The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: President Trump to Be Joined by CEOs at Chairman Xi Summit in China
  Russia Reports: Iran’s Health Ministry reveals death toll from US-Israeli strikes
  Iran Specifies 5 Demands To Restart Peace Talks With US
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Two Critically Injured After Gunman, With Known Deadly Violent History, Permitted to Fire Into Traffic in Cambridge Ma.
  Indian operator, employee charged in Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy
  Amid war with Iran, President Trump pushes for federal gas tax suspension
• China: Alibaba's core profit plunges 84% even as AI and cloud growth accelerate
  UK Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Spying Allegation
  China should stop hoarding food and fertiliser, says former World Bank chief
• Russia: Russian drone attacks kill nine in Ukraine after ceasefire expires
  Russia Successfully Tests Troubled SATAN II, Will Enter Combat By Year's End
  Ukraine hits Russia's energy targets after US-brokered ceasefire ends
• United Kingdom: King Charles III will lay out UK government agenda as Starmer's job hangs in the balance
  Starmer faces calls to step down as UK prime minister | AP News
  Jamie Dimon warns JP Morgan may rethink new London office if 'very smart' Starmer is ousted as UK PM
• India: India More Than Doubles Gold, Silver Tariffs To Defend Crashing Rupee
  India Rejects Russian LNG Under Sanctions
  Opposition leaders lauds Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s order to close 717 TASMAC shops
• France: France intensifies hantavirus surveillance as 22 contact cases identified
  EU Targets France's Jordan Bardella With Fraud Probe As His Anti-Migration Party Surges In The Polls
  
• Germany: Report Exposes Shocking Explosion In EU Sex Crimes - tie directly into the migration crisis that began in 2015 under Angela Merkel
  12 hospital workers quarantined after faulty procedure treating hantavirus patient
  
• Japan: WHO apparent defers to China: Taiwan says no invitation received for WHO assembly
  'Robot wolves' in high demand to scare off bears in Japan
  Tokyo court rejects refugee's bid for naturalization over limited Japanese skills
• Canada: Zelenskyy says Ukraine working on military ‘drone deal’ with Canada
  Ontario auditor general to release report into government use of artificial intelligence
  
• Australia: Hantavirus latest: We expect more cases, warns world health chief
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Exclusive: Saudi Arabia launched covert attacks on Iran as regional war widened
  100 million barrels lost every week Strait of Hormuz is shut, Saudi Aramco CEO says
  
• Israel: At least eight killed in Israeli drone strikes on highway south of Beirut
  US ambassador to Israel says Israel sent Iron Dome batteries, personnel to UAE to defend country
  
• Continental Africa: Sudan drone strikes killed at least 880 civilians between January and April, UN says
  Uganda's longtime president sworn in for another term as his son emerges as de facto ruler
  France’s Macron announces $27bn investment in Africa at Kenya summit

• White House:
  White House draws a line on housing bill - insists on limiting Wall Street Buying of Single Family Homes
  President Trump Weighs Two Iran War Options With Ceasefire "On Massive Life Support"
  Congressional Bills signed into law: S. 98 Rural Broadband Protection Act and S. 1020 for FERC to extend construction deadlines for certain hydropower projects
• State Department:
  State Department says it refuses to support UN migration declaration
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Ukraine, U.S. Draft Defense Deal To Supercharge America's Kamikaze Drone Production
  5 US bases selected for anti-drone pilot program
  Marines expand Arctic footprint with new Alaska rotation
• Justice (DOJ):
  Mexican National Sentenced to Prison in Vast Alien Smuggling Conspiracy
  Justice Department Secures $30M Settlement with PayPal Over Unlawful DEI Investment Program
  
• DHS:
  Trump Administration Launches Moms.Gov for New and Expecting Mothers
  ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Alien in Texas Convicted of Attempted Murder of Police Officer
  Exclusive: CIA escalates secret war on cartels with deadly operations inside Mexico
• HHS:
  FDA chief resigns with speculation due to forced approval of fruity e-cigs
  
  
• DOT:
  US Celebrates United's First Flight to Venezuela in Eight Years
  Dept of Transportation Completes Phase One Overhaul of Critical Pilot Alert System Ahead of Schedule
  
• Senate:
  Senate Republicans warn Trump against Cuba military attack
  
  
• House:
  Tennessee Democrats stripped of House committee seats over redistricting protests
  Jeffries Calls On Half-Dozen Democratic States To Start 'Aggressive' Redistricting
  
• Supreme Court:
  Supreme Court Continues Access to Abortion Pill by Mail, for a Few Days
  
  

• The Stock Market Sounds an Alarm as Investors Get Inflation Driven Interest Hike Warning From the Federal Reserve
  SpaceX, Google Eye Orbital Data Centers As Small-Town Resistance Grows
  World Bank sees Pacific growth slowing to 2.8% in 2026 | DD News

• Hantavirus: How was ‘patient zero’ infected?
  NASA Just Uploaded More Than 12,000 Stunning Photos From the Artemis 2 Mission
  A 4,000-year-old object stored in Denmark may preserve one of humanity’s earliest written traces of everyday administration

• OpenAI launches professional services business with $4B investment
  Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks
  

• Series of tremors near Tehran renews concerns over major quake risk
  Rare 11,000-carat ruby found in Myanmar's conflict-hit Mogok
  

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