Mattis: No post-Helsinki progress on cooperation with Russia in Syria

Mattis: No post-Helsinki progress on cooperation with Russia in Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2018 The Helsinki summit did not change the U.S. military’s stance on cooperation with Russia in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on July 24. “What we do with the Russian Federation, we deconflict our operations. We do not coordinate them, we deconflict them . . . to make certain […]

Meghan McCain to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Name one country [where] socialism has ever worked’

Meghan McCain to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Name one country [where] socialism has ever worked’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2018 On the July 24 episode of “The View”, Meghan McCain challenged the Democratic Party’s new darling, socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to “name one country where socialism has ever worked.” McCain also said Ocasio-Cortez, who defeated long-time Rep. Joe Crowley in the primary in New York’s 14th congressional district, should ask […]

Israel downs Syrian warplane, rejects Russia’s proposed 100-km buffer zone offer

Israel downs Syrian warplane, rejects Russia’s proposed 100-km buffer zone offer

by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2018 Israel on July 22 rejected Russia’s offer of a buffer zone that would keep Iranian forces in Syria away from the Golan Heights ceasefire line. Meanwhile, Israel on July 24 said it shot down a Syrian warplane that crossed into the occupied Golan Heights. Israel’s military said it fired […]

Documents reveal FBI misled FISA court on sourcing, used anti-Trump media reports

Documents reveal FBI misled FISA court on sourcing, used anti-Trump media reports

by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2018 The FBI misrepresented its findings to the FISA court on several fronts in order to secure a wiretap to spy on Trump campaign associate Carter Page, recently released documents show. “The FBI continued to tell judges that dossier writer Christopher Steele wasn’t the source of a news article the bureau used to corroborate […]

Analyst: Anti-Trump positions based on faith, not facts

Analyst: Anti-Trump positions based on faith, not facts

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2018 President Donald Trump’s overall support has risen by 6 percent since late 2017. So, how does the so-called “resistance” keep getting it so wrong? “After each purported outrage – Charlottesville, separating children from their immigrant parents, now Helsinki – they confidently contend that this latest event will finally […]

IMF: Venezuela’s inflation could top 1 million percent by end of 2018

IMF: Venezuela’s inflation could top 1 million percent by end of 2018

by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2018 Inflation in Venezuela could top 1 million percent by the end of this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Shortages in food, water, medicine and electricity, as well as high crime, plague millions of Venezuelans, said Alejandro Werner, head of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere department. Related: Oil […]

Global scorecard for innovation: Switzerland at top, China rising, N. Korea and Cuba unlisted

Global scorecard for innovation: Switzerland at top, China rising, N. Korea and Cuba unlisted

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Not surprisingly the countries leading in Research & Development are among the world’s most successful economies. Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Sweden top the list among the top ten global innovation economies which also include the United Kingdom, Singapore, the United States, Finland, Germany and Ireland. […]

‘Never ever threaten’ U.S.: Trump warns Rouhani, Pompeo boosts Iranian people

‘Never ever threaten’ U.S.: Trump warns Rouhani, Pompeo boosts Iranian people

by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2018 The United States has sent a powerful signal of support to the people of Iran while challenging its Islamist regime. President Donald Trump on July 22 warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani not to issue threats against the United States. Trump tweeted: “Never, ever threaten the United States again or you will […]

Trump again states his case on Russia: ‘It could be other people also’

Trump again states his case on Russia: ‘It could be other people also’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump said he accepts the “intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election took place.” However, he added: “It could be other people also. A lot of people out there.” U.S. President Donald Trump says he ‘gave up nothing’ to Russia at last week’s summit in […]

Conservatives happy; Left’s ‘level of hatred’ for Trump called ‘frightening’

Conservatives happy; Left’s ‘level of hatred’ for Trump called ‘frightening’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 22, 2018 Conservatives are happier than liberals, according to a new study by the Social Psychological and Personality Science journal. The study found that those of right-leaning ideologies are far more likely than their left-leaning counterparts to grasp the “meaning of life.” Whoopi Goldberg, left, and Jeanine Pirro “This is indeed a classic […]