The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Starmer to host Zelenskyy and EU leaders for Ukraine talks
  Russian Drone Strike Damages Chornobyl Nuclear Waste Storage Facility
  UN Food Agency Warns Millions Pushed Into Hunger By Prolonged Iran War
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: At least 12 shot near festival in Toledo, Ohio, police searching for suspects
  US To Tighten Rule Regarding Nonprofits Paying Excessive Executive Compensation
  Protesters Target NV Energy At Vegas Utility Conference As Anger Over Soaring Electricity Prices Boils Over
• China: China has launched a special maritime operation near Taiwan
  Lao President Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing
  China bans 11 online activities under tighter rules to curb rumours, cyberbullies
• Russia: Russian Drone Hits Nuclear Fuel Storage Site in Chornobyl Zone
  Dutch plant for combat-zone robots offers fresh supply pipeline for Ukraine
  
• United Kingdom: UK Replaces Churchill On Banknotes with Little Animals
  
  
• India: India's Fertility Rate Drops Below Replacement Level for First Time
  India's GDP grows 7.8% in Q4, full-year growth rises to 7.7%
  
• France: France to test its own AI-powered battlefield command in June NATO exercise
  
  
• South Korea: North Korea calls US denuclearization push 'anachronistic dream'
  South Korea Unveils Measures to Stem Won Slide, Curb Speculation
  U.S. approves potential sale of JDAM precision bombs to S. Korea
• Canada: Canada fighter jets: Carney eyeing larger fleet, sources say
  
  
• Australia: Man dies in Western Australia after shark attack
  
  
• South and Central America: Colombia's outgoing president Gustavo Petro accuses US of intervening in his country's election
  Teachers and families of disappeared protest in Mexico City before World Cup
  
• Israel: One killed, several wounded in suspected terror attack in central Israel
  Lebanese Army Officers Among 9 Killed In Israeli Airstrike On South Lebanon
  
• Continental Africa: Nigeria: Hundreds of kidnapped women, children freed from Boko Haram jihadists
  African migrants flee into the mountains as South Africa's xenophobic violence surges
  South Africa launches breakthrough HIV prevention shot

• White House:
  President Donald J. Trump Signs Historic Directive on AI in the National Security Enterprise
  
  
• State Department:
  "No Longer Tolerate Radical Marxists": Secretary Rubio Sanctions Revolutionary Cuban Influence Network Tied To U.S. Left-Wing NGOs
  Secretary Rubio Backs Bolivia's Government As Protests Trigger Food, Fuel Shortages
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Chairman of Joint Chiefs makes first official visit to post-Maduro Venezuela
  The US Army wants thousands of air defense missiles to replace the Stinger
  Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level
• Justice (DOJ):
  FBI Fires Analysts Who Drafted Controversial Anti-Catholic Memo
  
  
• HHS:
  Baby botulism outbreak: FDA doesn't yet know cause—or how to prevent it
  
  
• Senate:
  U.S. Senate passes $70 billion ICE funding, fails to ban Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
  
  
• House:
  Ukraine aid package passes House
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  US Supreme Court poised to rule on gun laws and transgender athletes
  
  

• OpenAI Readies ‘Superapp’ Pivot Ahead of Planned IPO, FT Reports
  Crypto Regulation CLARITY Act may not get passed in 2026: 'Not the end all, be all for crypto'
  

• Drift of Earth's Pole Confirms Groundwater Depletion as a Significant Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise 1993–2010 - Seo - 2023
  NASA Ends Mars Mission 6 Months After Losing Communication With Spacecraft
  NASA’s X-59 Aircraft Flies Supersonic for First Time

• Meta secures hacked Instagram accounts as users claim its AI enabled the hackers
  NASA reverses evacuation alert order for astronauts aboard space station
  The US Has a Plan to Combat Screwworm. It Involves a Lot More Flies

• A ‘mystery beetle’ is devouring North Carolina’s precious blueberries
  
  

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