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• World at Large: Control of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Uranium Stockpiles Were Sticking Points
  Seasoned Canadian Woman Summoned to Ireland to Control Protests Over War Price Spikes
  Iran Unable to Find Mines It Planted in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Says
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Anthropic Claude Mythos frontier AI model demonstrated autonomous vulnerability discovery and exploitation
  Vance heads back to the U.S. without striking a deal with Iran to bring an end to the war
  
• China: Xi Hosts Taiwan Opposition Leader In Rare Meeting: 'We Will Not Become A Chessboard For External Intervention'
  
  
• Russia: Russia reports: Ukraine loses some 1,200 troops along engagement line over past day
  Russian air defenses intercept 259 Ukrainian UAVs, 12 smart bombs over past day
  An Orban loss in Hungary’s election could be the turning point Putin fears
• United Kingdom: UK to hold off on deal ceding Chagos Islands amid US opposition
  More than 500 arrests at Palestine Action protest
  
• India: India's Nuclear Bet Is Starting To Pay Off
  India’s transport sector far more exposed than China’s
  
• France: Russia & Ukraine Exchange 350 POWs As Orthodox Easter Truce Holds
  
  
• Germany: Peter Magyar’s Tisza wins Hungary election as Viktor Orban concedes
  
  
• Japan: Takaichi seeks one-year timeline for constitutional amendment proposal
  Japan bets ¥632 billion to propel startup Rapidus into AI chips
  Japan gifts 250 cherry trees to U.S. to mark 250th birthday
• Canada: 53% of Canadians want Carney Liberals to win majority in byelections: poll
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia says key oil pipeline back to full capacity after attacks
  Pakistani Warplanes Land In Saudi Arabia For Start Of Mutual Defense Pact
  
• Israel: Airfares In Israel Skyrocket As Travelers Take Advantage Of Ceasefire, But Foreign Airlines Stay Away
  
  

• White House:
  US policies under Pres Trump, China's biotech boom are ending Europe's pharma powerhouse era
  U.S. President Donald Trump Draws Roaring Ovation at UFC 327 in Miami
  Advancing the United States-Hungary Bilateral Partnership
• State Department:
  United States and the Philippines Sign Joint Declaration of Intent to Strengthen Bilateral Health Cooperation - United States Department of State
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Ukraine Interceptor Drones Deployed Across Eurasia, Now Shooting Down Iranian Shaheds
  US Air Force Awards $30 Million Contract for Mass Production of Small Jet Engines for Drones
  Pentagon, Lockheed Martin agree to $4.7 billion PAC-3 interceptor deal
• Justice (DOJ):
  New ATF Rule Should Dismantle Billion-Record Gun Registry
  
  
• Treasury:
  Repeating 2008 Wall Street Launches Private Credit CDS Ahead Of The Next Crisis, And Now The Fed And Treasury Are Getting Involved
  
  
• DOT:
  FAA Greenlights Laser Sentry Guns To Combat Attack Drones In U.S. Airspace
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Supreme Court declines to block lower court ruling in election dispute on political speech
  Minnesota lawmakers introduce changes to conversion therapy ban law in wake of U.S. Supreme Court ruling
  

• Failure of US-Iran Talks Set to Weigh on Risk Assets Monday
  Vance leaves Pakistan talks with no deal. How financial markets are reacting.
  Repeating 2008 Wall Street Launches Private Credit CDS Ahead Of The Next Crisis, And Now The Fed And Treasury Are Getting Involved

• NASA Science, Cargo Launch Aboard Northrop Grumman CRS-24
  NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth
  Armor buried under Japanese temple linked to ancient Korean kingdom

• China's BYD Introduces 3.9-Second 0-60 Electric SUV With Massive Range
  DOD eyes commercial satellites that can spy on other satellites
  US Nuclear Fusion Startup To Build Radioactive Batteries For Use In Space

• This Vincent van Gogh Painting Was Found Wrapped in an Ikea Bag and a Blood-Stained Pillow. Now, the Artwork Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory
  
  

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