The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Yen intervention: U.S. Scott Bessent, Japan confirm intervention
  Grid failure plunges Cuba into nationwide blackout
  Danube low water leves force Hungary to shut sole nuclear plant for first time on Sunday
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: President Trump indicates Iran talks to resume Monday after calling off planned strikes
  Fires in Spokane, Washington, burn 600 structures, force 60,000 evacuations
  US Senate confirms Jay Clayton as the next director of national intelligence in a 51–47 vote
• China: Landslide death toll rises in China's Gansu Province as heavy rains continue
  China's Commerce Ministry denies US accusation of forced labour in Xinjiang
  
• Russia: Ukrainian army carries out over 1,600 attacks on Russia’s Belgorod Region in past week
  Russia's online retailer Wildberries says warehouse on fire after Ukrainian drone attack
  Russia Media Reports Ukraine loses 9,600 troops, mercenaries in special military op zone in past week
• India: India-China border trade resumes after 6 years; first batch of 16 traders flagged off for Tibet
  India explicitly rejects global net zero movement
  
• France: 2 killed when firefighting helicopters collide while battling Europe’s wildfires
  Europe’s wildfire crisis fractures as Greece evacuates and France guards megafire scar
  
• Germany: Logistical Nightmare Unfolds As Rhine Plunges Toward Record Low
  
  
• Japan: Japan Aims to Rebuild 2-5 Nuclear Reactors by 2040s
  
  
• Italy: Meloni’s push to revive nuclear power runs into obstacles
  
  
• South Korea: South Korea records its highest-ever temperature of 42.5°C
  
  
• Canada: Canada wildfires grow, put more than 5K under evacuation orders in past 24 hours
  
  
• Australia: Five dead, 41 missing after Indonesian ferry catches fire
  Australian electric vehicle sales more than double since outbreak of war in Iran
  
• South and Central America: AI cheating scandal shakes UNAM, Mexico's top university
  Cuba plunged into darkness again as power grid collapses
  Indigenous groups oppose Milei plan to open Argentina to foreign buyers
• Continental Africa: Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Egypt, shaking felt in Cairo
  Sudan army drone strike kills 35 at Darfur court, rights group says
  Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus

• White House:
  President Zelenskyy asks President Trump for help on Starlink for strikes inside Russia
  Executive Order: To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition from Imports of Quartz Surface Products
  White House Reports: President Trump Hosts Historic Cabinet Meeting at Camp David
• State Department:
  U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  US used 2,000-pound bomb in strike on Iran’s southern Island
  Oregon Guard Aircrews Support State Wildfire Response
  
• HHS:
  Referring to GLP Drugs as "Fat Shots" President Trump EO Promises Affordablity
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Deadline passes for Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship
  
  

• J.P. Morgan drops Fed rate bombshell over Warsh, inflation
  German carmakers flood jobs market with managers after wielding axe
  

• The plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA's Swift mission
  
  

• Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps
  SpaceXAI Says It Will Take A Year To Fully Remove Unpermitted Gas Turbines From Its Mississippi Data Center
  

• 7 peculiar pets in history: From a beer-drinking elk to the Pope’s elephant
  
  

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