The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: At least 16 injured in school shooting in Turkey; gunman believed to be a former student
  U.S. Enforces Blockade, Sends Tankers Back to Iran
  Orbán’s defeat in Hungary could unlock €90bn loan for Ukraine, says EU official
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: U.S. military kills 2 men in another alleged drug boat strike in eastern Pacific
  President Trump Hints at War’s End as Hormuz Standoff Chokes Oil Flows
  US Hormuz blockade puts China, India in crosshairs as U.S. pressure on Iran spills over
• China: US-Sanctioned Tanker Signaling Chinese Ownerships Test US Blockade With Hormuz Crossing
  China calls U.S. blockade 'dangerous and irresponsible'
  
• Russia: Russia offers China energy lifeline as the Iran war strangles global supply
  Orban 'allies' may still obstruct EU loan to Kiev — newspaper
  NATO’s survival over next decade not guaranteed — Stoltenberg
• United Kingdom: Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds
  Rolls-Royce 470-Megawatt Nuclear Reactors To Power 3 Million UK Homes For 60 Years
  Former Nato chief warns UK security 'in peril' as he accuses Starmer of 'corrosive complacency'
• France: France Plans €10 Billion Push To Cut Reliance On Gas and Oil
  
  
• Germany: Rapes In Germany Soar To Nearly 14,000 Cases In 2025, Migrants Vastly Overrepresented
  
  
• Japan: Japan to restrict power banks on flights from April 24
  
  
• Spain: Spanish government approves amnesty programme for undocumented immigrants
  
  
• Italy: Italy's Anti-Israel Opposition Declares 'Victory' After Meloni Suspends Defense Pact
  
  
• South Korea: North Korea boosting ability to manufacture nuclear arms, IAEA chief warns
  North Korea Tests Strategic Cruise & Anti‑Ship Missiles From New Destroyer
  
• Australia: Western Australia Establishes Strategic Fuel Reserve
  Australia's Qantas To Cut Domestic Flights Amid Fuel Price Surge
  Australia touts first GMLRS artillery rocket assembled Down Under
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Reportedly "Pressing" US To Drop Iran Port Blockade Plan
  
  
• Israel: Israel Reports that US Briefs Israel Every Day On Iran
  
  

• White House:
  Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Releases Documents Alleging Obama Administration Manufactured Intelligence to Undermine Trump
  Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act and Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act Signed into Law
  President Trump States Pope Leo ‘Terrible For Foreign Policy’ After Pope's Iran War Criticism
• State Department:
  Rubio Hosts Israel and Lebanon for Rare Meeting Shadowed by U.S.-Iran War
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  B-21 Raider accelerates delivery of long-range strike capability
  U.S. Forces Start Mine Clearance Mission in Strait of Hormuz
  
• Senate:
  Senate Democrats warn of ‘serious consequences’ from decision upholding DOJ firings
  
  
• House:
  Swalwell Resigns From Congress - Effective TODAY, After Fresh Rape Allegation And Corroborating Campaign Records
  Tony Gonzales, a Texas Congressman, Says He Will Resign
  Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick indicted for stealing $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds
• Supreme Court:
  Justices to hear argument on right to jury trial in FCC proceedings
  
  

• Oil stabilises at $95/bbl, ASML posts top and bottom line beat, Q2 revenue guide underwhelms
  7-Eleven will close 600 stores this year — to prepare for massive makeover
  European markets rise on hopes that Iran peace talks can resume

• Ukraine’s military robot surge aims to offset drone risks to humans
  Colombia Plans to Euthanize Dozens of 'Cocaine Hippos,' Descendants of Animals Brought by Notorious Drug Trafficker Pablo Escobar
  This Nearly 300-Million-Year-Old Mummified Reptile Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of How We Breathe
• Scientists just watched Alzheimer’s damage happen in real time
  
  

• Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco
  Google shoehorned Rust into Pixel 10 modem to make legacy code safer
  

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