by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2018 Severance pay for Venezuelans who put in years of work does not amount to much in a country where inflation is expected to drive up prices by 13,000 percent this year. Yolanda Abreu, who worked for five years as a cardiologist, tweeted a photo of her severance check for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2018 The conclusion reached by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russian President Vladimir Putin interfered on behalf of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election is flawed, according to a majority report by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The report said the CIA’s Putin-Trump analysis violated standards, resulting in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Ron Synovitz, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Radio Free Afghanistan journalist Abadullah Hananzai was furious on April 25 when he learned that a former colleague had been gunned down at a market in Kandahar in an apparent targeted killing. “The murder of my former colleague at Kabul News, a great […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2018 The Egyptian military is deploying troops to its borders with Israel and the Gaza Strip in preparation for what was described as “extraordinarily massive attacks” on the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula, reports say. Egypt has informed Israel about the troop buildup, Haaretz reported on May […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2018 A Trump campaign aide, in testimony about alleged Russia collusion, unloaded on members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 1, saying “you’re all in this together, you’re the swamp.” “Forget about all the death threats against my family. I want to know who cost us so much money, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2018 China on May 2 vowed to play a role in the “peace regime” between North and South Korea that has been dominated by the U.S. administration of Donald Trump. Beijing reiterated its stance that the process calls for an end to U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises along with the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2018 Morocco has severed diplomatic relations with Iran over its ties to an Algerian rebel group that seeks independence for Western Sahara. Morocco said the move was precipitated by Iran’s support for the Hizbullah terror organization, which Rabat claims has delivered weapons to the Polisario Front rebel group, AFP reported. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2018 President Donald Trump’s executive order on religious liberty has, in the year since he issued it, greatly benefited charities and other organizations, a columnist noted. “One year after President Trump ordered a halt on former President Obama’s ‘war’ on religious liberty, several Cabinet agencies have made significant changes opening […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2018 Hillary Clinton is known to knock back “a cocktail – or three,” author Amy Chozick notes in her book “Chasing Hillary”. Chozick said that, if the twice failed presidential candidate had actually won, Hillary would have been the “booziest president since FDR.” National Review’s Kyle Smith noted that Chozick’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2018 Nearly 90 percent of U.S. Border Patrol agents support President Donald Trump’s border wall and 95 percent say changes are needed to the government’s “catch and release” immigration policy, a new survey found. A survey of 600 agents in two of the Border Patrol’s busiest sectors found 89 percent […]
