The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: US military reports: 'self-defense' strikes in Iran, including on missile launch sites
  US jets strike IRGC boats near Bandar Abbas
  Pope Leo encyclical warns AI fueling conflict, urges world to ‘slow down’
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Garden Grove Chemical Tank Evacuations Partially Lifted, 16K Still Evacuated
  Iran and US play down hopes for imminent breakthrough in war
  US Senate Republicans Cast Doubt on a Potential Peace Deal With Iran
• China: China, Pakistan leaders hold talks on Iran
  China Begins Flooding The Market With DRAM And NAND Memory Chips
  China Shuts down offshore stock trading channels
• Russia: Russia warns foreigners to leave Kyiv as it prepares ‘systematic strikes’
  Ukraine: Russia Illegally Seizing Property in Occupied Areas
  'Damage in every district of Kyiv' — Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack kills 4, injures 100
• United Kingdom: Several killed as train and school bus collide in Belgium, local media report
  Britain's Navy Minesweeper Docked At Gateway To Mediterranean For Hormuz Mission
  Britain prepares mine-clearing operation for Strait of Hormuz
• India: India, Russia hold high-level Army talks to bolster military cooperation
  At least 24 killed in Pakistan train blast claimed by separatist militants
  
• France: ‘Massive’ child abuse scandal in France as school staff investigated for violence and sexual assault
  
  
• Japan: Japan Slips to World’s No. 3 Creditor Behind Germany, China
  Death toll rises to four in Philippines building collapse; 17 missing
  Taiwan tracks second Chinese ’combat’ patrol in a week, sends ships and jets to monitor
• Canada: Carney calls Smith's Alberta separatist referendum question a 'dangerous bluff'
  S. Korean submarine arrives in Canada amid Seoul's bid for US$39.6 bln Canadian submarine deal
  
• Australia: Vivid Sydney drone shows cancelled for now after malfunction saw 89 drones fall into the harbour
  Mark Carney warns Alberta separatists of Brexit-style regret
  Thousands left without power in Melbourne CBD after local outage
• South and Central America: Drone attacks raise fears as Colombians vote to elect a new president
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will intensify strikes against Hezbollah
  
  
• Turkey: Aegean tension as Turkish warplanes violate Greek airspace | eKathimerini.com
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump proposes options for Iran's enriched uranium stockpile
  President Trump Indicates He'll Sign Bill Making Daylight Saving Time Permanent
  Memorial Day, 2026
• State Department:
  Russia tells Marco Rubio U.S. citizens should leave Kyiv ahead of 'systematic' strikes on Ukrainian capital
  Secretary Rubio says US-Iran peace deal could take ‘a few more days’
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  US Air Force looks to convert offshore oil rigs into rocket recovery platforms
  Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Reports UN funding crisis causing peacekeeping troop numbers fall to lowest in at least 25 years
  
• House:
  Rep. Brandon Gill Vows Accountability as Oversight Committee Task Force Launches Investigation into Ohio Medicaid Fraud
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Emergency Request from Georgia Supreme Court Candidates to Block Ethics Complaints on Abortion Statements
  
  

• Taiwan Overtakes India in Stock Market Value to Become Fifth Largest in World
  China’s hidden reserves may be the reason why oil prices haven’t exploded even higher
  EU plans to fine Google high triple-digit million euro sum

• Scientists are using cholesterol to fight cancer
  Pope Leo says we must "disarm" AI
  NASA Rover Gets Arm Stuck Inside Mars Rock, Struggles to Break Free
• Scientists discover atoms suddenly spinning backward in quantum experiment
  Scientists discover the oldest wooden tools ever used by humans
  

• Pope Leo Targets AI Threats in Unprecedented Message to Governments and Big Tech
  Sun Suddenly Blasts Powerful Radio Transmission for 19 Continuous Days
  Scientists just sent unhackable quantum keys across 120 kilometers

• Finland-Sweden rail link set to open in August
  New Jersey Family Members Forced to Fight Off Angry, Rabid Beaver That Charged Boy, 8, Sending Him to the Hospital
  

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