FPI / December 20, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com [Editor’s note: Britain’s new Parliament on Friday voted overwhelmingly to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit accord, a significant step toward the country’s departure from the European Union on Jan. 31.] Excerpts from analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The Dec. 12 general election in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 20, 2019 While conservatives such as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio are championing pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, American leftists have mostly remained silent as communist China brutally cracks down on Hong Kong demonstrators. Although backing the pro-democracy effort has been a readily bipartisan issue, “for some leftists, criticizing America matters more […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2019 China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier was officially commissioned by supreme leader Xi Jinping on Dec. 17. The new warship will be called the Shandong. The communist nation’s first carrier, the Soviet-built Liaoning, was commissioned in September 2012. The Shandong is expected to be deployed to Sanya, the southernmost city […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2019 South Korea’s National Assembly on Monday canceled a vote on fast-tracked legislation being pushed by leftist President Moon Jae-In after a massive protest by opposition lawmakers and their supporters in the streets outside the parliament. “I will not open a plenary session today because it won’t be possible to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2019 Amnesty International has reported that at least 304 people were killed in Iran during a three-day crackdown against protests in November. The rights group had earlier estimated 208 deaths in the demonstrations, which started amid furor over an increase in gas prices but developed in many areas in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2019 While skipping school and traveling the world (nice gig if you can get it), 16-year-old Greta Thunberg is often seen angrily scolding world leaders with lots of finger-wagging thrown in for good measure. President Donald Trump tweeted: “Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party on Thursday won a sizable majority in the British parliament and now says Brexit will become reality at the end of January. The Tories won 365 seats in the House of Commons compared to 203 for the Labour Party. The results […]
FPI / December 12, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com Communist China has tested in several of its major cities a new system which uses millions of cameras linked to supercomputers to compile databases on citizens in what critics say is an Orwellian move to control all behavior. The new high-tech system employs 5G, as well as other technology […]
FPI / December 11, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com Satellite imagery has revealed that Iran is constructing a massive tunnel in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq to reportedly store missiles. The Israeli intelligence company ImageSat reported on Dec. 10 that the tunnel is being used to store missiles and long-range weapons and is located at Imam […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 8, 2019 Kim Jong-Un risks losing “everything” if the North Korean leader “acts in a hostile way,” U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday after the North reported it had carried out a “successful test of great significance.” “Kim Jong-Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything […]
