The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: US-Iran talks to begin in Switzerland as Tehran says it closed Strait of Hormuz
  UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Expected To Resign On Monday
  Russian-occupied Crimea completely suspends gas sales to civilians as Ukrainian drone strikes squeeze peninsula
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Chicago mass shooting: Drive-by shooters hurt at least 13 people in Princeton Park
  "It's That Bad": Virginia Residents Battling Constant Noise From Data Center Generators
  VP Vance 'Skeptical' That Iran Closed Hormuz Strait Again, Pentagon Declares Safe Passage Remains 'Intact Today'
• 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: 250,000 Victims, 149 Districts: Rupert Lowe’s Inquiry Exposes Scale of UK Rape Gang Scandal
  3-year-old critically injured by crocodile after ending up in its enclosure in British zoo
  Ministers demand Starmer set resignation timeline by end of week
• India: Three Indian Tankers Reemerge, Pointing to Hormuz Traffic Uptick
  Three Indian-flagged oil tankers clear Strait of Hormuz, minister says
  US man in NIA custody for ‘training ethnic armed groups’ in Myanmar
• France: France restricts public alcohol consumption and outdoor sports as heat wave bakes parts of Europe
  Swiss Voters Set to Reject Stricter Neutrality, Early Poll Shows
  France opposes return hubs for migrants in third countries, Macron says
• Germany: Germany Touts Leverage: Without us, space exploration ‘cannot be done’
  
  
• Japan: Taiwan to stage five days of combat readiness drills
  Japan to enhance global cooperation on AI risks
  
• South Korea: Samsung may exit vacuum, microwave and dishwasher businesses amid AI chip boom
  
  
• Canada: Canada imposes 10% tariff on canned vegetables, excludes US, others
  
  
• 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
  
• South and Central America: Solar power helps Cuban small businesses survive energy crisis
  Bolivia's president declares state of emergency over blockade crisis
  Cuban Parliament's free-market measures mark historic economic reform
• Saudi Arabia Assad-era officers, doctors confess to detainee organ removals
  
  
• Israel: Syria & Turkey Represent Bigger Threat To Israel Than Iran': Israeli Minister
  
  
• 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
  

• White House:
  White House Position: Effects of Banning Anti-Competitive Hospital Contracts
  President Trump unveils new Air Force One, a $400 million plane gifted by Qatar
  
• State Department:
  Supporting an Institutional Democratic Transition in Venezuela - United States Department of State
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  New Activity at Possible Chinese Intelligence Facilities in Cuba
  US Medal of Honor Recipients
  War Department Review to Ensure 'NATO 3.0' Becomes Europe-Led Defense Alliance
• DHS:
  Cleanup continues in Louisiana after extensive tornado damage
  
  
• Senate:
  US Senate approves polarizing election overhaul over Democratic objections
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  US Supreme Court limits ban on gun ownership by marijuana users
  
  

• 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
  

• Lebanon’s ancient monuments remain at risk from Israeli attack
  
  

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