Recalcitrant China seen forcing superpower nuclear buildup

Recalcitrant China seen forcing superpower nuclear buildup

FPI / August 5, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher Recent Chinese and American statements, plus a sobering assessment of Russia’s potential nuclear weapons buildup, points to a potential period of superpower nuclear weapons buildup to force the issue of new nuclear arms control agreements, primarily because China refuses to enter into such negotiations. Under the […]

Sweden’s virus solution: No masks, open schools

Sweden’s virus solution: No masks, open schools

by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2020 Sweden never went into lockdown. It doesn’t require face masks. It kept its restaurants and bars open. It kept its students in school. Outspoken media outlets and politicians around the globe were highly critical of Sweden’s approach to the coronavirus. But, since a surge in virus deaths in April, […]

No longer the ‘people’s son-in-law’? China disowns Zuckerberg after Senate testimony

No longer the ‘people’s son-in-law’? China disowns Zuckerberg after Senate testimony

by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2020 Mark Zuckerberg has run afoul of communist China after saying during Senate testimony last week that it is “well documented that the Chinese government steals technology from American companies.” The Global Times, a propaganda outlet of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said that Zuckerberg’s “willingness to set aside morality […]

Defector grills South Korean official on his pro-North background

Defector grills South Korean official on his pro-North background

by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2020 At a recent confirmation hearing for South Korean Unification Minister nominee Lee In-Young, a high-profile defector from North Korea who is now a member of South Korea’s parliament had a series of tough questions for Lee on his links to the ideology of communist North Korea. Despite the disapproval […]

‘Constitutional coup’: Chinese Communist Party’s ‘word is law’ in Hong Kong

‘Constitutional coup’: Chinese Communist Party’s ‘word is law’ in Hong Kong

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2020 In just over a month the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has asserted authoritarian control over Hong Kong. The CCP’s national security law which essentially ended Hong Kong’s autonomy and makes it much easier to punish pro-democracy activists is in full force, an analyst noted. “The scope of Beijing’s plans […]

Twitter blocks Trump, but green-lights Khamenei’s call for genocide

Twitter blocks Trump, but green-lights Khamenei’s call for genocide

by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2020 The leader of a brutal, repressive regime which is the world’s top state sponsor of terrorism apparently has the green-light from Twitter to advocate for the destruction of Israel. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has posted several tweets in which he calls for the destruction of the “Zionist […]

Report: Biden, Hillary were architects of Russia’s U.S.-funded ‘espionage outpost’

Report: Biden, Hillary were architects of Russia’s U.S.-funded ‘espionage outpost’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2020 Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton engineered the Obama administration’s assistance in the development of Russia’s technology hub, which was used by Vladimir Putin to advance the Kremlin’s military capabilities, including espionage against the United States, investigative reporter John Solomon said. The Obama White House was heavily involved in a […]

After troops reduction, Trump says U.S. won’t be Germany’s ‘suckers anymore’

After troops reduction, Trump says U.S. won’t be Germany’s ‘suckers anymore’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2020 President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he was shifting 12,000 troops out of Germany to other NATO allies and stateside. Trump said he would reconsider his position if Germany begins “paying their bills.” U.S. troops are “there to protect Europe,” the president said. “They’re there to protect Germany, […]

Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers evicted by Mugabe

Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers evicted by Mugabe

by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2020 White farmers in Zimbabwe who were evicted during the reign of brutal dictator Robert Mugabe will receive compensation from the state, a report said. President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday approved an agreement to pay $3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the Mugabe government […]

‘Red famine’: Film revisits NY Times role in forgotten, horrific crime against humanity

‘Red famine’: Film revisits NY Times role in forgotten, horrific crime against humanity

by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2020 The film “Mr. Jones” examines the atrocities committed by Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union and the New York Times reporter, Walter Duranty, who enabled them. The film, directed by Agnieszka Holland and featuring Peter Sarsgaard as Duranty, focuses on the Ukrainian Famine, or Holodomor, a Soviet-enforced mass starvation […]