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For those new to bodybuilding, it would probably be a good idea for you to know how an athlete gets to compete for the Mr. Olympia title—bodybuilding’s highest honor. How exactly does a bodybuilder end up competing among the best in the world? I’m going to tell you, but first I need to preface this with the following for clarity: While the “Olympia” is composed of 11 divisions today, and most of the qualification requirements to compete in them are similar, my focus here is on the original Men’s Open Mr. Olympia, upon whose backs rests the entire fitness industry.…

Press release AI-powered drone technology has been successfully trialled to identify landmines and explosive ordnance. From: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defence and Luke Pollard MP Published 2 April 2026 The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) led a major trial on behalf of the British Army, which allowed bomb-disposal experts to conduct their mission faster through rapid detection. The trial demonstrated that AI models can be rapidly retrained to recognise new threat types and adapt to different environments. And so UK military personnel could be better protected on the battlefield as a result of these trials.…

President of Ukraine 2 April 2026 – 17:40 The diplomatic work of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in March was focused on strengthening Ukraine and reinforcing the protection of lives together with partners. The Head of State visited several countries in the Middle East, where documents on defense cooperation were signed. Among the priorities of the foreign policy work are the unblocking of the €90 billion financial assistance package and the negotiation process on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, continued sanctions pressure on Russia, and the expansion of the PURL initiative and SAFE instrument. In March, Bulgaria joined…

Johnny Eblen is confident that after how he dispatched of Bryan Battle, he is next up for a shot at the PFL middleweight belt. His buzzer beater loss to current PFL 185 pound titleholder Costello Van Steenis was seen as the biggest upset win/ underdog outcome of 2025 and a sequel clash would be intriguing to many. This considering Eblen was seen as winning a sizable amount of the fight prior to the finish. PFL Pittsburgh not only saw Eblen halt Bryan Battle with a submission in the opening stanza of their bout on March 28th, but Impa Kasanganay also…

This is a developing story. A United States F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet has been shot down by enemy fire over Iran, U.S. officials confirmed. One of the aircraft’s two crew members has been rescued, Israeli media first reported. U.S. officials confirmed the reports in statements to CBS News and Axios. A search for the second crew member is ongoing. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Military Times “the president has been briefed” on the downed fighter jet.The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Officials in Iran, meanwhile, called for the search…

A second United States Air Force combat aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday as rescue teams continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle, according to two U.S. officials cited by The New York Times. The second aircraft, an A-10 Thunderbolt II, went down near the Strait […]

The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $334.4 million contract modification to produce up to nine additional Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 electronic attack (EA) systems, including the first shipset for installation on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN). Valued at up to $783 million if all options are exercised, the sole-source award means that Northrop Grumman is now on contract to deliver up to 24 SEWIP Block 3 systems to the US surface fleet. As the latest in a series of incremental upgrades to the US Navy’s AN/SLQ-32(V) electronic warfare system, SEWIP Block 3 integrates an…

John has been watching the trailer for the 2026 film ‘The Odyssey’, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, and something does not sit right. The Trojan War is usually dated to the thirteenth or twelfth century BC, a period associated with Mycenaean or Achaean warfare and distinctive equipment, such as boar-tusk and horned helmets. This is the world shown in archaeological reconstructions and classic works such as Peter Connolly’s The Ancient Greece of Odysseus. Yet in film and illustration, the warriors of Homer’s epics are almost always dressed in the armour of much later centuries. Corinthian and Chalcidian helmets recur frequently,…

Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade, an online strategy game by Lilith Games, has silently made its way back to app stores in India. The game is now available for download on both Android and iOS, although there is something important you should take note of, which I will explain next. Rise of Kingdoms was part of the 2020 ban on apps and games in India For context, Rise of Kingdoms was among the 118 apps and games banned by the Indian government in September 2020, as part of safety measures for these apps misusing data. Since then, players from the region have…

Pentagon R&D spending would drop by about one-third under the White House’s 2027 defense-spending proposal—but the impact of that $4.5 billion reduction might be cushioned by the tech industry’s willingness to fund its own research.The proposed drop, which echoes a similar cut in the first Trump administration’s 2020 proposal, was outlined in Friday’s record-breaking $1.5 trillion defense-spending request. Basic research spending would fall $3.7 billion from this year’s appropriated amount. Most of that—$2.6 billion—would be borne by the Space Force, but reductions would also hit the Army ($173 million), Navy ($529 million), Air Force ($150 million), and the Defense Department-wide account…