by WorldTribune Staff, September 1, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The unidentified owner of a Chinese firm shelled out $21.2 million in cash for more than 1,500 acres of property in California that sits just 16 miles from the U.S.’s hub for Pacific carrier-based F-35 fighter fleets, according to a report by investigative journalist Natalie […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 1, 2026 Non-AI Real World News President Donald Trump on Monday announced a crackdown on voter fraud with investigations in nine states after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that it found over 250,000 illegal aliens were registered to vote. The president said the investigations would begin on Tuesday and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 31, 2026 Non-AI Real World News President Donald Trump announced his sweeping new deal giving the United States a 55% ownership stake and control over 65 billion barrels of oil reserves in Venezuela “more than doubles” American oil reserves. The agreement includes a 100-year lease or concession for the Venezuelan oil […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2026 Non-AI Real World News In March 2024, the University of Florida closed its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, cut full-time DEI staff positions, ended administrative appointments for faculty members, and stopped external DEI vendor contracts. The moves were made to comply with new state regulations under Republican Gov. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The latest Gallup quarterly poll on party affiliation shows an increase for Independents and Democrats and a drop for Republicans. The poll, which asked “which do you consider yourself today,” 44% said Independent, 31% Democrat, and 25% Republicans. Republicans appear to have an information problem. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Gloria Steinem passed away on Sept. 2. She was 92. What was her historical impact? Critics such as Betty Friedan argued that Steinem became the face of the women’s movement primarily because she was a “looker” who appealed to male-dominated media. Modern critics such as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2026 Non-AI Real World News In March 2024, the University of Florida closed its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, cut full-time DEI staff positions, ended administrative appointments for faculty members, and stopped external DEI vendor contracts. The moves were made to comply with new state regulations under Republican Gov. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Gloria Steinem passed away on Sept. 2. She was 92. What was her historical impact? Critics such as Betty Friedan argued that Steinem became the face of the women’s movement primarily because she was a “looker” who appealed to male-dominated media. Modern critics such as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 3, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The Trump administration has threatened to cut federal support for the Smithsonian over what it describes as a shift from its mission to a “radical political agenda.” In a letter sent on Aug. 28 to the Smithsonian Board of Regents, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and […]
By John J. Metzler, September 3, 2026 A few months ago while in the Hague, I remembered Gen. Ratko Mladic, the gruff Serbian general who I thought might still be alive and serving his life sentence in a nearby UN prison for what is legally called “crimes against humanity. The old UN “International Criminal Tribunal […]
Special to WorldTribune, August 30, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, August 25, 2026 By Richard Fisher On Aug. 18 China’s LandSpace Corporation achieved the first first-stage vertical recovery for a reusable space launch vehicle (SLV) produced by a “privately” funded Chinese space company. The LandSpace Zhuque-3 two-stage SLV also achieved China’s first on-land first-stage vertical […]
Special to WorldTribune, August 28, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, August 25, 2026 Utilizing both sophisticated cyber warfare and boots-on-the-ground intelligence gathering, communist China’s military intelligence arm is conducting aggressive spying operations against U.S. and South Korean military and commercial targets in South Korea, according to a new report. Retired Defense Intelligence Agency official Nicholas […]
Special to WorldTribune, August 21, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, August 18, 2026 There are two sides of the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran is only one of them. Because it is on the southern side, Oman has to deal with the Iranians as it can’t escape the Middle East. Oman has had amicable relations […]
Special to WorldTribune, August 18, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 Gulf states which rely on shipping in the Strain of Hormuz to import food and other household necessities are having to find alternative, long-term overland logistics which are driving up inflation. For five months the narrow stretch of water at the mouth […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2026 Non-AI Real World News In March 2024, the University of Florida closed its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, cut full-time DEI staff positions, ended administrative appointments for faculty members, and stopped external DEI vendor contracts. The moves were made to comply with new state regulations under Republican Gov. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Was President Donald Trump right? No, impossible Trump had warned that the aging Kennedy Center was in desperate need of rehabilitation. The president proposed the arts center be shut down for two years for a major $250 million renovation and rebuilding project. Leftists fought him […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News September 7, 2026 The USS Abraham Lincoln has ended its deployment in the Middle East and is returning home. Which is quite a feat from Iran’s perspective. The Islamic Republic claimed on three separate occasions that it had sunk the U.S. aircraft carrier. After 286 days of deployment […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has triggered a massive political earthquake after winning a historic landslide victory in elections in Germany’s eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The AfD’s triumph marks the first time since World War II that a far-right party has won a state election […]