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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOULDER CITY, Nev. – June 3, 2026 – Registration is now open for exhibitors participating in the 22nd annual SHOT Show® Industry Day at the Range™, taking place Monday, January 18, 2027, at the Boulder Rifle and Pistol Club in Boulder City, Nevada. Held the day before SHOT Show®, the event continues to serve as the shooting sports industry’s premier live product experience and the official kickoff to SHOT Show week. Industry Day at the Range gives exhibitors a powerful opportunity to introduce new products, generate media coverage and connect face-to-face with influential voices across the firearms,…

E-IR x BISA 2026 – Day 1 – E-International Relations Marianna Karakoulaki / E-IR The Thinking Global Team brings to you the highlights from Day 1 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2026 in Brighton. Kieran (University of St. Andrews ⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Marianna (University of Birmingham, @Faloulah) speak to Maia Harrison (University of Sussex), Carmen Chas (Comillas Pontificate University @ChasCarmen) Simon Rushton (University of Sheffield and BISA Programme Chair), Archishman Ray Goswami (University of Oxford), David Wilcox (University of Birmingham @DrDavidJWilcox), Gemma Bird (University of Liverpool @gemmakristina) and Bruno Sowden-Carvalho (University of Birmingham @carvalhobds)about the conference and…

With Ingrid’s recent release, Street Fighter 6 has now reached 30 playable characters after being on the market for three years, but that’s still just scratching the surface of what this series has to offer as a whole. Since it’s looking likely that Street Fighter 6’s Season 4 DLC roster is going to be revealed later this week, we want to know which world warriors you want to see make it in the most. …

The U.S. Army on Wednesday identified a soldier who died in what the service has called a training-related incident. Sgt. Devin A. Seibel, 26, died on May 31 while training at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, according to a Defense Department release. Seibel, a native of Robinson, Texas, was assigned to the Air Ambulance Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade out of Fort Carson, Colorado. He was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve at the time of the incident, according to a release. A statement Tuesday by U.S. Army Central and Third Army noted that the incident occurred as troops were training…

Patria has completed the deliveries of Patria AMV XP 8×8 armoured ambulance vehicles to Slovakia. The final batch was handed over last week in Lieskovec, Slovakia. The ten ambulance vehicles are part of the comprehensive government-to-government (G2G) agreement signed in 2022 by the Government of the Slovak Republic, the Government of Finland and Patria for Slovakia’s acquisition of 76 armoured combat vehicles (ACVs), comprising 60 infantry fighting vehicles, 10 ambulance vehicles and 6 command post vehicles. “Patria is thankful of excellent cooperation with Slovakia, their BOV 8×8 armoured vehicle programme and local partners. The completion of these ambulance vehicle deliveries…

Saab will deliver Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (VTESS) base kits to support US Army’s TESS programme. Credit: Pixe1Power/Shutterstock.com. The US Army has placed a $22.4m order with Swedish defence contractor Saab for the supply of Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (VTESS) Base Kits.  The order forms part of the Bridge to Evolution Synthetic Training Environment Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems Multiple-Award Contract (BEST MAC), under which the overall contract could reach a value of $60.8m over a period of 60 months.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find…

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A massive black cloud rising above the St. Petersburg skyline from a Ukrainian drone strike set a gloomy tone for the opening of President Vladimir Putin’s annual showcase of Russia’s economic achievements. With Putin set to arrive Thursday in his hometown that is hosting the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Ukrainian attack a day earlier that set an oil terminal ablaze was another embarrassing blow to his efforts to minimize the impact of the 4-year-old conflict and cast it as a distant event with no effect on Russian daily life. The attack, which also…

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Importance The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots has coincided with a persistent youth mental health crisis in the US, raising a question about the extent to which young people are turning to this technology for mental health advice. Objective: To assess the prevalence, frequency, perceived helpfulness, and disclosure of AI chatbot use for mental health advice among US adolescents and young adults in 2025. Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectional, nationally representative survey was conducted with adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 21 years in November 2025. Exposures Exposures included self-reported age, sex, race and ethnicity, census…

CAMBRIDGE, UK, June 4, 2026 – Blighter (www.blighter.com), a pioneering designer and manufacturer of ground-based electronic-scanning array (ESA) radars, has won a follow-on contract from an undisclosed Eastern European Army to supply its Blighter A800 Mk 2 4D multi-mode radars. The systems will protect vulnerable borders from ground incursions and hard-to-detect low-flying and one-way attack drones. Army officials selected the Blighter A800 Mk2 4D radar due to its multi-mode functionality allowing simultaneous detection, classification and tracking of ground, sea, and air targets at ranges up to 20km. As with the previous contract, the A800 radars will be deployed to fixed…