The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Iran military warns of ‘surprising’ methods of warfare if attacked again
  WHO tracing over 80 people on flight taken by hantavirus victim
  Spain’s Canary Islands brace for incoming hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Libya’s Zawiya refinery resumes full operations
  Frontier Jet Hits Person on Runway During Takeoff at Denver Airport
  Another Refinery Explodes: Reformer heater explodes at (already damaged) Louisiana refinery
• China: China Issues Historic Counter-Sanctions Order Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit
  China gives suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers
  
• Russia: Airports in Southern Russia Paralyzed After Ukrainian Drone Hits Air Traffic Control Center - The Moscow Times
  Khrunichev Center begins production of three Angara-A5M rockets for launching ROS modules
  Russia To Host High-Level CSTO Meeting Amid Alliance Tensions
• United Kingdom: Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow
  
  
• India: Air India to Cut Costs, Reduce Flights as War Worsens Financial Struggles
  
  
• France: Elon Musk faces criminal probe in France after ignoring summons in X case
  
  
• Germany: Germany news: Exports jump higher than expected
  The US is no longer the leader: Germany has become the largest ammunition producer in the world
  
• Japan: Multiple hikers killed, others rescued after volcano erupts in Indonesia
  Japan is deploying ultra-cheap cardboard drones built for swarm warfare and expendable combat missions — $2,000 expendable combat drones
  Japan Parade cultural promotion event held in N.Y.
• Spain: Spain tests suspected hantavirus case in Alicante
  
  
• Italy: Italy's leaders hail Pope Leo as voice for peace on his first anniversary
  
  
• South Korea: Seoul, Washington sign MOU on shipbuilding cooperation
  
  
• Canada: Canada’s Housing Bubble Pops… And The “5-Year Time Bomb” Is Just Ticking
  Canadian Feds greenlight $673 million to keep Canada Post afloat this year
  
• Australia: Australia readies to repatriate citizens aboard virus-plagued cruise ship
  
  
• South and Central America: President Donald Trump claimed this week that the U.S. will be taking over Cuba almost immediately
  The US has removed enriched uranium from Venezuela
  
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Aramco Q1 profit jumps 26% as key pipeline reaches capacity amid Iran war
  South Africa’s highest court revives impeachment proceedings against the president Cyril Ramaphosa
  
• Israel: Israeli settlers set fire to homes and cars in violent West Bank raids
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump Congratulates Incoming Iraqi Leader, Who Moves To Disarm Pro-Iran Militias
  JOBS REPORT: Trump Economy Roars Ahead with Big Private Sector Job Gains
  President Trump announces 3-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia
• State Department:
  Italy PM Meloni meets Sec Rubio at premier's office in Rome
  Sec Rubio defends new US sanctions on Cuba, targeting military-run conglomerate
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  U.S. says it struck two Iran-flagged oil tankers trying to skirt blockade
  Forging Tactical Readiness During Iron Ascent
  Blount Island Command's Ship-to-Shore Operations Reinforces Southcom Readiness
• Justice (DOJ):
  UCLA Med School Illegally Using Race In Admissions: DOJ
  Thailand Possible Hub In Nvidia Chip-Smuggling Channel To Alibaba
  
• Treasury:
  We're "Ending The Days Of Hiding Fraud": Bessent Goes After Dark Money In Nonprofits
  
  
• HHS:
  Moderna flags work on hantavirus vaccines before cruise outbreak
  
  
• Energy:
  Cameco Sees As Many As 20 AP1000 Nuclear Reactors On The Horizon
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Alabama asks Supreme Court to clear the way for it to use congressional map struck as diluting Black votes
  
  

• Aramco CEO Warns of Long Oil Market Disruption as Profit Jumps
  Traders Puzzled As Physical Oil Prices Tumble Amid Surging Chinese Crude Sales, Plunging Imports
  

• Houston prepares for 2026 FIFA World Cup with massive NRG Stadium turf transformation
  
  

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