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Salahdine Parnasse not only made a splash, he did a cannonball into the UFC’s lightweight pool with a quick destruction of Dan Hooker in the main event of UFC Paris. With Parnasse delivering a star-making performance in his home country, and calling out Max Holloway, what could be next for the former two-division KSW champ?On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss who Parnasse could face in his sophomore UFC outing after a memorable debut. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for Axel Sola following his co-main event knockout victory…

China’s marine scientific research ships are expanding their operations around Taiwan, and they are not just there to advance the frontiers of human knowledge. Their operations serve to undermine Taiwan’s independent political status and to force international acceptance of Beijing’s claim of sovereignty over the island and its surrounding waters. This pressure campaign by the People’s Republic of China began intensifying in 2022. While media coverage of this development has focused on the activities of the People’s Liberation Army and the China Coast Guard, China’s civilian survey ships operate among them often unnoticed and in unprecedented numbers. Because of the…

An Amazon.com Inc. cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport and burst into flames on September 6, killing at least five people and temporarily shutting down the airport’s runways during the busy Labor Day travel weekend.The Boeing Co. 767-300, operated by 21 Air as Prime Air Flight 7598, overshot the runway around 2 p.m. local time after arriving from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.The plane slammed into multiple vehicles near the airport, trapping some people inside, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, which reported heavy flames and smoke…

When a regional airliner hit a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport last March, the investigation naturally included what was going on in the control tower. Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration said it would fire two air traffic controllers who’d gone home an hour before their shift ended. That left the tower without backup help on a busy night. The controllers had done what the aviation industry calls an “early shove.” The National Transportation Safety Board hasn’t yet determined whether the early shove contributed to the ground collision. An aviation management professor told Inc. that, under the apparently common practice,…

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Vadim Nemkov’s first heavyweight title defense is booked.PFL announced Monday that Nemkov (20-2, 1 NC) is set to fight Sergei Bilostenniy (15-4) in the main event of PFL Dubai at Coca-Cola Arena on Nov. 14.Nemkov previously reigned as Bellator’s light heavyweight champion, successfully defending that belt four consecutive times before moving up to the heavyweight division in the midst of Bellator being acquired by PFL. He is 3-0 at heavyweight and captured a vacant title by defeating Renan Ferreira via first-round submission this past December.Bilostenniy is also coming off of a win over Ferreira, having put the Brazilian vet away…

Josh Hokit ripped into Alex Pereira for wanting a rematch against Ciryl Gane, while also suggesting who the Brazilian should fight next. At UFC Freedom 250, Pereira took on Gane in for the Interim Heavyweight Championship, in what was also his heavyweight debut. In only the second round of the fight, ‘Poatan’ was TKOed by Gane even as the Frenchman won the Interim Heavyweight belt for the second time. WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 14: Ciryl Gane of France lands a punch on Alex Pereira of Brazil in the Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship bout during UFC Freedom 250 at the White…

American Airlines Flight 77 struck the western face of the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. Sept. 11, 2001, killing 184 people — 125 inside the building and 59 aboard the aircraft, according to the Department of Defense’s account published for the 2008 dedication of the Pentagon Memorial. Unfinished construction work saved an untold number of lives that morning in 2001, and the people who ran back into a burning building to pull colleagues out were, in many cases, service members. The Renovation That Saved Lives The section of the Pentagon that Flight 77 struck had just emerged from a three-year, $258…

Every summer, we embark on a listening tour of Procurement Leaders’ CPO community as part of our work in developing the product and community theme for the year ahead. These are forward-looking conversations, progressive in nature and designed to challenge both our thinking and that of our members. Throughout the summer, we’ve spoken at length to more than 50 of our CPO members to understand their visions for the future of the function, as well as some of the concerns they might have about fulfilling them. As a result, our 2027 product and community theme will be launched in the…

Clash Royale Season 87 introduces the Minion Academy theme with fresh seasonal content.Minion Giant joins the game as the season’s brand-new card as Hero Ice Wizard debuts.New cosmetics bring Minion Academy themes to Towers, emotes, and Battle Banners. Supercell is taking Clash Royale back to school with Season 87 titled Minion Academy. As revealed earlier, the season introduces a brand-new card, Minion Giant, alongside Hero Ice Wizard, new cosmetics, and plenty of events. The new season shifts the focus towards the Minions and Ice Wizard, with Minion Giant joining the game as a new Win Condition and Hero Ice Wizard bringing…