About time: Chinese firms will be forced to adhere to U.S. accounting standards

About time: Chinese firms will be forced to adhere to U.S. accounting standards

FPI / August 12, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The Trump administration has followed through on a key and far overdue promise to mandate stringent U.S. accounting rules for Chinese companies that trade in U.S. markets. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made the recommendation to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week, and it’s fully […]

‘See you in court’: Conservatives fight back against suppression of freedoms

‘See you in court’: Conservatives fight back against suppression of freedoms

by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2020 Conservatives are fighting back against leftist mayors who have sought to squelch their freedom of expression. New York City has allowed Black Lives Matter murals while Washington, D.C. gave the green light for Black Lives Matter and “Defund the Police” murals to be painted on city streets, saying it […]

After visit by U.S. cabinet secretary to Taipei, Beijing threatens military action

After visit by U.S. cabinet secretary to Taipei, Beijing threatens military action

FPI / August 12, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher One hour before the highest ranking United States official to visit Taiwan since the end of formal diplomatic relations in 1979, Health and Human Resources (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar on Aug. 10 met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) J-11 and […]

Georgia bill adds police to protected class in hate crime legislation

Georgia bill adds police to protected class in hate crime legislation

by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2020 Republicans in the Georgia state senate added police as a protected class in the state’s hate crimes legislation. The legislation makes it a crime to intimidate a police officer or any first responder. In the language of the law, anyone who harasses or intimidates any law enforcement officer while […]

How did George Floyd die? Toxicology report, transcript raise questions

How did George Floyd die? Toxicology report, transcript raise questions

by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2020 The physical, scientific, and electronically recorded evidence in the death of George Floyd “overwhelmingly and conclusively proves” that Floyd “when he first encountered the police was well on his way to dying from a self-administered drug overdose,” a former prosecutor contends. Minnesota prosecutors charged former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek […]

Poll: 59 percent believe Biden unlikely to finish a 4-year term

Poll: 59 percent believe Biden unlikely to finish a 4-year term

by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2020 Kamala Harris will become president within the next four years if Joe Biden is elected in November, respondents said in a new poll. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 59 percent of likely U.S. voters believe Biden would not finish a four-year term. The […]

Pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai released on bail after arrest in Hong Kong

Pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai released on bail after arrest in Hong Kong

by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2020 Jimmy Lai, founder of the Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s popular pro-democracy newspaper, has been released on bail after being arrested Monday on suspicion of collusion under the Chinese Communist Party’s new national security law, reports say. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong said in a statement that Monday’s […]

Dr. Scott Atlas, a Fauci critic, joins president’s coronavirus task force

Dr. Scott Atlas, a Fauci critic, joins president’s coronavirus task force

by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2020 An outspoken critic of coronavirus lockdowns and leftist media hero Dr. Anthony Fauci is now advising the White House on the pandemic. Dr. Scott Atlas, senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, is “working with us and will be working with us on the coronavirus,” President Donald Trump announced […]

Media integrity pays: Tucker Carlson beats NBA in ratings game

Media integrity pays: Tucker Carlson beats NBA in ratings game

by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2020 Fox News’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” says it is the “sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and group think.” TV viewers note that there is a lot of that going on in professional sports these days, particularly among the woke NBA which kneels for the Marxist Black Lives Matter. And […]