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Good news for WordPress developers working on building plugins, themes, blocks, or full sites locally: Every WordPress Studio site is faster. Just open the Studio app to feel the difference. If you’ve been curious about the Studio CLI but didn’t want to install Node.js just to try it, you’re in luck. We’ve updated the install command to one dependency-free line. Run it in your terminal, and you’re in. Studio Code is now running Anthropic’s most agentic Sonnet model by default. As a reminder, WordPress Studio is our agentic local development tool for WordPress. It’s free, open source, and improving every…

Season 4 for Street Fighter 6 will feature Yasmine, Arjun, Tifa Lockhart (who is guest appearing from Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7) and Bosch. Yasmine is the first character to be released, and she’ll be packaged alongside a major balance update on August 3, 2026. This is a unique season for Street Fighter 6 considering that every character joining throughout it are newcomers. It’s fairly similar to Street Fighter 5’s Season 2 (excluding how Akuma was a returning…

The U.S.-Iranian relationship is worse than ever before. Over the last four months, the American and Israeli militaries have waged full-scale war against the Islamic Republic, including by assassinating much of its political and military leadership. Iran has retaliated by attacking U.S. military bases, infrastructure in Gulf Arab states, and Israel. The two sides struck a cease-fire deal in early April, and in June they signed a memorandum of understanding designed to end the conflict. But those deals have, so far, failed; Iran and the United States have continued to exchange fire. They remain far apart on core disputes, including…

Magomed Ankalaev has a new opponent for his UFC Abu Dhabi headlining bout.The UFC announced Monday that Ankalaev (20-2-1, 1 NC) is now set to fight Bogdan Guskov (18-3-1), who steps in for Khalil Rountree in the July 25 main event, which takes place at Etihad Arena. The reason for Rountree’s withdrawal was not disclosed.Guskov was previously scheduled to rematch Jan Blachowicz at UFC Belgrade on Aug. 1, but that fight appears to be off the schedule once again after previously being postponed from UFC 328 due to a Blachowicz injury. It is not yet known if Blachowicz will remain…

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline and StrategyОбозреватель —…

The retired NFL star, who now talks for FOX Sports after getting released by ESPN, wants the promotion to refund every fan who spent money to watch UFC 329. That would only be ticket holders since UFC no longer sells pay-per-view (PPV) events and sorry, but Dana White and Co. are not going to part with that $25 million windfall.Griffin also wants McGregor to retire.Griffin is not the only analyst who expects McGregor to fade away.“There was one other moment, and it was the bad one for me where I go, ‘We can’t do this work anymore.’ It was actually…

The Senate’s FY2027 NDAA markup injects $40 million to integrate General Atomics’ 300km-range Bullseye cruise missile into U.S. Marine Corps Littoral Regiments for Western Pacific deterrence. American lawmakers want to fund a U.S. Marine Corps test of General Atomics’ Bullseye cruise missile in the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.  The Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the bill included $40,000,000 for the integration and demonstration of the Bullseye cruise missile through the Marine Corps technology demonstration and prototyping activities.  Bullseye, derived from Israeli defense contractor Rafael’s Ice Breaker, is a General Atomics’ built cruise missile capable of striking ground and…

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH has taken over full responsibility for the InterRoC VII (Interoperable Robotic Convoy VII) research project on behalf of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw). With this project, Rheinmetall is further expanding its leading role in the development of highly automated military logistics systems and setting another milestone on the path towards the digitalisation of military mobility. Project responsibility was taken on shortly before Rheinmetall secured top ranking in the ‘Convoy Scenarios’ category at the 2026 European Land Robot Trial (ELROB) at the Thun military training area in Switzerland. This…

West Africa is reeling. Over the past five years, coups have racked Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, and the juntas now in charge are dismantling the countries’ institutions. Even as they repress their subjects, they are losing territory to emboldened insurgents. And as these insurgent groups become more entrenched in the central Sahel, they are beginning to threaten the coastal states of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo.But amid this upheaval, Senegal remains a democracy in which strong institutions mostly govern capably. The country possesses skilled civil servants with track records of transparent, efficient fiscal management. In 2024, Senegal faced…

What do front planks, dead bugs, and the standard Pallof press have in common? They all move in straight lines. But we don’t only move in straight lines. Swinging a golf club, throwing a baseball, or lifting a suitcase into the trunk of your car all require your body to produce and control rotation. These movements require your hips, core, and shoulders to work as a unit. Straight line movements don’t help. That’s where diagonal movements shine, as in the Half-Kneeling Cable Chop. The half-kneeling position removes momentum, challenges your core to generate force while keeping your hips and lower…