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The idea for this article emerged during an interview I was conducting with Olena Afanasieva, head of the NGO Center for Cultural Development ‘Totem’. During our conversation, she shared her vision of establishing a “Museum of Resistance,” featuring exhibits that narrate everyday life in Kherson under occupation. Kherson was occupied by Russian forces from 2 March to 11 November 2022, becoming the only regional centre captured during the initial phase of the full-scale invasion. Despite active civic resistance, including peaceful protests, the city endured a harsh occupation marked by repression, kidnappings, torture, forced passportisation, and attempts at Russification. The Armed…

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Vegas 116 results, including the heavyweight contest between Marcus Buchecha and Ryan Spann. Buchecha (5-3-1 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since fighting to a draw with Kennedy Nzechukwu this past December at UFC Vegas 112. Prior to that contest, the jiu-jitsu ace was coming off a decision loss to Martin Buday in his Octagon debut. Meanwhile, Ryan Spann (24-11 MMA) most previously competed in July of last year, where he scored a first-round submission victory over Lukasz Brzeski. ‘Superman’ has gone 2-3 over his past five…

A U.S. sailor assigned to a mine countermeasures ship was scratched by a monkey in Thailand, sidelining him from a minesweeping mission in the Middle East, according to Navy officials.The monkey attack occurred in Phuket, where the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Chief was moored briefly to refuel. Axios first reported the monkey attack Thursday. “The sailor received medical care and was transferred back to Japan for further care,” Cmdr. Matthew Comer, a spokesperson for the Navy’s 7th Fleet, said in an emailed statement. ”There were no operational impacts or delays to Chief.” Navy officials confirmed the service member received…

Neo Artifacts is the latest strategy RPG from Dragonnest Games, which is now globally available. In this Neo Artifacts redeem code article, I’ll list all the codes available in the game that I found after a lot of research. Neo Artifacts redeem codes and rewards The game lets you build your ultimate team from Artifacters across eras and cultures. You join in as the Curator and fight alongside the Artifacters against reality-warping anomalies called Distortion. Now, the game also has codes, and you can use them to receive rewards! Developers often release redeem codes as a token of gratitude for us. As…

ROC Central News Agency 04/23/2026 11:36 AM Washington, April 22 (CNA) The United States government on Wednesday criticized the three African countries that revoked overflight clearances for President Lai Ching-te’s (賴清德) planned trip to Eswatini this week, saying they had yielded to China’s political demands. “These countries are acting at the behest of China by interfering in the safety and dignity of routine travel by Taiwan officials,” an unnamed U.S. State Department spokesperson told CNA in an email. “These countries manage international airspace within their delegated Flight Information Regions, which extend well beyond the sovereign airspace above their territories,” the…

Enterprise AI projects go off the rails when companies focus on the technology instead of the people. So says Matt Domo, co-founder of AWS’s database division, founder of AI consultancy FifthVantage, and also author of a tome titled “Everybody Wins”. “The number one reason these fail is because the business and leadership, and how work gets done and decisions get made, don’t change in kind for the new way things are done,” Domo said in an interview with The Register. Domo said he experienced this across his entire career. When AWS was new, he said, people couldn’t fathom it. They…

NASHVILLE—Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said Thursday that autonomous weapons are going to be a “key and essential part of everything we do” when asked about how such tools would fit into the future of warfare.Speaking during a fireside chat at Vanderbilt University’s Asness Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats, Caine said, “We are doing a lot of thinking about this in the joint force right now” on how autonomous tech would be applied to areas like drones and command-and-control operations.His remarks signal that the U.S. military is keen on crafting plans to further adopt artificial intelligence tools…

The entire DIB must remember that CMMC compliance is a continual journey that is necessary to protect our warfighters and our nation. Ned Butler April 24, 2026 4:43 pm 4 min read Compliance with the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program is now mandatory for any defense industrial base (DIB) organization that wants to maintain or win DoD contracts. CMMC is based on the 110 security controls documented in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Special Publication 800-171, Revision 2, or Rev. 2. Even while many DIB companies are still hurrying to get their businesses compliant…

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ROC Central News Agency 04/23/2026 01:24 PM Washington, April 22 (CNA) A senior official at the U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday urged Taiwan’s political parties to work together to approve a special defense budget, saying that the United States has multiple tools to provide security assistance to Taiwan. Speaking at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, John Noh, assistant secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs at the Defense Department, cited the United States’ Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, Taiwan Defense Act, and Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative as the basis for such assistance. “We’re actively working to present options to our…