The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: U.S., Iran pause hostilities as Hormuz shipping resumes after weekend clashes
  Venezuela's earthquakes death toll nears 1,500, tens of thousands still missing
  Putin details Russia’s fuel shortages after Ukrainian drone strikes
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Firefighters killed as wildfires rage across the West
  US says it has agreed to 'stand down' after exchange of strikes with Iran
  GM Replaces 1,000 Factory Zero Workers With 50 Robots
• China: China Adds 20 Japanese Entities To Export Control List Over 'Remilitarisation' Concerns
  
  
• Russia: Russian artillery destroys two Ukrainian army deployment sites near Konstantinovka
  Crimea Fuel Crisis Triggers Layoffs and Wage Delays Across Occupied Peninsula
  Putin claims Kyiv proposed limiting war to four oblasts
• United Kingdom: UK Parents Face Five-Year Jail Terms For Questioning Their Child's Gender 'Transition'
  Vatican accuses EU of double standards on war
  
• India: India’s Ram Temple hit by corruption scandal
  Pakistani airstrikes kill 36 civilians in eastern Afghanistan
  
• France: Record heat wave fills Paris mortuaries, leaving families in distress
  Record heatwave grips Europe as France warns death toll set to rise
  New Caledonia election tests territory's future after unrest and deadlock
• South Korea: (2nd LD) S. Korea, Japan agree to continue defense exchanges, cooperation, including in AI
  South Korea plans to train entire military as "drone warriors"
  Indonesia Abandons KF-21 Co-Production in Strategic Shockwave as Jakarta Turns to Direct Fighter Purchase from South Korea
• Canada: Beijing's Trojan Horse Rolls Into Canada: National Security Expert Warns Carney's Chinese EV Deals Embeds Sabotage Risk
  
  
• Australia: A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base
  Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’
  
• South and Central America: Venezuela quake death toll nears 1,500 as rescue work goes on
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Baghdad's Green Zone Locked Down As Officials Arrested In Corruption Sweep
  Israeli army strikes three Hezbollah command centers in response to ceasefire violations
  Iran warns ships not to bypass its chosen Hormuz route
• Israel: Israel sold advanced F-15 systems and gear to Qatar and Saudi Arabia - report
  Israeli gov't votes to recognize Armenian Genocide
  
• Turkey: Turkey Bans Protests Across Many Provinces Ahead Of Major NATO Summit
  
  
• Continental Africa: Uganda’s military chief orders shutdown of two media outlets
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump’s America First Agenda Scores Major Supreme Court Win on TPS Termination
  
  
• State Department:
  The United States, Israel and Lebanon Sign the Trilateral Framework
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  DOW Unleashes 'Agent Network' to Transform AI-Enabled Battle Management and Targeting
  The Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Finalizes Lab Review, Aims to Modernize R&D Enterprise
  Boots On The Ground? US Military Begins Humanitarian Operation In Quake-Ravaged Venezuela
• Justice (DOJ):
  National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 455 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $6.5 Billion in Alleged Fraud"
  Man Taken into Custody in Somalia for Role in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme
  United States Pays Approximately $17M Settlement for Nearly 630 Plaintiffs in Red Hill Jet Fuel Spills
• DHS:
  UT: COTTONWOOD FIRE NEARLY 100,000 ACRES | National & World | kxly.com
  
  
• Treasury:
  Treasury Sanctions Networks Fueling Sudan's Civil War and Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
  
  
• HHS:
  HHS Successfully Concludes Hantavirus Response Effort; Monitoring Ends with No Positive U.S. Case
  US SNAP Payment-Error-Rate Hits High Of 10.62%
  
• DOT:
  Energy Transfer/Sunoco Twin Oaks Pipeline Updates
  
  
• Senate:
  Joint Statement on the Sixth Joint Oversight Committee for the Peace Agreement Between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda"
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Cook, Elections, And Trans Athletes
  DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Approve No-Bond Immigration Detention Policy
  

• NASA wants to dump the ISS in the sea. Experts say the plan 'raises serious concerns for ocean health'
  
  

• TikTok, YouTube deactivate 4.7 million child accounts in Indonesia following government curbs, minister says
  The memory shortage shaking Apple and Microsoft is 'existential crisis' for smaller players
  Apple Wants To Buy Memory From China As Soaring Chip Prices Spark Inflation Shock

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