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The new pair of ROCAF F-16C Block 70 fighters flies in formation with an upgraded F-16AM and two T-BE-5 advanced trainers (ROCAF)Following a lengthy wait, Taiwan has received the first pair of the 66 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 70 fighters it had ordered.The two single-seat aircraft, with tail numbers ‘6727’ and ‘6728’, arrived at their future home at the Republic of China Air Force’s (ROCAF) Chihhang Air Base – sited near Taitung on Taiwan’s southeast coast – at midday on 2 October 2026.Just prior to their arrival, the aircraft were met by a pair each of upgraded F-16AMs and T-BE-5…

Economy & Business South Asia Econographics October 5, 2026 • 1:34 pm ET Print this page By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou As the 2026 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings draw closer, Malaysia’s next engines of growth are already taking shape. Five decades of industrial development have made the country a major player in semiconductors, energy, and palm oil. More recently, billions of dollars have flowed into data centers, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced manufacturing. With approximately $380 billion in goods exports in 2025 and average annual growth of 4.7 percent over the past twenty-five years, Malaysia enters its next stage of development from…

Home › UFC News › UFC 335 Moves On Without Sean Strickland as Fighter Pay Controversy Grows Sean Strickland was reportedly healthy and available for UFC 335, but his middleweight title defense against Nassourdine Imavov did not make the final December card. With public talk centering on pay, Imavov has now offered $500,000 of his own money if Strickland beats him in a proposed January fight. UFC 335 takes place December 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The UFC instead booked Charles Oliveira to defend the ceremonial BMF belt against Diego Lopes in the main event, with Alex Pereira…

Home › UFC News › Joe Rogan Warns Alex Pereira of ‘Tough Task’ Against Sergei Pavlovich Joe Rogan sees Alex Pereira’s heavyweight plans continuing at UFC 335, but says Sergei Pavlovich presents a difficult route back toward Ciryl Gane and the title picture. Pereira and Pavlovich are set for a five-round heavyweight co-main event on December 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Speaking during the UFC 332 broadcast, Rogan addressed Pereira’s decision to remain at heavyweight after his first attempt at the division ended in a second-round TKO loss to Gane in June. “‘Poatan’ again at heavyweight, he’s determined…

During the boom years of the reform era, from 1978 to the early 2000s, China was a country of productive workers. The working-age population (those aged 15 to 64) rose from 57 percent of the population in 1978 to a peak of nearly 75 percent in 2010. They built the roads, factories, apartment complexes, and firms that powered three decades of close to ten percent annual growth—a 20-fold economic expansion.But over the past decade, this tide has turned. Beijing’s one-child policy, plus the same social forces that have dragged East Asian fertility to historic lows, have produced below-replacement birth rates…

The Transportation Department’s request to receive an additional $30 billion from Congress to push its massive air traffic control modernization project across the finish line would include new funding to finish overhauling existing IT systems and deploying new artificial intelligence capabilities. Reactions to the recent rollout of new AI capabilities at Washington, D.C.-region airports, however, have underscored some of the broader national concerns about relying more on advanced technologies, with officials having to go out of their way to ease worries about the tools.Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration, which is overseeing the ambitious effort to modernize management of U.S. airspace,…

The katana was used by samurai both in combat but also for practicing many different types of martial arts, and the modern martial artists still use the katana incorporated into iaijutsu, battōjutsu, iaidō, kenjutsu, kendō, ninjutsu and Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū among a few others that may use a katana or wooden katana (bokken). So yes you can find different schools with qualified instructors if you wish to learn the full art of the katana. Before beginning your training with a katana It should be noted that mastering the Japanese sword, or katana, is something that can take a lifetime, and even then there will still be…

The Traitors: Interactive Game is now available on Android and iOS.Choose between Leader, Chameleon, or Wildcard traits to shape your character and relationships.Complete missions to build the prize pot while earning shields that can provide immunity. The Traitors: Interactive Game has officially launched on Android and iOS, bringing the reality show’s deception, alliances, and infamous Round Table to mobile. Developed by Fusebox Games, the UK-based subsidiary of Nazara Technologies known for Big Brother: The Game and Love Island: The Game. Enter the Traitors Castle alongside 22 other contestants for a 12-day social strategy experience Set inside the iconic Traitors Castle,…

The U.S. Army is testing counter-drone technology in the U.S.-Mexico border area, seeking to sharpen its defenses against the growing threat of drone use by cartels and emulate the rapid battlefield innovation happening in Ukraine’s war with Russia.At Falcon Peak, a U.S. Northern Command exercise held in September in Arizona, soldiers watched as defense firms demonstrated radars, interceptor drones, autonomous gun systems and other technologies designed to detect, track and destroy small unmanned aircraft. Army officials said drones crossing the southern border are typically systems sold commercially and used by criminals for surveillance linked to their smuggling and human trafficking…

The nation’s top spy is now also the White House’s AI czar.President Donald Trump named Jay Clayton, who was sworn in as director of national intelligence in July, to lead what Trump referred to in a Truth Social post as the “Super Intelligence Force” meant to coordinate the government’s engagement with various organizations, critical-infrastructure providers, and AI companies.Last month, Trump ordered federal agencies to start calling AI “super intelligence.”According to its charter, the task force will create plans to handle AI-enabled threats, streamline breach notifications, and improve government-response capacities while aiming to avoid overregulation. Its creation follows growing public concerns over AI…