The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: President Trump greets China's Chairman Xi beside plane in rare presidential welcome for foreign leader
  OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs call for global AI regulation at UN
  US and Argentina Launch Andes-Atlantic Corridor to link critical-mineral-rich northwest and Vaca Muerta energy basin to Atlantic ports
• Security Blocs & Alliances: NATO Jets Scrambled After Russian Military Helicopter Breaches Polish Airspace
  Poland warns people to ready 'evacuation backpacks' over rising Russia threat
  
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: ‘Extreme concern’ over first known AI hack of a government system
  DOJ OIG Releases Report on the Department of Justice’s Efforts to Mitigate the Effects of Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance
  Court Blocks Trump’s White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
• United Kingdom: UK to review Chagos Islands deal over lack of US support
  UK Economic Growth Cooled, PMI Data Show
  
• India: Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly 2019 Easter Sunday bombings killing 279
  President Trump labels Artificial Intelligence ‘Super Intelligence’, stresses importance of winning AI race
  
• Germany: Anti-Immigration AfD Now The Most Popular Party In Key Western German State In A National Vote
  
  
• Japan: China’s Ministry of National Defense strongly urges Japan to explain accelerating remilitarization efforts
  Death toll from capsized ship in Indonesia rises to 26 as search continues for 109 missing passengers
  
• South Korea: Kim Jong Un Touts Hypersonic Missile Test: 'Incurable Headache' To Enemies
  
  
• Canada: President Trump says U.S. to continue buying Canadian potash — but wants cheaper price
  At U.N., PM Carney Lays Out a Broad Plan for a Divided World
  Canada's unions considering legal action to protect right to strike
• Australia: Australian PM says OpenAI hacked government health website
  
  
• South and Central America: Hurricane Polo Disrupts Mexican Ports, Puts Key Asia Trade Gateways At Risk
  Cuba walks out of UN General Assembly as President Trump says 'freedom will be coming'
  A Brazilian serial killer dressed as a woman, hid in the woods and was nicknamed 'mosquito'
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s trade surplus reaches $3.8bn despite export decline
  Jordan’s queen highlights plight of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons
  Saudi Arabia calls for more Islamic finance in Syria to help recovery
• Israel: Israel Election panel disqualifies all Arab parties, in move likely to be overturned; Balad leader also barred
  
  
• Turkey: Turkey will hand over key base in Iraq in a gradual troop withdrawal deal
  
  
• Continental Africa: In Red Sea Crisis, Somaliland Seizes Leverage For US Recognition
  Mass shooting in South Africa leaves 11 dead including a pregnant woman
  

• White House:
  White House Statement: White House App Hits No. 1 in News and Cracks App Store Top 20 as Americans Tune Out Fake News
  President Trump Delivers Powerful America First Message to the United Nations
  President Trump Inks Historic Arctic Security Agreement
• State Department:
  US Pledges Additional Life-Saving Health Assistance in Response to Ebola Outbreak
  The US Announces Civil Nuclear Initiatives on the Margins of the United Nations General Assembly
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Pentagon Unveils Battlefield Test to Ensure New Generals are Warfighters – not Washinton Bureaucrats
  Pentagon Showcases Dozens of Advanced Energy Projects
  America's Contingency Corps Trains Against Drone Threat, Prepares for Future Battlefields
• Justice (DOJ):
  US District Court Allows U.S. Government to Exchange Land with SpaceX in South Texas
  
  
• HHS:
  Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims
  Pennsylvania DOH reports measles cases rising to 792, with 97 in the last 7 days, 4 Deaths
  
• Senate:
  Texas Senator Ted Cruz rips 'right-wing socialism,' says GOP shouldn't be 'giving away free stuff' to buy votes
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Judge lifts Trump ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
  
  

• China Carmaker BYD continues to displace Volkswagon market share in European Sales
  
  

• FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real
  NASA Modernizes Commercial Airline Systems with 3 projects: Digital Taxi Information, Safe Taxiway, and Safe Runways
  Mercury Has Wrinkles That Show It's Shrinking. Now, Scientists Say the Planet Has Shriveled Far More Than Previously Thought

• Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon
  Wired: The Best Linux Laptops: System76, Framework, and More
  President Trump mandates AI will be renamed ‘Super Intelligence’ in all US documents

• Researchers in Turkey Have Unearthed an Ancient Fragment Inscribed With the World’s Oldest Peace Treaty
  An Otter Just Returned to New York City's Bronx River for the First Time in a Century. Now, You Can Help Name It
  

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