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Mac Gilmour, who holds seven black belts in different systems and has participated in 28 different forms of martial arts, is going to be training pensioners to help them stay active and feel safer. “I want people to realise that when you retire you’re not finished,” said the instructor, who has been teaching for well over 40 years. “I just get despaired with the martial arts because there is nothing around for pensioners. “My objective is to give them some confidence so they don’t have to stay in the house, scared. “I have already spoke to five pensioners who are…

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Welcome to Midnight Mania!Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025.Former UFC fighter — and one-time professional boxer — Darren Stewart is asking for financial help. Stewart is dealing with stage-four arthritis and a torn hip labrum, injuries that have left him in constant pain and struggling to walk. The 14-fight UFC veteran says he has burned through his savings and is now seeking donations to cover the cost of surgery.Forget the purple, Arman Tsarukyan looks like a freaking action figure.An underappreciated story this week is the return…

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Gaining from his experience of working as a sparring partner of two-time World heavyweight champion professional boxer Anthony Joshua, English boxer Isaac Okoh is keen to take the Olympic route to achieve his ambition of becoming a successful pro.Delighted with a strong finish to the year, Okoh, who won the 90kg title in the World Boxing Cup Finals in Greater Noida on Thursday, acknowledges that he became better after his training sessions with Joshua ahead of the Briton’s famous fight in Saudi Arabia three years ago.“I really enjoyed sparring with Joshua in 2022 for the Oleksandr Usyk fight. It was…

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Satellite imagery has depicted what appears to be at least three United States military vessels surrounding Trinidad—one off its northern coast, and two in the Gulf of Paria.European Space Agency (ESA) satellite Sentinel-2 L1C on Tuesday captured one large vessel, believed by experts to be the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship deployed by the US Navy to the Caribbean earlier this year, situated just north of Diego Martin, 41 miles from Trinidad’s northern coast, and 45 from Venezuela.The Iwo Jima is a Landing Heli­copter Dock (LHD)—a type of vessel that has historically provided US Marine Corps…

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In the face of increased drills, military action, and threatening rhetoric from the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan recently announced that it’s raising its core defense spending to 3 percent and plans to reach 3.32 percent by next year. Taiwan is also the first non-NATO country to align itself with NATO’s new 5 percent pledge, an agreement by the allies to spend 3.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on core defense spending and at least 1.5 percent of GDP on associated infrastructure investment by 2030. These commitments demonstrate Taipei’s increased seriousness regarding defense. Taiwan should prioritize acquiring the necessary…

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Huntsville reaffirmed its role as a national center of defense technology on November 6, when KBR opened its doors for a rare demonstration of its FIREFLY high-energy laser system. Media and industry observers watched as a bright beam tracked and disabled a test target—offering a glimpse into how directed-energy weapons may soon counter the small unmanned aircraft shaping modern conflict. For Huntsville, the demonstration emphasized both technological progress and the city’s growing influence in next-generation defense programs. A Rare Look Inside KBR’s Defense Work KBR, a global engineering and defense contractor with more than 1,000 employees in the region, hosted…

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The collection includes crowns, shields and paintings all considered culturally and historically significant Featured BBC International News Nov – 20 – 2025 , 16:31 2 minutes read Twelve historical artefacts have been formally returned to Ethiopia after being kept by a German family for more than 100 years. The artefacts, originally collected in the 1920s by Germany’s then-envoy to Ethiopia Franz Weiss and his wife Hedwig, were handed over on Wednesday to the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University. The collection included crowns, shields and paintings, all considered culturally and historically significant in Ethiopia. “The artefacts still stand…

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Aurora Labs has announced a memorandum of understanding agreement with Ares Armaments Australia to advance research and development of design and rapid production techniques using exotic metals in small-arms ammunition and armaments. Aurora Labs has announced a memorandum of understanding agreement with Ares Armaments Australia to advance research and development of design and rapid production techniques using exotic metals in small-arms ammunition and armaments. Under the non-binding terms, A3D and Ares are expected to collaborate to accelerate research into the use of exotic metals in small-arms ammunition and armaments. You’re out of free articles for this month Initial focus…

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