The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: US authorizes Iranian oil sales amid talks on final peace deal
  Traffic Moving but constrained as Ships face conflicting Iran, US instructions in Strait of Hormuz
  Digital Euro Clears Key Hurdle to Rollout in EU Parliament
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: California's sky-high electricity prices tied to data centers
  U.S. intense competition with Brazil for China's giant soybean market
  Russia Reports: First container ship arrives at Iranian port after US lifts its blockade
• China: Taiwan staging quick response drill against possible Chinese invasion
  China adds 10 US firms to export control list, restricts 46 from government procurement
  China targets US rare earth and other firms with export controls
• Russia: Half of Crimea Left Without Power After Overnight Explosions
  Russian Communist Leader Says Confiscating Trillions in Private Bank Deposits Could Be Used for Economy
  Ukraine strikes both sides of the occupied-Crimean Bridge in overnight drone attack, Zelensky says
• United Kingdom: About 400,000 UK children supported by baby banks, up 11% on previous year
  UK Government Plans To Force Social Media Giants To Boost BBC Content To 'Fight Disinformation'
  Extreme heat warning expanded as 37C heatwave approaches UK
• India: Three Indian Tankers Reemerge, Pointing to Hormuz Traffic Uptick
  India Congress makes strong pitch for making right to vote a fundamental right
  India in talks to sell supersonic BrahMos missile to UAE: Report
• France: At least 18 dead in France as much of Europe grapples with extreme heat
  Europe swelters under heat wave, France restricts alcohol consumption
  Forty drown in France as people seek relief from Europe's heatwave
• Japan: Japan joins the global craze to field interceptor drones
  Shooting at high school in Philippines kills 3
  Japan top court upholds order to dissolve Unification Church
• South Korea: Ukraine sees improved accuracy of N. Korean missile used by Russia
  
  
• Canada: Alleged Attempted Montreal mass shooting leaves officer, civilian and suspect dead
  Canada signs agreement with Australia to deliver early warning Arctic radar system
  Australia sells advanced radar technology to Canada in record $1.7 billion deal
• Australia: Western Australian poultry farms locked down as second wild bird dies from H5N1 bird flu
  Australia withholds climate fund reports over risk of diplomatic ‘damage’
  
• Saudi Arabia Iran Makes Moves to Assert Control Over the Strait of Hormuz
  Dozens injured, 18 missing after blast during restart at giant Qatar LNG site
  
• Israel: Iranian AI pioneer killed, Tehran blames Mossad
  
  
• Turkey: Turkey warns Cyprus over defense deal with France, calling it ''illegal''
  Russian Drone Strike Sets Turkish Cargo Ship Ablaze In Black Sea, Killing One
  
• Continental Africa: Why the SAF Kept Silent When Egypt Bombed Sudan’s Gold Mines
  The Camp That Reveals South Africa’s Growing Migrant Crisis
  

• White House:
  President Acts to Secure Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks
  ‘Will do what I have to’: Trump draws red line for Iran, says preventing nuclear weapon ‘supersedes’ depression risk
  VP Vance arrives in Switzerland for talks with Iranian negotiators amid rising Strait of Hormuz tensions
• State Department:
  Announcement of Targeted Visa Restrictions for Individuals Involved in Undermining Peace in Ethiopia
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  US Army Designates 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command-Pacific) Headquarters marking integration of land tactics into multi domain ops
  Possible New Era in Warfare: Downed US pilot reported seeing Iranian drones swarm in ‘jellyfish’ formation
  US Army tests autonomous boats during Philippine exercise
• Justice (DOJ):
  Justice Department Files Complaint Challenging Philadelphia Mask Ban and Identification Requirements for Federal Officers and Vehicles
  
  
• HHS:
  HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Ransomware Investigation with Health Plan
  
  
• Commerce:
  USDA reports three new cases of screwworm, bringing total to 15
  
  
• Senate:
  Senate passes landmark housing affordability bill after bipartisan breakthrough
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  US Supreme Court restores conviction in 1979 Etan Patz missing-child case
  Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit challenging L.A.'s sanctuary city ordinance
  

• China signs up 26 financial institutions to digital yuan cross-border payment platform
  Michael Burry sees a $3 trillion problem with SpaceX
  

• United Kingdom prepares to test hypersonic space plane for faster flights
  Scientists May Have Discovered the Origins of the Euphrates River, Which Helped Nurture Some of the Earliest Known Civilizations
  
• Inside One Startup’s Race To Rescue NASA’s Sinking Space Telescope
  
  

• Italy's Leonardo, Baykar tout in-flight control of Kizilelma drone from a M-346 jet trainer
  Some A380s grounded amid emergency inspections for wing spar cracks
  Ukraine launches ‘TrophyLab’ platform to share captured Russian weapons with allies

• See for yourself: shipping through the strait in real time
  
  

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