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Moraes, 38, originally made a name for himself after winning the World Series of Fighting (WSOF) bantamweight championship back in 2014 and then defending it five successful times. That landed Moraes a UFC contract in 2017, but the talented fighter never quite lived up to his hype. Moraes certainly had his moments — including fighting Henry Cejudo for the vacant UFC bantamweight title in 2019 — but ended his UFC career on a four-fight losing streak. The Brazilian fighter tried his hand outside of UFC, but he went 0-3 under the Professional Fighters League (PFL) banner.Back in April, Moraes decided…

The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, a sign that more leadership change could come for a Pentagon already facing unusually high staff turnover.The effort, which was under way in June, has included conversations with senior lawmakers in the Senate about whether the administration’s picks would have enough support to be confirmed, said two of the people, one of whom added that the review was still going on as of late August. Reuters could not determine when the White House began considering candidates. The…

The eight-man 95 kg Grand Prix field and six Super Fight competitors came face-to-face one final time ahead of fight night on September 5. The fighters competing at SENSHI 33 Grand Prix successfully stepped on the scales in Varna, Bulgaria, on September 4, completing the final official formality before the upcoming fight night. The official weigh-in brought the competitors face-to-face one day before they enter the ring on September 5 at the beach arena in St. St. Constantine and Helena resort, Varna, Bulgaria. All eyes were on the eight fighters entering the SENSHI Grand Prix at 95 kg, where only…

On 31 August 2026, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, and Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, Mikael Granholm, Director-General of the FMV (the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration), and Pierre Éric Pommellet, Chairman and CEO of Naval Group, signed the contract for the procurement of four defence and intervention frigates (FDI) for the Royal Swedish Navy, less than four months after Sweden announced its selection of the FDI. Naval Group signed a contract in Stockholm with the Swedish Ministry of Defence for the procurement of four defence and intervention frigates (FDI) for the Royal Swedish…

The National Science Foundation unveiled a new “backbone” for its artificial intelligence research resource on Tuesday, called the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Operations Center.The NAIRR Operations Center will support the broader program offering researchers access to data and other computational resources for their advanced AI research. The operations center will coordinate efforts between research resource partners and offer support and training to users working with the NAIRR. The NAIRR itself was initially launched in January 2024, linking private sector partners like NVIDIA, OpenAI and Microsoft with NAIRR researchers. It was set to expire in January 2026, and is now transitioning…

Space Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games are some of players’ favorites, and one of the absolute pinnacles of what’s cool in PC gaming! They demand high-level spatial awareness, split-second tactical micro, long-term macroeconomic planning, and an appetite for grand sci-fi spectacle in most cases. Whether you are managing the directional shield vectors of a single battlecruiser in full 3D space or orchestrating system-wide supply lines across an orbiting planetary grid, the genre offers a level of operational control unmatched anywhere else in strategy gaming. Today, the space RTS genre is thriving, with decades-long classics existing alongside modern gems. The convergence of…

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to fly to Ireland next week aboard the Boeing 747 Qatari-donated jet for the first time since security concerns caused the president to leave Turkey on a different aircraft, The Washington Post first reported.In July, Trump unexpectedly left the NATO summit in Turkey on a different plane, citing a potential threat as the conflict with Iran escalated. He switched to a smaller military aircraft in secret, using a catering truck for deception.The swap raised further questions about the modified Qatari jet’s security as a presidential aircraft. That same month, Trump announced that the jet would…

As President Donald Trump installs individuals with political histories into inspector general positions, which historically have been nonpartisan agency watchdog roles, a panel of current and former oversight officials on Wednesday discussed what actions lawmakers could take to protect IG independence moving forward. But the speakers acknowledged that many of their recommendations have tradeoffs and weaknesses. “I don’t know what the answer is,” said Mark Lee Greenblatt, the former IG at the Interior Department who was removed in a mass firing of the watchdogs at the start of the president’s second term. “It is a very, very hard call. I think…

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What if the real competitive advantage in a defence programme no longer lay solely in the power of a sensor, the range of a missile or the mobility of a vehicle, but in the ability to use the same trusted technical data from design through to in-service support? MHP, a Porsche company, offers an answer built around digital continuity, automotive industrial experience, and a new generation of military configurators Why this subject caught my attention I was particularly drawn to this subject because it is both modern and genuinely innovative. It highlights a deep, though still insufficiently visible, transformation within…