By Sol W. Sanders While the U.S. debates whether it has “a Russian problem”, little Finland [6 million] is again fearful of wrestling with its old neighbor. There is a new wrinkle in the Russia-Finland encounter, however. The Finns are always feeling threatened by their giant neighbor now planning one of its largest military exercises […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2017 As honorary head of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), President Donald Trump on July 24 did something his predecessor never had – speak at the annual BSA Jamboree. The jamboree drew about 35,000 Scouts from the ages of 12 to 18 to the latest event, held in Glen […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2017 Venezuela’s army may march on its stomach, but it can’t roll without toilet paper. Photographs have emerged of Venezuelan military brass presenting soldiers with toilet paper in what appears to be socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s way of rewarding them for their loyalty, opposition leader Henrique Capriles tweeted on July […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2017 A Pakistani-born IT specialist working for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former Democratic National Committee chairwoman, was arrested Monday at Dulles Airport while trying to leave the country. Fox News reported the arrest of Imran Awan on bank fraud charges . Awan has been in the news this week […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2017 Any attempt by the United States to oust the Kim Jong-Un regime in North Korea will result in Pyongyang launching a nuclear strike “at the heart of the U.S.,” the North’s state news agency said on July 25. The threat came as Pyongyang hosted Russia’s deputy nuclear negotiator. “Should […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2017 A study by the non-partisan Government Accountability Institute (GAI) found 8,471 instances of double voting in the 2016 elections. The GAI, which was co-founded by Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer and former Breitbart Executive Chairman Steve Bannon, analyzed data from 21 states. Related: Eleven states have counties with […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2017 A court proceeding that is likely to have a major impact on the future of press freedom in Turkey got underway on July 24 as 17 journalists from Cumhuriyet newspaper went on trial on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization” or “actions that support a terrorist organization while […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2017 Until this August, the biggest threat to the Union County solar farm in North Carolina was coyotes who looked to make a meal out of the sheep who keep the grass trimmed. The solar farm has used dogs to keep the coyotes at bay, but it won’t be able […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 24, 2017 A Chinese fighter jet flew close enough to a U.S. Navy spy plane that the U.S. plane had to “take evasive action to avoid a collision,” U.S. officials said. Two officials told Fox News that two armed Chinese J-10 jets flew dangerously close to a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 24, 2017 An information technology (IT) administrator, who had access to the emails and files of more than a dozen House Democrats, has tried to get back smashed hard drives that were seized by the FBI, a report said. Pakistani-born Imran Awan, long-time IT aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has […]
