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• World at Large: Scores wounded as Iran-backed Houthis attack Saudi Arabia in major regional escalation
  Saudi Arabia Launches Over 30 Airstrikes Across Yemen After Houthi Attacks
  UK, France among 12 states backing sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements
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WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Jordanian air defences intercept Iranian missile barrage
  Iran says it hit American vessels, oil tankers in Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. strikes
  US Navy SEALS spent four months demining the Strait of Hormuz in dangerous, nighttime mission
• China: China Halts New Battery Storage Plant Approvals
  
  
• Russia: Russia Reports: Ukrainian drone attack on Krasnodar Region city kills four, injures 29 — governor
  Russia and North Korea open a road crossing their border
  
• United Kingdom: UK government expected to announce restrictions on trade with West Bank settlements
  Air traffic control issue disrupts flights at major UK airports
  
• India: Suspected measles cases kill nearly 1,000 as Bangladesh struggles to contain outbreak
  India coal miners ramp up supplies as power plants face low stocks
  
• France: French winemakers forecast 30-year low harvest after severe drought and heat
  Thieves Broke Into a French Museum and Made Off With Renoir Paintings Worth More Than $2.5 Million
  
• Germany: Anti-AfD protesters rally in Cologne after far-right election win
  
  
• Japan: Japan scrambles jets after China spy aircraft flights over East China Sea
  Japan's NEC scraps effort to build a quantum computer
  Japan Government to provide loans to businesses that give akiya new lease on life
• Canada: Iran foreign ministry takes aim at Canada for support of U.S. actions in Strait of Hormuz
  Canada Imposes New Tariffs on U.S. Goods, as Trade War Intensifies
  Trade war takes centre stage in Quebec election campaign
• Australia: Trump administration to confront Australia over Labor’s social media algorithm plan
  
  
• South and Central America: Mexico investigates electricity theft after busting a crypto mining farm
  Venezuela’s Democratic Transition Has 7% Progress
  US sinks an Ecuadorian boat in the Pacific it alleges is tied to drug trafficking
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia carries out over 30 airstrikes on Yemen — Houthis
  Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says 73 people wounded in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
  
• Israel: U.N. commission warns Israeli actions in Syria could be war crimes
  
  
• Turkey: Forest fires force evacuations near resorts in Antalya, Turkey
  
  

• White House:
  Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Responds to Canada’s Retaliation
  Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the United States with Respect to Motor Vehicles
  Excluding Certain Canadian Alcoholic Beverages from Importation into the United States in Response to Continued Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Alcoholic Beverages
• State Department:
  Trump administration expands mass deportations with non-criminals
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Drone activity at U.S.-Mexico border drops 75% after U.S. uses laser weapon
  U.S. Hits 5 Iranian Oil Tankers, Citing Attempted Strikes on Warship
  Joint Interagency Task Force 401 Publishes Counter-UAS Reference Guide
• HHS:
  NIH Ends Biodefense Focus, Signs Pact With Department Of War
  
  
• Senate:
  Sen. John Kennedy criticizes the Trump administration’s approach to Putin amid latest peace talks
  
  
• House:
  Dueling Court Rulings Leave Missouri’s Congressional Races in Chaos
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Voter-Screening Tool
  
  

• G10’s ‘surprise’ currency star could stumble as peers hike interest rates
  Bombardier’s stock drops as the U.S.-Canada trade war intensifies.
  Mistral bags $24 billion valuation as Samsung leads funding for Europe's AI champion

• Why this month's Microsoft patch release is a doozy
  The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center
  German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket
• Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market
  Indonesia’s ‘Ring of Fire’: Key facts about the world's most volcanic nation
  Nepal glacier saw exceptional heat before collapse caused deadly floods, data shows

• Apple’s foldable ‘iPhone Duo’ will reportedly start at $2,000
  Apple and Google Miss Deadline to Block Child Nudity on Their Phones in the UK
  Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid

• These Adorable, Critically Endangered Pygmy Raccoons in Cozumel Are Teaching One Another to Turn Trash Into Toy Balls
  Backwards-walking fish caught on video in the South China Sea
  

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