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Two-time featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski successfully defended his title for the first of his second championship reign in February and is awaiting his next opponent. Top 145-pound contender Movsar Evloev seemingly earned a title shot with his majority decision win over No. 3 ranked Lerone Murphy in the UFC London main event last Saturday. The fight was billed as  a title eliminator bout.Volkanovski tuned in for the match and thought Evloev succumbed to pressure with his game plan. “The Great” believes the undefeated Evloev tried to be ‘more exciting,’ but didn’t pull it off. “Interesting sort of fight. One thing…

As the U.S. Postal Service contemplates service cuts due to the prospect of running out of money as soon as fall 2026, President Donald Trump recently nominated three additional individuals to the postal agency’s Board of Governors. Several unions and other stakeholders, however, reported that they are largely unfamiliar with his picks. “[The National Association of Letter Carriers] is closely monitoring these unknown nominees and will actively work to ensure they have the best interests of the employees and the network before they are confirmed,” the union said in a press release responding to the nominations announcement. The postal board nominees are:…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Despite recent rumblings that the Army might be looking to change up its latest attempt at replacing the Bradley fighting vehicle, the service is still looking to unveil its choice for the XM-30 early next year.Two competing vendors will deliver prototypes to Transformation-in-Contact brigades in July, allowing soldiers to give feedback on how the vehicle drives and the kinds of systems that will make it most effective in combat, the Army’s assistant secretary for acquisitions, logistics and technology told reporters Tuesday at the AUSA Global Force Symposium.“I think the summer will be interesting to see how the prototypes roll…

The nuclear non-proliferation regime is a global framework of norms, practices, and diplomatic agreements — underpinned by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) — designed to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. The regime has had both failures and successes over the decades. Perhaps the biggest challenge in recent years came from Iran. The country’s nuclear activities raised international concern, prompting diplomatic, economic, and covert efforts to constrain it. Iran is a signatory to the NPT and has argued that it was not pursuing a nuclear weapon but rather engaging in legitimate civilian nuclear activities. However, its activities prompted suspicions that…

Julian Erosa is eager for the chance to fight close to home at UFC Seattle. Erosa got injured in his last fight and knew he needed to take some time off, yet this was a longer layoff than expected. However, it was due to the fact that the UFC was returning to Seattle, which Erosa wanted to be on as he’s from Washington state. “I got injured in my last fight, I broke my orbital,” Erosa said on Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com. “So it took about three months for me to get back in sparring and training. I needed…

Airbus has entered into a definitive agreement with the Cobham Ultra group, a portfolio company of Advent, for the acquisition of Ultra Cyber Ltd. This strategic move reinforces Airbus’ position as a trusted, sovereign partner for the UK and a key supplier to its allies, while strengthening its presence in the European cybersecurity landscape. The acquisition allows Airbus to enhance its end-to-end cyber portfolio, complementing the existing UK sovereign capabilities of its cyber business based in Newport, Wales.  With more than 200 employees in Ultra Cyber Ltd, primarily based in its state-of-the-art cyber centre of excellence in Maidenhead, Airbus is…

The USS Nimitz is deploying to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility for a maritime exercise with South American partner nations, the Navy announced on Monday.The carrier, along with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley, will join countries to conduct passing exercises, undergo operations at sea and swap subject matter expertise.“The Southern Seas 2026 deployment provides a unique opportunity to enhance interoperability and increase proficiency with our partner-nation forces across the maritime domain,” said Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet. “Deployments like this demonstrate our unwavering commitment to ensuring a secure…

KYIV, Ukraine — On the first day of the U.S.-Iran war, a Tomahawk cruise missile struck Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, southern Iran. At least 168 people were killed — more than 100 of them under the age of 12, according to UN and Iranian officials.The school building sat fewer than 100 yards from a long-time Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval installation and was previously located within the IRGC compound perimeter until a wall appeared between 2013 and 2016, according to an analysis of satellite imagery by Amnesty International.By the time the U.S. and Israel launched their first strikes…

On a cold winter evening in 1773, dozens of mechanics and artisans carrying axes and clubs made their way to Griffin’s Wharf in colonial Boston. They called themselves the “Sons of Liberty.” Within a few hours, they had thrown 90,000 pounds of cargo from three ships into Boston Harbor. That cargo was British tea.The Boston Tea Party, as it is now known, is commonly recalled as evidence of Americans’ deep-seated and reflexive opposition to heavy taxation. But there is a problem with that familiar narrative: it is untrue. The British government wanted to lower, not raise, duties on tea to…

Japanese troops will set foot on Philippine soil for the first time since World War II to take part in the largest joint drills between the Philippines and the United States. The Japan Self-Defense Force will send a big contingent to participate in this year’s Balikatan exercises following last year’s ratification of the Reciprocal Access Agreement, which allows easier deployment to each other’s territories for combat training and disaster response, Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said Tuesday at a forum hosted by the Stratbase Institute. “Eighty-one years later, this is the first time we will…