The state has had its Brown-outs with two governors, father and son, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2018 A new report details the extent to which Facebook goes to collect users’ data. Ars Technica reported that Facebook’s Android app collects data on users’ phone calls and texts outside of the platform without the users’ permission. And, the report said, Facebook has been doing it for years. According […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto In a March 19 speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, President Trump reiterated his call to “get tough” on drug dealers: He is directing the Justice Department to impose the death penalty on the worst traffickers. Trump vowed during his 2016 election campaign to craft policies to stem the opioid […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2018 Seven missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels were intercepted by Saudi forces on March 25. Houthi jihadists in Yemen fired three missiles at Riyadh and four others at the southern cities of Khamis Mushait, Jizan and Najran. The Saudi-led coalition said it used Patriot missile batteries to target the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2018 Switzerland has a high rate of gun ownership, a murder rate near zero, and no mass shootings. The country of 8.3 million people has about 2 million privately owned guns. In 2016, there were 47 homicides with firearms, according to a report by Business Insider. There has not been […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2018 Citigroup is now requiring its business partners to ban the sale of firearms to any customers under the age of 21 and to those who have not passed a background check. In becoming the first major U.S. bank to impose the restrictions, Citigroup said the new policy applies to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2018 A legal organization has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the San Diego Unified School District over an “anti-Islamophobia” curricula being taught by a group which critics say supports the Muslim Brotherhood terror organization. The Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF) filed the suit on behalf of parents […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 The Trump administration’s foreign policy successes have been accomplished “because” of President Donald Trump, “not in spite of him,” as many of his mainstream media critics claim, an analyst wrote. And, now, with John Bolton as his new national security adviser, and Mike Pompeo nominated as secretary of state, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 A businessman and close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to purchase Turkey’s largest media group, which includes CNN-Turk, a report said. The Demiroren Group of magnate Erdogan Demiroren will buy Dogan Media Group for around $1 billion (810 million euros), AFP reported. Along with CNN-Turk, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 The city council in Elizabeth City, North Carolina has voted to reject placing a 25-ton monument in a local park to honor Soviet World War II aviators who had trained in the area as part of a secret project. The Russian Defense Ministry had pledged to pay for the […]
