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At the Eurosatory defense and security exhibition in Paris, Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, and REPUBLIKORP, Indonesia’s largest privately owned defense industrial holding company, through its subsidiary PT Republik Palindo Internasional (RPAL), announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a strategic partnership between the two groups. Fincantieri press release The MoU, signed by Eugenio Santagata, General Manager Fincantieri Naval Vessels Division, and Norman Joesoef, group Chairman and Founder REPUBLIKORP on behalf of RPAL, provides for the creation of a joint venture, aimed at supporting Indonesia’s domestic shipbuilding capabilities and fostering a long-term industrial cooperation.…

Murtazali Magomedov won’t forget his debut at UFC Vegas 119 after he locked up a rare Scottish twister to finish Melsik Baghdasaryan in the first round.The end came after a few striking exchanges led to Magomedov securing a takedown and then eventually looking to take the back on his opponent. Magomedov eventually trying to grab a body triangle but instead he saw an opening to latch onto Baghdasaryan’s arm and head instead before he leaned back to really secure the submission.A split second later, Baghdasaryan was furiously tapping out from the painful submission with the referee stopping the fight at…

China’s Global Initiatives have emerged as a significant challenge to the Western-dominated international order, yet their theoretical implications for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) remain underexplored. Generally, existing scholarship frames China-Global South relations through dependency-inspired or geopolitical rivalry paradigms (Jureńczyk 2020), both of which reproduce a structural determinism that forecloses meaningful analysis of regional agency. This article intervenes in that debate by mobilizing the concept of multipolar autonomy, a framework derived from the Latin American International Relations (IR) tradition, to theorize how LAC governments engage China’s initiatives not as passive recipients but as actors pursuing sovereign insertion strategies within…

Murtazali Magomedov wasted no time on his promotional debut at UFC Vegas 119. Right after the opening bell, Magomedov looked composed, and within seconds, he took his opponent Melsik Baghdasaryan’s back and tried to sink in a rare naked choke. When his RNC failed to get the job done, he dragged “The Gun” to the mat, rolled, landed a couple of shots from side control, and then locked in a spectacular Twister Submission to force the tap and improve his professional record to 11-0. At the post-fight interview, the fighter from Kyrgyzstan opined that he will make the featherweight division…

Supercell addresses Hero Journey backlash and explains how migration rewards were calculated.Missing rewards bug will be fixed, with ore compensation for affected players.Hero Journey is confirmed as a catch-up system, not an ore economy overhaul. The June 2026 update in Clash of Clans from Supercell had everything going its way: a new Troop, Spell, and major QoL upgrades, and the much-awaited Global Chat resurrection. However, it didn’t turn out all happy and merry, as the Hero Journey introduction left the active player community disappointed. Now, Supercell has responded to the growing backlash around the Hero Journey update in Clash of…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Export-heavy FedEx shippers could face additional cost pressures stemming from an adjustment to the company’s international fuel surcharge calculations taking effect next week. Currently, export and import shipments are charged distinct fuel fees, which adjust weekly based on the published price per gallon of jet fuel. Starting Monday, FedEx will eliminate the distinction and apply the same fuel surcharge rate for both export and import shipments, resulting in higher rates for exports and lower rates for imports. For example, if…

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People’s Daily Online (Xinhua) 13:56, June 20, 2026 WASHINGTON, June 19 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he expects Iran to agree to a final deal within 60 days of the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU). If no deal is reached within 60 days beginning Thursday, “we will do things that won’t make them happy,” Trump said at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. “But I don’t think it’s going to get to that.” The text of the MoU states that the two sides commit to negotiating and achieving the final deal in maximum 60 days,…

MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 119 results for the Kape vs. Horiguchi 2 fight card, a live blog of the main event, and more from the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night.In the main event, Manel Kape rematches one-time UFC title challenger Kyoji Horiguchi in a flyweight contest. Kape has won three straights fights and seven of his last eight, while Horiguchi is 2-0 since returning to the UFC this past November.In their first meeting at a RIZIN event in December 2017, Horiguchi defeated Kape via third-round arm-triangle choke submission.Ion Cutelaba faces Navajo Stirling in a light heavyweight…

After the fall of Burma (now Myanmar) to the Japanese in 1942, the United States Army fielded a contingent to fight alongside the British and Nationalist Chinese aimed toward getting it back. Although generally outnumbered and handicapped by the mountain, jungle and disease on or over which they had to operate, resourceful units such as the American Volunteer Group, or “Flying Tigers,” and Maj. Gen. Frank Merrill’s 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), acquired a legendary status for courage and ingenuity that outlived the short time frames in which they actually operated. Relative obscurity notwithstanding, less famous units, often as temporary as…