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People’s Daily Online (Xinhua) 09:52, May 26, 2026 World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Yi) Tedros highlighted a critical challenge: the delay in detecting the outbreak means that health teams are now playing catch-up with a very fast-moving epidemic. GENEVA, May 25 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Monday that a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has caused 220 suspected deaths, as health officials struggle to catch up with the epidemic. While 101 confirmed cases and…

Karate kata are most often encountered as sequences to memorize, forms to perform, and milestones to pass on the way to higher rank. In many dojos, they are treated as objects: fixed arrangements of movement whose value lies in faithful reproduction, technical sharpness, or aesthetic precision. Students learn them as lists, instructors teach them as requirements, and practitioners often carry them as collections, each kata another item acquired along the path. Yet this surface understanding fails to explain why kata have endured across generations, cultures, and stylistic divisions. It does not account for why forms with disputed origins, ambiguous applications,…

The RN’s Martlet missile capability, shown here carried by HMS Dragon’s Wildcat helicopter, provides air-to-air and surface strike options, including from low-level launch. (Crown copyright/UK Ministry of Defence, 2026) The UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) Martlet weapons system, carried by the service’s Wildcat helicopters, has officially achieved full operational capability (FOC). In a statement released on 21 May, manufacturer Thales stated that the missile – in service since 2020 – had also received capability upgrades alongside the process of reaching the FOC milestone. The lightweight multirole missile provides the RN’s Leonardo AW159 Wildcat HMA2 helicopters with strike and power projection capabilities. This allows…

Romania will use the loan mainly for defence investments. Credit: Balta Mihaita Sorin/Shutterstock.com. The European Commission has formalised Romania’s SAFE loan agreement, enabling the country to access €16.68bn ($19.36bn) in EU financing.  Romania’s allocation is the second largest among EU Member States under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument, following Poland, which recently secured €43.7bn.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The agreement for Romania was signed on 12 May 2026, after approval by the Government and the President. The signed documents reached the European Commission…

Evo 2026 is right around the corner with more mainstage titles than usual this year, and everything is almost locked into place now. The organizers for Evo just released the near-final registration leaderboard for the big event right before signups close, and one surprising title in particular has shot up the ranks. Unsurprisingly, however, Street Fighter 6 still sits at the top of the mountain like it has since releasing…

People’s Daily Online (Xinhua) 08:38, May 26, 2026 WASHINGTON, May 25 (Xinhua) — The U.S. military struck missile launch sites and mine-laying boats in southern Iran on Monday, according to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). “U.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” CENTCOM spokesperson Tim Hawkins said in a statement. “Targets included missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to emplace mines. U.S. Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,” he said. NEWSLETTER Join…

Merab Dvalishvili says he’s ready to fight current and two-time UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan next week, but the latter is not ready to face him yet. Last year at UFC 323, “The Machine” was trying to become the first champion in the promotion’s history to register four successful title defences in a year and faced Yan in a rematch. Unfortunately, the bout did not play like their first outing, and Yan had the perfect answer to Dvalishvili’s game plan. Merab Dvalishvili Nearly Quit Petr Yan Fight Mid-Camp. [Image via UFC] For five rounds, “No Mercy” did not surrender to…

GM Defence has appointed the UK company ISTEC Services Limited as its preferred mission kit supplier for UK and wider EU/NATO programmes. The agreement places ISTEC as the exclusive supplier to GM Defence for all UK opportunities and as a preferred supplier for all other EU/NATO or worldwide markets. This appointment reinforces GM Defence’s UK-based supply chain expansion strategy and is aligned with their wider UK-based development plans, thus supporting the sustainment and creation of UK jobs and increasing UK defence export potential. ISTEC Services Ltd is a British company with 37 years of operationally proven experience in the design,…

A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a peace agreement with Eritrea, resolving a border dispute that since the late 1990s had produced a two-year war and several smaller-scale clashes. That effort earned Abiy the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. But his reputation as a peacemaker did not last. By 2020, the Ethiopian government was fighting a brutal war in the Tigray region; the conflict would go on for two years, killing hundreds…

On Tuesday, May 26, South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense announced the “Basic Plan for the Development of the Republic of Korea Nuclear-Powered Submarine.” Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense Press Release Translated by Naval News The “Basic Plan for the Development of the Republic of Korea Nuclear-Powered Submarine” is the first document to present, both domestically and internationally, the direction for the Republic of Korea to systematically develop a nuclear-powered submarine. Its main contents are as follows. Nuclear-powered submarines possess dramatically enhanced operational capabilities compared to existing diesel-powered submarines, including long-duration submerged endurance and high mobility. They will…