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Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundoraretained his title in style Saturday night with a sixth-round stoppage of former unified champion Keith “One Time” Thurman in the main event of a PBC Pay-Per-View event available on Prime Video from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.”We’ve been working very hard for this fight,” said Fundora. “I told him that I’ve always looked up to him. He’s a Hall of Famer for sure. I take my hat off to him. That’s why I had to train so hard to prove to the world that I’m the best at 154. I’ve fought in these high…

Press releases Multiple Mechanisms 27 March 2026 GENEVA — The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic today released a new report on the brutal violence that tore through Suwayda in July, leaving more than 1,700 people dead and forcing nearly 200,000 from their homes. This report draws on 409 firsthand accounts from survivors and witnesses across affected communities, alongside extensive field visits to the hardest-hit areas. With access granted by the Syrian government, investigators found widespread devastation—particularly in Druze villages, where tens of thousands of homes, businesses, and places of worship were burned. “The scale and…

Prescription medications can make up a substantial share of your annual out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, especially if you take brand-name drugs. For federal annuitants enrolled in Medicare, adding a Part D prescription drug plan may offer meaningful savings. Many FEHB plans now include a Part D option that could cover additional drugs, provide lower out-of-pocket costs and offer a lower catastrophic limit than an FEHB plan alone. This combination can translate into real protection and real money back throughout the year. How Part D works in FEHB Beginning in plan year 2024, OPM allowed FEHB carriers to offer Medicare Part D…

Michael Chiesa had a successful retirement at UFC Seattle, and he plans on making his exit permanent. Chiesa shared the Octagon with Niko Price on the main card of UFC’s return to Seattle this past Saturday. It only took Chiesa just over a minute to submit Price via rear-naked choke. “The Maverick” has ended his pro MMA career on a four-fight winning streak. Speaking to reporters during the UFC Seattle post-fight press conference, Chiesa said he felt fight week was the perfect storm that ended as well as he could’ve hoped (via MMAJunkie). “This week has been incredible,” Chiesa said.…

Catherine Rottenberg is a Professor of Media, Communications, and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research investigates the convergence of feminism and neoliberalism, as well as the politics of care. Catherine’s full profile can be found here. Where do you see the most exciting research/debates happening in your field? That is a difficult question both because I see so much exciting research being published on feminism and because I am an interdisciplinary scholar so don’t have one field! I would say that, for me, some of the most interesting research at the moment involves thinking about transnational decolonial…

Department of Public Information . News and Media Division . New York 27 March 2026 The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General. **Strait of Hormuz Good afternoon. As I mentioned to you by email, we have an update on the SG’s efforts around the Strait of Hormuz. I can tell you that as the conflict in the Middle East unfolds and threatens to intensify, disruptions in the maritime trade through the Strait of Hormuz risk creating a ripple effect impacting humanitarian needs and agricultural production in the coming months. While the…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is calling for the reversal of a third-party arbitrator’s orders to restore telework for thousands of HUD employees. In a March 20 filing with the Federal Labor Relations Authority, HUD asserted that the arbitrator’s decision issued last month violated federal law and contradicted the agency’s existing contract with its union, the American Federation of Government Employees. HUD called the arbitrator’s orders to broadly restore telework and compensate employees for return-to-office costs “the most disruptive remedy available.” “It’s well-settled that management has the right to assign work and direct employees and an arbitrator cannot…

Ukrainian forces destroyed a unit of Russian heavy multiple launch rocket systems in occupied Crimea using a long-range one-way strike drone, according to Militarnyi. The strike targeted Russian rocket artillery systems before they could be employed against Ukrainian positions. According to Militarnyi, the attack took place near the settlement of Karakul in Russian-occupied Crimea and […]

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India – Press Information Bureau Ministry of Defence Posted On: 27 MAR 2026 3:28PM by PIB Delhi The Ministry of Defence has signed contracts, worth a total of Rs 858 crore, for the procurement of Tunguska Air Defence Missile System and Inspection (Depot Level) of P8I Long-Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft. The contracts were inked at Kartavya Bhawan-2, New Delhi on March 27, 2026. Tunguska Air Defence Missile System The contract for the procurement of Tunguska Air Defence Missile Systems, valued at Rs 445 crore, for the Indian Army, was signed with JSC Rosoboronexport, Russia in the presence of Defence Secretary…