The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Canada supports US-led push to reopen Hormuz, pledges more pressure on Iran
  Iran says it plans to create new 'restricted zone' near Strait of Hormuz -- as it desperately tries to control chokepoint
  Seven vessels pass through Strait of Hormuz on September 7
• Security Blocs & Alliances: NATO Holds Northern Viking Drill Off Iceland Without US Forces
  UAE says its energy exports will not be 'held hostage' by Iran war
  Finland Builds First F-35 Engine as NATO Airpower Reaches Russia's Border
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: US Navy SEALS spent four months demining the Strait of Hormuz in dangerous, nighttime mission
  Hawaii braces for Hurricane Lowell amid risk of dangerous winds
  India Questions: US Cargo Jets Land At Poland’s NATO Hub Near Ukraine Amid Peace Push?
• China: China to pump $54bn into state banks and insurers to boost economy
  
  
• Russia: Russia and North Korea open a road crossing their border
  New EU Sanctions To Hit North Korean Camp Where Russia Sends Abducted Ukrainian Kids
  
• United Kingdom: UK government expected to announce restrictions on trade with West Bank settlements
  Watch: Anti-migrant boat protesters block roads in Portsmouth UK
  Protesters block roads in Portsmouth after 140 migrants rescued in English Channel
• India: India coal miners ramp up supplies as power plants face low stocks
  India teams search for survivors after Delhi building collapse kills six
  India advances plan to acquire 5 more S-400 air defence systems from Russia
• France: Germany: Victory of far-right AfD in state election 'very worrying', says Polish FM
  
  
• Germany: Germany’s Far Right Narrowly Misses Majority in Crucial State Election
  Germany plans anti-sabotage shield after airport drone attack
  
• Japan: Japan scrambles jets after China spy aircraft flights over East China Sea
  Japan's NEC scraps effort to build a quantum computer
  
• South Korea: SK Gas pays record $5.7 million Panama Canal fee as El Niño drought disrupts shipping
  S.Korea on track to become fourth country to hit $1 trillion in annual exports
  Iran Threatens South Korean Assets If Seoul Joins Hormuz Mission
• Canada: Iran foreign ministry takes aim at Canada for support of U.S. actions in Strait of Hormuz
  Canada Imposes New Tariffs on U.S. Goods, as Trade War Intensifies
  
• Australia: Anak Krakatau: Volcano eruption disrupts hundreds of flights
  
  
• South and Central America: US sinks an Ecuadorian boat in the Pacific it alleges is tied to drug trafficking
  Polls suggest tight presidential race as Brazil marks Independence Day
  
• Saudi Arabia Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says 73 people wounded in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
  Iran says Hormuz corridor deal with Oman to be signed soon
  
• Israel: Israeli strikes on southern Lebanese town kill 11
  
  
• Turkey: Forest fires force evacuations near resorts in Antalya, Turkey
  Türkiye raises defense spending 229% under new medium-term economy road map
  Turkey seeks Black Sea shipping deal as attacks threaten grain trade
• Continental Africa: At Least 25 People Dead in a Bus Crash on African island nation of Cape Verde's Fogo Island
  
  

• White House:
  Trump administration attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms
  
  
• State Department:
  Trump administration expands mass deportations with non-criminals
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Drone activity at U.S.-Mexico border drops 75% after U.S. uses laser weapon
  GPS-Free Test Flight Success Marks Critical Advance for Aviation, National Security
  Army Awards $465 Million Contrace for 'Group 3 Killer' Anti-Drone LOCUST X3 laser made by AeroVironment
• Senate:
  Sen. John Kennedy criticizes the Trump administration’s approach to Putin amid latest peace talks
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Federal Government Backs Supreme Court Challenge To AR-15 Bans
  
  

• Mistral bags $24 billion valuation as Samsung leads funding for Europe's AI champion
  BlackRock to JPMorgan bet on Emerging Markets (EM) as turmoil seizes global bonds
  Treasury yields face 4.8% test as fiscal risks threaten to spill into other assets

• The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center
  German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket
  Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation
• Indonesia’s ‘Ring of Fire’: Key facts about the world's most volcanic nation
  
  

• Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement
  
  

• Backwards-walking fish caught on video in the South China Sea
  
  

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