China’s 60 orbital launches seen increasing with reusable launchers in 2025

China’s 60 orbital launches seen increasing with reusable launchers in 2025

FPI / December 6, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 3 China launched its 60th space mission for 2024; But with one month to go China may not reach its goal of 100 orbital launches but may surpass its record of 67 launches for 2023. However, annual launch rates may soon well surpass 100 […]

Update: Yoon survives impeachment vote, ruling party says he agreed to leave office early

Update: Yoon survives impeachment vote, ruling party says he agreed to leave office early

by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2024 Real World News South Korea’s National Assembly’s main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) failed in its effort to impeach conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol on Saturday, but Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP) reportedly said he has agreed to an early departure from office. Yoon on Tuesday had declared martial […]

Out in the cold in western NC as Biden gifts $1B to Africans displaced by ‘climate change’

Out in the cold in western NC as Biden gifts $1B to Africans displaced by ‘climate change’

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2024 Real World News In Western North Carolina, some 200,000 Americans who lost their homes to hurricane Helene are hunkered down in tent cities and trying to deal with increasingly frigid weather. Nonprofits, local grassroots organizations, and concerned residents have helped find housing for some. But reports from the […]

China-Russia exercises signal nuclear challenge to U.S. presence in East Asia

China-Russia exercises signal nuclear challenge to U.S. presence in East Asia

FPI / December 4, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher An unprecedented two-day joint China-Russia bomber exercise and Russian suggestions they will deploy new nuclear capable missiles to Asia point to a growing China-Russia nuclear threat to that region. On Nov. 29 and 30, China and Russia conducted their 9th and largest joint bomber exercise designed […]

Back in Moscow, Tucker Carlson claims U.S. already in a ‘hot war’ with Russia

Back in Moscow, Tucker Carlson claims U.S. already in a ‘hot war’ with Russia

by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2024 Real World News In his return to Moscow, Tucker Carlson posted a video from Red Square on Tuesday, blasting the Biden-Harris administration for pushing “the U.S. ever-closer to a nuclear conflict with Russia” over the decision to allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia with American-made long-range missiles. Carlson said […]

Unreported: Pro-North and CCP-funded influence seen precipitating political crisis in South Korea

Unreported: Pro-North and CCP-funded influence seen precipitating political crisis in South Korea

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 3, 2024 Real World News International and U.S. media have failed to report the context of the political crisis in South Korea which led conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol to declare emergency martial law on Tuesday evening. That background includes not only the longstanding influence of pro-North Korean organizations in the […]

DJT’s memo to the Middle East: ‘Release the hostages now’

DJT’s memo to the Middle East: ‘Release the hostages now’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 3, 2024 Real World News U.S. President-elect Donald Trump warned Hamas and its backers in Iran they must release any remaining hostages before he is inaugurated on Jan. 20 or risk “being hit harder” than any foe in U.S. history. Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Everybody is talking about the hostages […]

Trump ‘not safe now,’ Putin warns in statement

Trump ‘not safe now,’ Putin warns in statement

by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2024 Real World News Pointing to the “moral decline” of the U.S. political system, Russian leader Vladimir Putin suggested that President-elect Donald Trump “is not safe” as Inauguration Day approaches. “What was most striking … was not even that absolutely uncivilized means of struggle were used against Trump, absolutely uncivilized, […]

Amid Russia-Ukraine escalation, Germany to repurpose public buildings as bomb shelters

Amid Russia-Ukraine escalation, Germany to repurpose public buildings as bomb shelters

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2024 Real World News In 2007, Germany dismantled its bunker network, considered unnecessary at the time. The country, with a population of 84.4 million, currently has a total 579 public shelters, enough for roughly half a million people. Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s threats against nations supporting Ukraine, which includes Germany, […]

Missing waitresses at border restaurant provides window on North Korean reality

Missing waitresses at border restaurant provides window on North Korean reality

FPI / November 28, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct The city of Dandong in China, which sits across the Yalu River from North Korea, features several restaurants staffed by North Korean waitresses who not only serve tables but sing and dance to entertain the diners. Though the waitresses are the main reason diners visit the restaurants, most of […]