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After a decade of elevated tensions, Washington and Beijing now find themselves navigating relatively calm waters. Last October, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reached an agreement in Busan, South Korea, to pause the trade war between their two countries. The truce paused new U.S. tariffs and rolled back Chinese restrictions on American access to rare earths and magnets. That reprieve is real—but fragile.Expectations are high that the next time the two leaders meet—originally scheduled to be March 31, in Beijing, but now delayed at Trump’s request because of the U.S. war in Iran—they will reaffirm and…

On June 7, the city of Salvador, Bahia (Brazil) will host the IV KWU SENSHI Bahia Friendship Championship, an event that will bring together practitioners from different regions to celebrate the martial spirit, friendship, and technical development within Kyokushin Karate. The competition will feature athletes from several Brazilian states, including Bahia, Alagoas, São Paulo, Ceará, and Amazonas, as well as international participants from Chile, strengthening the exchange and unity among dojos that share the values and philosophy of Kyokushin. The event will begin at 8:00 a.m. and will take place at Estação Cidadania Itapuã, located at Rua da Ilha, 374 –…

Megaglope Studios’ solo-developed project mixes branching runs, class mechanics, artifacts, and card-based combat ahead of its planned November 2026 release. Megaglobe Studios has announced Into the Crypt; the game is a first-person, 3D roguelike deck builder designed to bridge the card combat mechanics of deck builders and the sense of exploration associated with dungeon crawling. Into the Crypt places the player within the crypt and constructs the game experience around procedural floors, branching routes, combat encounters, and event decisions that impact the length of each descent. While the first-person perspective creates a more physically immersive experience than many other deckbuilders, the main…

Romania – Ministry of National Defence Press release No. 53 19.03.2026 The Romanian Naval Forces will organize, between March 23 and April 3, in the area of responsibility, at sea and on the river, Multinational Exercise SEA SHIELD 2026, the most complex training event of this year. The two weeks will include training sequences in a national, inter-institutional and multinational framework, and the activities will cover all action environments – maritime, riverine, lagoon, underwater, terrestrial and aerial, and will include complex scenarios adapted to the current security challenges. This year’s edition of SEA SHIELD Exercise will involve over 2,500 military…

News March 19, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via BAE Systems NASHUA, New Hampshire. BAE Systems won a contract from Robins Air Force Base in Georgia to support and sustain the AN/ALQ-221 Advanced Defensive System for the U.S. Air Force’s U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, the company announced in a statement. Under the contract, BAE Systems will provide field service support for the aircraft’s electronic warfare system, conduct repairs, and deliver software updates intended to help the system identify and counter new threats, according to the statement. The AN/ALQ-221 system combines radar warning and electronic countermeasures to give…

U.S. service members will now be granted religious exemptions from grooming standards only on “sincerely held religious beliefs,” according to a recent Pentagon memorandum.Current service members and those applying for military service who request an exception for religious reasons must provide “a sworn written attestation affirming the requester’s belief is sincerely held and religious in nature,” according to the March 11 Department of Defense memorandum. In their requests, service members must provide statements describing the specific religious beliefs that are held and explanations of how the current clean-shaven grooming standard conflicts with their exercise of religion, per the memo.Troops must…

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Members of the Australian Army and NZ Army provide security at a beach landing during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. (Gordon Arthur)ANZAC partners Australia and New Zealand held foreign and defence ministerial consultations in Canberra on 17 March, with one outcome being a decision to forge even closer military ties.Australia’s Minister of Defence Richard Marles and New Zealand’s Minister of Defence Judith Collins operationalised the alliance with what they called the Anzac 2035 Vision.The aim of the vision is to be “able to operate seamlessly as an increasingly integrated, combat-capable Anzac force by 2035, while remaining respectful of our status as…

A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are strafing boats in the Straits of Hormuz as part of President Trump’s war on Iran, and at least some experts say it shows why the venerable aircraft should remain in service.”The A-10 Warthog is now in the fight across the southern flank and is hunting and killing fast-attack watercraft in the Straits of Hormuz,” Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a Pentagon press briefing on Thursday. The Defense Department posted images of the A-10 flying in U.S. Central Command airspace this week. CENTCOM praised the Warthog’s capabilities, noting in an X…

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs FM Sa’ar: “Israel has an interest in Lebanon joining the circle of normalization and peace in the region. The obstacle to this is Hezbollah.” Type: Press Releases Topic: Foreign Policy, Terrorism Secondary topic: Hezbollah, Iran Publish Date: 18.03.2026 Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar spoke today (Wednesday, 18 March 2026) with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot and discussed with him the issues of the war in Iran and particularly Lebanon. . FM Sa’ar: “I spoke with my French counterpart, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, about the war…