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If actions speak louder than words, the four major adversaries of the United States have sent a very clear message over the past few months. In June, Chinese leader Xi Jinping took his first international trip of 2026 to North Korea, where he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed to expand their cooperation with no mention of denuclearization. Xi’s trip took place just weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin made his 25th official visit to China, where he and Xi signed 20 different agreements spanning trade, technology, and economic cooperation. Meanwhile, news reports emerged detailing how Beijing and…

Longtime UFC commentator Megan Olivi speaks with MMA Fighting’s José Youngs about her favorite movies, foods, music, New York Yankees players, her love for Victoria Beckham, the Spice Girls, Lil’ Wayne, pizza, bagels, movies, and more on the latest episode of Anything But Fighting.

MBF Group S.A. and its Turkish technology partner Shark Aviation Dynamics have announced a significant milestone in the development of the IRYDA+ X1 autonomous UAV system. In recent real-world trials, the platform successfully engaged a ground target with approximately one-meter accuracy, validating its advanced guidance and mission control systems. The tests confirmed the system’s ability to initiate detonation at a height of five meters above the target, generating effective coverage over a 30-meter diameter area. Footage documenting the precision strike is publicly available on the company’s X account. Designed as a modular swarm platform, IRYDA+ X1 enables a single operator…

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Video: Michael Chandler stuns UFC fans with staggering 40-pound weight gain after White House whooping: I can’t imagine cutting this much weight feels great at 40 years of age. One last hurrah versus Jim Miller or something and call it a career? Video: Sean Strickland wrestles, chokes out fan on Florida beach: Strickland engages with the fans more than most … just in a unique manner. Merab Dvalishvili blames eye pokes for Ilia Topuria’s bone-crushing loss to…

Unites Rocket Lab’s leading launch and satellite manufacturing capabilities with Iridium’s global network, spectrum, and experience to unlock critical space applications. Adds material revenue scale and is significantly accretive to Rocket Lab’s cash flow generation and profitability. Long Beach, California and McLean, Virginia. 29 June 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab”), a global leader in launch and space systems and Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) (“Iridium”), a leading provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rocket Lab will acquire Iridium.…

Will Jardell has always had to look the part of “fit” in order to get his next job and had no trouble doing so. The model and reality star, 35, recalls that many years ago, while appearing on America’s Next Top Model, he was in great shape and felt fantastic. Fast forward to Thanksgiving in 2021, when Jardell went to bed and woke up the next morning with immense back pain and suddenly couldn’t move, his entire world came crashing down. “I woke up and couldn’t walk, and my back was just insanely stuck, which really caused me to not…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: General Motors is investing $275 million into its Spring Hill Manufacturing Plant in Tennessee to support the automaker’s engine program for full-size and midsize trucks and for the launch of a future Cadillac model, the automaker announced in a June 24 press release. Roughly $150 million of the amount will support the future Cadillac model, which will bring the number of vehicles produced at the plant to five. The remaining $125M investment will be used to refurbish equipment, extend the…

Amazon Web Services on Tuesday announced a new cloud offering designed to run contractor-owned classified workloads, a first for the defense industrial base and select research institutions that historically have had to build and maintain costly on-premesis infrastructure to support classified programs.The AWS Secret Cloud for Industry, or ASCI, is designed to reduce the provision time for classified environments up to the Secret classification level from months to days, according to Dave Levy, vice president of AWS Public Sector. The cloud is designed for cleared U.S. defense contractors, research institutions, and other organizations in the National Industrial Security Program.”America’s defense…

One of the most significant missions in Fort McCoy’s modern history is now permanently preserved for visitors with the addition of a new Operation Allies Welcome exhibit at the Fort McCoy History Center.Installed by the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office on May 15, 2026, the exhibit debuted in time for the installation’s Armed Forces Day Open House on May 16 and has since been viewed by hundreds of visitors. The display features artifacts collected during the operation, including soccer balls, clothing, newspapers, humanitarian supplies, medical items, bilingual signs, and other memorabilia that help tell the story of the humanitarian mission…

Global Times By Global Times Published: Jun 30, 2026 09:51 AM On Tuesday, naval and air units of the PLA Southern Theater Command (STC) conducted readiness patrols in the territorial sea and airspace of China’s Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas, according to a release from the STC. Huangyan Dao is an inherent part of China’s territory. Since June, forces of the STC have enhanced readiness patrols in the territorial sea and airspace of Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas. Such patrols serve as an effective countermeasure to cope with all sorts of rights-violation and provocative acts. They are meant…