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People’s Daily Online (Xinhua) 08:06, April 22, 2026 BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo held talks in Beijing on Tuesday, and the two heads of state agreed to upgrade bilateral ties to a China-Mozambique community with a shared future in the new era. Noting that the time-honored friendship between China and Mozambique has set an example for China-Africa relations and South-South cooperation, Xi said that under the new circumstances, deepening China-Mozambique friendly cooperation meets the shared expectations of the two peoples and reflects the prevailing trend in the Global South to…

On Nov. 8, 1942, the United States opened a new front against Germany, Italy and Vichy France when its forces landed in Morocco and Algeria. At the same time, the British First and Eighth armies advanced against the receding Axis forces from the east. On March 10, 1943, an ailing Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was evacuated to Germany, leaving Afrika Korps under the command of Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen von Arnim. Although the Axis was now cornered in Tunisia, its forces were still holding their remaining ground with the tenacity of a cornered badger. After suffering a humiliating defeat at Rommel’s hands…

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John Phelan is out as the secretary of the Navy, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Phelan, who this week attended the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium in Washington, is departing the role “effective immediately,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced. U.S. Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao, a former Virginia Senate candidate and special operations veteran, will assume the role of acting secretary of the Navy, Parnell added. “On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy,” Parnell wrote. “We wish him well…

In 2024, Paul van Hooft and Tim Sweijs wrote, “Two-Theater Tragedy: A Reluctant Europe Cannot Easily Escape a Sino-American War Over Taiwan,” where they argued a war in the Indo-Pacific would likely draw in and weaken Europe, even if European states try to remain on the sidelines. Two years later, amidst heightened tensions in both theaters, we asked Paul to revisit their arguments.Image: U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth FleetIn your 2024 article, you argue a U.S.–Chinese war over Taiwan would inevitably draw in and weaken Europe, even if European states try to stay on the sidelines militarily. How does Europe’s recent…

Andy Souwer (born 9 November 1982) is a Dutch former welterweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is a two-time K-1 World MAX champion (2005, 2007) and four-time Shootboxing World tournament champion as well as a former It’s Showtime 70MAX world champion, fighting out of Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam. Souwer started kickboxing when he was 7 years old at Ling Ho Gym in Den Bosch. He had his first kickboxing fight when he was 8 years old. He won all his fights, in all the weight classes he fought and became Dutch Champion. In 1998, only 16 years old, Souwer…

Stated in the U.S. Navy’s budget documentation for Fiscal Year 2027, the Navy is putting the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) air launched anti-radiation missile program on a strategic pause, resulting in drastically reduced funding levels. U.S. Navy procurement and thus almost all the funding for the AGM-88G are to cease for the missile effective on the budget’s passage, with the only resources available to the program being either through contracts awarded by foreign governments or already dedicated funds set aside during previous budgets to order long lead time components (known as advanced procurement). The U.S. Navy…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The Navy’s top leadership says they are working hard to avoid serious issues that have plagued previous shipbuilding efforts when it comes to the Trump class “battleship” program. Senior officials have focused, in particular, on the need to have a very firm design before any work on the large surface combatants, the first of which could cost a whopping $17 billion, actually begins. A lack of a finalized design, along with repeated changes to it along the way, contributed heavily to the…

Zebaztian Kadestam clashes with Dominik Humburger at Oktagon 87: Szabová vs. Fernandes on April 25th in the co-main event in a middleweight match. Humburger is someone who has a large level of cache in Oktagon MMA, and Kadestam is excited by entering enemy territory for this one, as Humburger is the partisan favorite in the Czech Republic. When giving his thoughts on the machinations of this matchup, Zebaztian Kadestam said [via Bowks Talking Bouts], “Yeah, it feels good. I’ve been having some big fights over at ONE and it feels appropriate that I should have big fights moving on. It’s…

OKINAWA, Japan –U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Okinawa following a port visit, April 21, 2026. Blue Ridge’s last visit to Okinawa was in 2020. During this port visit, leadership from the U.S. 7th Fleet and USS Blue Ridge met with III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) leadership for staff-to-staff engagements and office calls. “This visit strengthens the bonds between the Navy and Marine Corps,” said Vice Adm. Pat Hannifin, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet. “Our face-to-face engagements with III MEF refine our joint capabilities and ensure we remain a ready and lethal integrated force. Okinawa stands as…