The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: G7 leaders 'ready to consider' extending military production licenses to Ukraine, agree to increase arms deliveries
  Read the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and Iran
  Iranian Tankers Cross US Naval Blockade After Trump Deal Allows Iran To Restart Oil Sales
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: President Trump and world leaders joined by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google at G7
  US Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Trump's First-Term Tariff On China
  15 Tied To Antifa Charged With Violently Interfering With ICE Operations In Minnesota
• China: China’s Xi vows support for Myanmar as President Min Aung Hlaing moves to bridge isolation
  China Revives Heavy Naval Firepower With New 155mm Gun That "Could Support An Attack On Taiwan"
  China’s universities cut 12,000 ‘obsolete’ degrees amid race to embrace AI era
• Russia: Russian TU-22 strategic bomber plane crashes in Siberia on training exercise
  Semyon Skrepetsky, Russian artist known as Putin critic, shot dead in Poland
  Ukraine strikes Moscow's largest oil refinery, 15 kilometers from the Kremlin
• United Kingdom: U.K. ling of digital idea to social media ban enforcment stokes fears of government surveillance
  Russian warship fires warning shots at UK yacht in English Channel
  Ukrainian man found guilty of setting on fire property linked to UK PM Starmer
• France: Eldest son of Norway’s crown princess sentenced to 4 years in prison for rape
  French spies drop AI giant Palantir over US overreliance fears
  US threatens 100% tariff on French wines over digital tax
• Germany: Carry-on bags to be free, EU rules
  
  
• Japan: Bank of Japan takes rates to 1%, the highest level since 1995
  
  
• South Korea: South Korea Restores KF-21 Boramae Fighter Production After Presidential Intervention as Indo-Pacific Airpower Race Intensifies - Defence Security Asia
  
  
• Canada: Mark Carney says deal makes conflict ‘worth it’
  World Zionist Organization removed from Canada's West Bank sanctions draft before release: sources
  Canada eliminates human rights watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad
• South and Central America: Venezuela signs deal with US energy giant to rebuild energy grid
  
  
• Israel: 6 said killed in Gaza strikes as Hamas health ministry says war toll surpasses 73,000
  Netanyahu declares victory over Iran – and rules out withdrawal from Lebanon
  
• Turkey: Turkey to raise transit fees through Bosphorus and Dardanelles by 15% from July
  
  
• Continental Africa: DRC’s Ebola outbreak may be worst ever, Africa CDC says
  Ebola Cases, Deaths Jump In Congo As Outbreak Spreads
  

• White House:
  Jay Clayton Earns Support as President Trump’s DNI Nominee
  President Trump says Ukraine war has 'no impact' on US, but vows to help end it
  Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Signing of Magna Carta
• State Department:
  Ukraine Included in New $1B US Humanitarian Aid Package
  US to give Poland new $4 billion loan for arms purchases, PAP reports
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  President Trump ‘reaffirms’ pledge to send 5,000 troops to Poland
  U.S. losing Reaper drones in the Mideast without any clear plan to replace them
  Poland inducts first F-35As as Warsaw moves to double fleet size
• Justice (DOJ):
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Justice Department is investigating him and his wife
  
  
• DHS:
  Federal Agents Dismantle Human Smuggling Stash House In Texas
  
  
• HHS:
  Secretary Kennedy Joins Secretary Burgum to Launch GetActive.gov Colorado Tour
  
  
• Senate:
  Revised Bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (aimed at boosting supply via HUD reforms, loan limits, manufactured housing, rural/veteran housing, etc.)
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  SCOTUS declines case challenging NY law holding gunmakers liable
  Court agrees to hear three new cases, including on the constitutionality of six-person juries
  

• Fed Chair Warsh expected to withhold traditional 'dot plot' interest rate projections from central bank's interest rate outlook
  
  

• Superconductivity breakthrough could unlock ultra-efficient electronics
  
  
• Satellite images show 10 places where water is disappearing globally
  
  

• New Radar System Can Detect High-Speed Drones Nearby Ports, Vessels In Extreme Environment
  
  

• ‘Fireworks’ spotted in stellar explosion 15 million light-years away
  Now They’re Pouring Hydrogen Peroxide Into the Reflecting Pool
  

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