The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: BRICS foreign ministers meet in India as Iran war, oil prices and divisions test the bloc's unity
  Russia fires about 800 drones at Ukraine despite recent talk by Putin and Trump of possible peace
  Latvian Prime Minister steps down over Ukrainian drone targeting Russia hits Latvian Oil Storage
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: Chairman Xi warns President Trump of ‘clashes and even conflicts’ with US over Taiwan
  Alibaba's core profit plunges 84% even as AI and cloud growth accelerate
  
• Russia: Russia pummels Ukraine, hitting regions far from the front lines
  Russian drone attacks kill nine in Ukraine after ceasefire expires
  Russia Successfully Tests Troubled SATAN II, Will Enter Combat By Year's End
• United Kingdom: UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigns from government
  UK economy sees surprise growth in March despite Iran war
  King Charles III will lay out UK government agenda as Starmer's job hangs in the balance
• India: Kerala politics LIVE: Congress CM-designate Satheesan praises fellow candidates Chennithala and Venugopal in UDF's 'historic win'
  Over 100 killed as storm hits India's Uttar Pradesh state
  India More Than Doubles Gold, Silver Tariffs To Defend Crashing Rupee
• France: "It's Either Us Or Them': Far-Left French Mayor Calls For Insurrection If Conservatives Win Presidential Election
  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
  
  
• Japan: 'Robot wolves' in high demand to scare off bears in Japan
  
  
• Canada: Zelenskyy says Ukraine working on military ‘drone deal’ with Canada
  
  
• South and Central America: Cuba says it has completely run out of fuel, blames U.S. embargo
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Exclusive: Saudi Arabia launched covert attacks on Iran as regional war widened
  
  
• Israel: Israeli Airstrikes On Beirut Highway kills Eight
  At least eight killed in Israeli drone strikes on highway south of Beirut
  

• White House:
  President Trump’s Unwavering Support for Law Enforcement is Making America Safe Again
  White House draws a line on housing bill - insists on limiting Wall Street Buying of Single Family Homes
  
• State Department:
  United States Pledges Additional $1.8 Billion in Life-Saving Humanitarian Funding to OCHA’s Humanitarian Reset & Shares Powerful Results from the Trump Administration’s UN Humanitarian Reform Agreement - United States Department of State
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  US Army cancels deployment of 4,000 soldiers to Poland
  Defense analyst says Iran's Ghadir-class subs pose limited threat to US Navy
  Ukraine, U.S. Draft Defense Deal To Supercharge America's Kamikaze Drone Production
• 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:
  Border Patrol chief resigns in latest DHS leadership shake-up
  Trump Administration Launches Moms.Gov for New and Expecting Mothers
  ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Alien in Texas Convicted of Attempted Murder of Police Officer
• 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
  
• House:
  Tennessee Democrats stripped of House committee seats over redistricting protests
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  US Supreme Court rules the regulation of motor carrier safety will be via state court decisions instead of national
  
  

• Europe's Dependence On US LNG Set To Surge
  U.S. clears H200 chip sales to 10 China firms as Nvidia CEO looks for breakthrough
  Indian air taxi maker on expansion mode, scouts for investors to raise ₹200 crore

• 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
• Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed
  Scientists Intentionally Trigger 8,000 Earthquakes Deep Beneath Swiss Alps
  

• Series of tremors near Tehran renews concerns over major quake risk
  
  

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