The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Iran hosts Hormuz calls with Saudi Arabia, Oman as President Trump hails ‘good talks’
  Iran publicly executes two Isfahan protesters despite UN calls to stop
  US and France clash over human rights at UN meeting
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: US Utility Profits In The Crosshairs Amid Affordability Concerns
  President Trump's new tariff blitz is very different this time
  Three Killed Four Injured at Bite of Seattle food festival shooting
• China: Xi tells Lula China backs Brazil in rejecting external interference
  
  
• Russia: Ukrainian drone attack on bus in Russia’s Belgorod Region
  Former Ukrainian top diplomat charged with stealing foreign donations
  Kazakhstan Restarts CPC Oil Exports After Week-Long Black Sea Shutdown
• United Kingdom: NHS 'will collapse' without social care reform, PM tells BBC
  Taiwan, UK sign first drone cooperation pact
  
• India: India summons Ukraine ambassador after ship with 4 Indians attacked
  
  
• France: Man attacks 3 women with knives in Paris before being stopped by bystander
  Macron calls crisis meeting of French cabinet as blaze approaches Bordeaux
  
• Germany: Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operation
  
  
• Japan: Major quake in southern Japan knocks out power, disrupts transport
  Bank of Japan to signal more rate hikes as price pressures build
  
• South Korea: Russia and North Korea finalising first road crossing amid concerns it serves as Ukraine war supply route
  AMD to Build AI Research Center in Korea, Open Computing Infrastructure
  Ex-Wife In Korea's $645M "Divorce Of The Century" Gets Iced Out Of AI Boom
• Canada: Advocates brace for possible influx of Haitian asylum seekers into Canada as U.S. protections end
  Toronto police investigating shooting outside U.S. Consulate
  Union president refuses to answer questions about controversial Vancouver council campaign
• Australia: At least 10 people are feared dead after Gold Ridge mine collapse in the Solomon Islands
  AusAlert test will blast emergency warning siren over most phones in Australia on Monday.
  Protesters mount High Court challenge over Queensland hate speech laws
• South and Central America: Trump says U.S. has sold more than $13 billion of Venezuela oil since Maduro's capture
  Argentina's energy trade balance posts best first half in a decade
  
• Saudi Arabia Houthi Threats Force Saudi Crude Tanker Onto Suez Route To Asia
  Iran-Backed Houthis Force Saudi Arabia Into a New Conflict
  Ongoing conflict starves Israeli manufacturers of foreign equipment technicians
• Israel: ‘War criminal’: Protesters confront Netanyahu motorcade in Washington DC
  Israel President Netanyahu Faces a Delicate Balancing Act In Washington DC Visit
  
• Continental Africa: Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 3,200, including 1,405 deaths
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump Hosts Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy and Israel’s President Netanyahu Today
  Made in Michigan Again: President Trump’s Trade Agenda Is Supercharging American Auto Manufacturing
  White House: Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution
• State Department:
  Deputy Secretary Landau’s Travel to Peru - United States Department of State
  Shot Fired Outside US Consulate in Toronto, in Second Incident This Year – Police Suspend High-Speed Chase of Suspect for Security Reasons
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Pentagon reports cumulative total now 18 U.S. service members killed and 624 wounded since the conflict began on February 28
  Air Force Wing Enhances Readiness, Resilience During Exercise Beverly Sentinel
  
• HHS:
  The FDA Recalls Thyroid Medication Nationwide
  
  
• Energy:
  Energy Dept Acts to Secure Grid Across 17 States Amid Period of Hot Weather
  
  
• Senate:
  Senators push to skip recess to save the SAVE America Act
  GOP senators warn confidence in Pete Hegseth eroding as Iran war drags on
  
• House:
  House passes Insider Trading Ban to limit stock trading by members of Congress
  US Congessman Massie Readies Bill To Yank Federal Cash From Cities And Police Departments Running Flock Cameras
  
• Supreme Court:
  Appeals Court Blocks Trump Mail-In Voting Order In 23 Democrat-Led States, Setting Up SCOTUS Fight
  Administration asks Supreme Court to allow Executive Order on mail-in voting
  UoP Professor's Opinion: The Future of Birthright Citizenship

• SpaceX Erased $600 Billion in Market Value in 3 Days
  Oil extends losses as a pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities raises de-escalation hopes
  Russia Puts Giant State Diamonds Up for Auction After Record Gold Selloff

• Altman declares AI at ‘singularity’: surpassing human-level intelligence - begins improving itself so fast humans can t predict or control outcome
  Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed
  Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms

• Donald Trump’s AI Brain Trust
  
  

• World’s largest jellyfish spotted near Cape Cod
  
  

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