The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Oil tanker traffic in Strait of Hormuz escalates after U.S. and Iran implement deal to open sea lane
  Israel-Hezbollah Agree To Ceasefire After Clashes Stall Opening Round Of US-Iran Nuclear Talks
  Bolivia declares state of emergency over blockade by leftists alligned with Evo Morales
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: US envoys head to Switzerland for potential Iran talks
  Gabbard Drops Fauci COVID-19 Receipts On Last Day: He Funded The Research, Cooked The Cover Story, Then Lied To Congress
  US Private Credit Default Rate Remains At Record High
• China: Amid geopolitical uncertainty, China trims US Treasury holdings to 18-year low
  
  
• Russia: Ukraine Reports: mass round-ups of men in Russia's Penza Oblast for deployment to war in Ukraine
  Moscow Times Reports Russia Imposes Fuel Rationing in Moscow After Repeated Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Oil Infrastructure
  Hungarian PM reveals details of meeting with Zelenskyy, says they discussed potential meeting in Berehove
• United Kingdom: Ministers demand Starmer set resignation timeline by end of week
  Driver killed and 89 people injured after passenger trains collide near Bedford
  Zelensky stripped of Polish honour over WW2 name of army unit
• India: US man in NIA custody for ‘training ethnic armed groups’ in Myanmar
  Telegram ban row: Proton VPN GM’s X account withheld as signups surge
  India's largest telecom and digital service Jio Platforms files for IPO
• France: France moves to cut Palantir ties in tech sovereignty push
  France opposes return hubs for migrants in third countries, Macron says
  
• Germany: Sweden Passes Law To Revoke Residence Permits From Migrants Who Fail 'Good-Behavior' Test
  Swiss parliament reopens door to nuclear power
  
• Japan: As China looms, Taiwan makes more drones for defense and the US military
  Japan to enhance global cooperation on AI risks
  
• South Korea: Samsung may exit vacuum, microwave and dishwasher businesses amid AI chip boom
  South Korea skips G7 critical minerals declaration as Lee balances China ties
  
• Canada: Canada imposes 10% tariff on canned vegetables, excludes US, others | Reuters
  US Security Chief Says One Suspected Terrorist Is Arrested At Canadian Border 'Almost Weekly'
  Canadian sniper rifles openly flaunted in Yemen, Sudan, Libya — despite arms sanctions
• Australia: Anthony Albanese says Australia’s first mainland case of deadly H5N1 bird flu ‘concerning’
  Bird flu could be catastrophic for nation's vulnerable species, experts warn
  Police charge a third suspect in a Melbourne synagogue arson allegedly directed by Iran
• South and Central America: Bolivia's president declares state of emergency over blockade crisis
  Cuban Parliament's free-market measures mark historic economic reform
  Cuba’s Communist Party approves opening economy in unprecedented move
• Saudi Arabia UAE imposes limits on teen social media access
  
  
• Israel: Saudi FM optimistic about US-Iran peace deal
  Four soldiers, including battalion commander, killed in Hezbollah drone strike
  
• Continental Africa: Families storm Ebola treatment centre in DRC, remove patients
  US to end Pepfar funding of South Africa's HIV programmes due to failure to protect the white-minority
  Ebola patients flee treatment centres in Congo for food as hunger crisis deepens

• White House:
  President Trump unveils new Air Force One, a $400 million plane gifted by Qatar
  US Military Budget Hits Snags Amid Questions on Iran War Costs
  VP Vance defends Trump peace deal with Iran
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• Dept of War (DoW):
  Pentagon Restores Pacific Command Name, Reversing 2018 'Indo-Pacific' Rebrand
  Modern Wars Cannot Be Won Without Kamikaze Drones, Paris Defense Show Makes Clear
  US Medal of Honor Recipients
• Justice (DOJ):
  DNI Gabbard released declassified records alleging Anthony Fauci influenced Covid-19 origin assessments
  
  
• DHS:
  Cleanup continues in Louisiana after extensive tornado damage
  
  
• HHS:
  Infant Mortality Drops To All-Time Low In United States
  FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama
  
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• Amazon Plans $10B Missouri Data Center Campus
  How the Fed's rate decision affects your bank accounts, loans, credit cards, and investments
  

• The Cost Of Scarce Helium-3 (Critical for Quantum Computing, Neutron Detection/Border Protection, MRIs): Earth Sources Vs The Moon
  Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars
  Archaeologists Discover Evidence a Wooden Prototype for Stonehenge May Have Aligned With the Solstice 500 Years Before the Stone Circle

• Lies about sunscreen do really well on social media
  
  

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