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• World at Large: Anthropic calls for pause of global AI development
  President Putin Rejects Europe as Ukraine Peace Mediator, Doubles Down on President Trump Propsed Settlement
  China's Xi Jinping to meet Kim Jong Un in rare visit to North Korea
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Feds Raid Newport Mansion, Arrest Businessman Accused Of Routing U.S. Technology To Iran
  New World screwworm case detected in Texas calf, threatening U.S. cattle
  LA Mayor Karen Bass wins primary despite alleged mishandling of fires
• China: Hong Kong artist who tried to mark Tiananmen massacre intercepted by police - The Guardian
  China's Xi to visit North Korea in push for deeper ties
  China poaches more AI talent from the U.S. as it eyes the next 'super-app'
• Russia: President Putin claims Russia is ready for compromises on war with Ukraine
  Russia condemns US attempts to use proxy forces to fuel arms race in Asia-Pacific
  Putin's Economic Forum Opens Under Heavy Ukrainian Drone Attack, With Candace Owens & Trump Official In Attendance
• United Kingdom: Former student charged after University of Surrey crossbow attack
  MI5 warns Chinese spies using job websites to target government staff
  
• India: India Arms Exports Surge: BrahMos, Akash Deals Exceed ₹21,000 Cr
  Kerala’s UDF govt requests CBI probe into controversial death of Kannur ADM Naveen Babu
  Russia Looks to Indian Market to Fill 800,000 Vacancies in Crippled Construction Sector
• Germany: Germany blames Russia for failed UN Security Council bid
  The Dutch defense ministry is looking for Palantir alternatives​
  A suspected Russian marine drone exploded in the Port of Constanța Romania, others may be there
• Japan: Japan rejects Taiwan’s demand for talks over delimitation with Philippines
  Japan gears up for hydrogen-powered transport network
  Japan Parliament leaders adopt draft proposal for imperial succession
• Italy: Four migrant workers reportedly burned alive in their car in attack in Italy
  
  
• South Korea: Kim says North Korea more than doubled nuclear material production capacity
  
  
• Canada: Alberta premier warns separation could cost $400B. Separatists, economists and Brexit scholars have thoughts
  
  
• Australia: Australia's greenhouse gas emissions drop as renewable energy, batteries surge
  PM says Australia has 'ideological disagreement' with Trump administration after US reveals anti-slavery tariff
  
• South and Central America: European companies flee Cuba as US sanctions go into effect
  De la Espriella thanks President Trump for endorsing his campaign in Colombia's high-stakes election
  
• Continental Africa: US Formally Rejects Somaliland Sovereignty In Blow To Israel
  Ebola Burial Team Attacked as 11 Patients Flee Care in Congo
  

• White House:
  Federal telework temporarily returns to FIFA World Cup host cities
  Strong Support for President Trump’s Appointment of William J. Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence
  President Trump Tells Aides He Won’t Resume All-Out War With Iran Unless U.S. Troops Are Killed
• State Department:
  US raises pressure on Cuba as it sanctions President Diaz-Canel
  Greenland is part of Denmark 'for now,' US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says
  Secretary Rubio Reports: "We are not examining Turkey’s re-entry into the F-35 program"
• Dept of War (DoW):
  US tells Europe, Canada to boost NATO air and naval forces
  US Special Ops Fields Caliber-Swapping MK24 Rifle For 7.62 Combat And 6.5 Range
  Exercise Red Flag-Alaska Launches Multinational Air Combat Training
• DHS:
  China Reports: US citizen and journalist charged with acting as Chinese agent
  President Donald J. Trump Strengthens Customs Enforcement
  
• HHS:
  Texas AG Launches Investigation Into Glyphosate In Food
  
  
• Energy:
  US Govt. Lab Launches Advanced Battery Lab To Help Power Grid
  
  
• Commerce:
  AT&T and Verizon lose Supreme Court case over fines for selling location data
  
  
• Senate:
  Senate Passes $70 Billion G.O.P. Immigration Bill
  Senate again inexplicably cowers on popular SAVE America Act Voter ID
  
• House:
  House Passes Ukraine Aid in Defiance of Republican Leaders
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Supreme Court Boulder case considers protection of federalism
  
  

• SpaceX says it’s worth $1.75tn as it targets largest stock market debut
  Quantinuum raises $1.68 billion in IPO that seeks to give quantum computing more street cred
  Samsung Joins Blue-State Exodus, Moves U.S. HQ From New Jersey To Texas

• What to know about the New World screwworm fly, now in US
  World-first vaccine designed by AI could protect against whole families of viruses
  Flesh-eating screwworm infection confirmed in South Texas, USDA says

• AI to double data centre power and water consumption by 2030, UN researchers say
  Skydweller Solar Aircraft Project Lives On After Loss Of Prototype
  Kevin O’Leary agrees to downsize massive Utah data center

• Missing Sherpa found crawling on Everest with funeral already underway a week after disappearing
  Velociraptor’s cousin flew like a flying squirrel
  Eaglets Sandy and Luna spend their first night alone on the nest

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