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• World at Large: Ukrainian heritage-listed monastery severely damaged by Russian strike
  EU Auto Giants Call For 'Made In Europe' Incentives Amid Rising Chinese Competition
  President Trump says peace deal will be signed Sunday after Iran said it remains cautious on timing
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Stanford graduates stage pro-Palestine walkout at Google CEO speech
  Congress Permits Expiration of Key Provision for Foreign Surveillance FISA Section 702
  Paramount's $110B purchase of Warner Bros. approved by DOJ
• China: Taiwan launches website for Chinese nationals to report intelligence
  Somaliland Opens Diplomatic Office In Taiwan Despite Strong Objections From Beijing
  CCP's Xinhua will spend more than 1.1 billion yuan an AI agent to "propagate Chinese leader Xi Jinping's thinking"
• Russia: Russia delivers massive overnight strike on Ukrainian military-industrial sites
  Historic monastery left in flames as Ukraine faces major Russian attacks
  Russia’s Geran kamikaze drones wipe out Ukrainian UAV depot in DPR
• United Kingdom: UK armed forces board Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in English Channel, PM says
  Starmer To Ban Under-16s From 10 Social Media Apps, Including X, But Not Bluesky
  UK Court of Appeals rules group Palestine Action group is legitimately banned as terrorists
• India: What’s in the Iran-US deal? 14-point memorandum reportedly covers Hormuz, sanctions, $300 billion rebuild
  Tata's iPhone Plant Faces Shutdown Threat In Tamil Nadu Over Groundwater Contamination
  Monsoon tracker LIVE: Cyclonic system to bring rains to northern Tamil Nadu
• France: G7 leaders meet in France with Trump tariff threat looming
  Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at 10 million
  
• Germany: Major U-Turn: Swedish Parliament Abolishes Permanent Residence Visas For Migrants
  Geneva to host signing of Iran-US peace treaty
  Germany and Japan Are Rearming Again, 80 Years After World War II - The New York Times
• Japan: Mayor of Ibaraki city found dead in drainage ditch
  
  
• South Korea: South Korea eyes safe exit for 24 ships in Hormuz, weighs role in securing waterway
  Watch: Korean Humanoid Robot Performs Viral K-POP Dance, Learns By Watching Videos
  
• Canada: Canada's economy posts biggest trade surplus in more than a year
  Canadian Mother Sues OpenAI, Alleging Chatbot Encouraged Daughter's Suicide
  Ontario Liberal leadership candidate vows to make health care more ‘competitive’
• South and Central America: At least 2,300 killed this year in Haiti gang violence, UN human rights chief says
  Gunmen in Haiti kidnap senior defense official James Boyard
  
• Saudi Arabia Iran says end of war to be announced starting tonight
  Iran's Fars News Agency Says Hormuz Maritime Fees Added to US Deal Last Minute
  Qatari mediators travel to Tehran for final touches on a possible deal to end war
• Israel: Israel tells Trump it is not bound by Lebanon clause in Iran deal
  In Israel, Broad Discontent Over the Emerging U.S. Deal With Iran
  
• Continental Africa: Ebola cases rise to 689 in DRC
  
  

• White House:
  Trump Administration Reignites Its Feud With Anthropic Over Latest A.I. Models
  
  
• State Department:
  Secretary Rubio’s Call with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar - United States Department of State
  Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Paraguay’s President Peña - United States Department of State
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Only 1 in 4 F-35s is fully mission capable, GAO finds
  US Air Force B-52 bomber crashes after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base
  
• HHS:
  Former NIH Head Admits Secretly Helped With Paper Dismissing Theory COVID-19 Came From Lab
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Gun rights, immigration to be decided at the U.S. Supreme Court
  
  

• Oil Tumbles and Stocks Surge After Trump Announces Deal With Iran
  US Property Foreclosure Filings Increase 14% Year Over Year
  Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand

• Scientists Concerned Latest Gene Editing of Human Embryos Could "Open the Floodgates"
  Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System
  NASA to Cover 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission Space Station Departure
• America's Largest Wind Farm To Begin Operations This Month
  
  

• Humvee maker AM General to pitch unmanned ground vehicle at Eurosatory trade show
  Humanoid Warbot Live-Fires Mortars At Vegas Test Range
  The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks

• Construction in Germany Revealed the 'Princely Grave' of a Celtic Warrior Who Was Buried With Weapons and a Two-Wheeled Wagon
  
  

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