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• World at Large: Hungary to Amend Constitution to Remove President Sulyok
  France intercepts Russian-linked oil tanker in Atlantic
  Iran’s IRGC launches retaliatory strike after US attacks
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China
  President Donald Trump Says Iran Has Agreed To No Nuclear Weapons, Iran nuclear program
  Visiting Hours to Resume at NJ’s Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center After Protests
• China: China criticizes Czech Senate President's trip to Taiwan
  China Mine Collapse Kills Five, Days After Deadly Shanxi Blast
  
• Russia: Russia Report: What is known about France’s seizure of Tagor tanker in Atlantic Ocean
  Russia’s 2026 war budget deficit grows to $28 billion
  EU Weighs Temporary Freeze on Russia Oil Price Cap Over Iran
• United Kingdom: US says it struck Iranian radar sites as Kuwait reports missile and drone attacks
  Ministers braced as Mandelson document release will expose government working
  
• India: TDP leaders level land and forgery allegations against YSRCP’s Brahmanaidu
  
  
• France: France's Macron says French Navy boarded Russia-linked oil tanker | Reuters
  France requests emergency UN meeting amid Israeli advance in Lebanon
  
• Germany: 65,000 Small German Retail Stores Have Disappeared As Economic Downturn Hits Europe's 'Powerhouse'
  EU's last shipyard servicing Russian LNG fleet may repair 6 vessels before ban
  
• Japan: Philippines, Vietnam upgrade ties, say South China Sea peace 'non-negotiable'
  SoftBank overtakes Toyota as Japan’s most valuable company
  Severe tropical storm Jangmi nears southern Japan
• Italy: Italian and Brazilian authorities investigate possible Ebola cases as outbreak grows
  
  
• South Korea: South Korea, Japan discuss military-logistics support deal
  
  
• Canada: Trial begins for truck driver accused of smuggling $2.4M in cocaine into Canada in Home Depot boxes
  
  
• Australia: Australia's far-right party leads in national poll for first time
  US will send only used nuclear submarines to Australia under amended AUKUS defence deal
  
• South and Central America: Pro-Trump and leftist candidates head to presidential runoff in Colombia vote
  Five recover from Ebola - as Brazil investigates two suspected cases
  Ecuador accused of meddling in Colombian election with tariff vow
• Saudi Arabia Israel issues more displacement orders in Lebanon, seizes strategic castle
  
  
• Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators storm Israeli police station
  Israel Seizes Crusader Beaufort Castle, Marking Deepest Plunge Into Lebanon In Decades
  
• Continental Africa: Ruling party expected to triumph as Ethiopia votes
  Kenyan Court Rejects Plan For US Ebola Quarantine Center Amid Growing Outbreak
  

• White House:
  President Donald J. Trump Realigns U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries
  
  
• State Department:
  Iran’s president offers resignation, citing total takeover by IRGC commanders
  US to pull jets, destroyers and submarines from NATO as part of European drawdown
  Terrorist Designation of Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital - United States Department of State
• Dept of War (DoW):
  US Reports strke on Iranian radar sites as Kuwait reports missile and drone attacks
  U.S. Military Is Quietly Guiding Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz
  US general holds rare meeting with Cuban military officials near Guantanamo Bay
• House:
  U.S. support for Taiwan reaffirmed by members of Congress
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  U.S. Supreme Court settles water dispute over Rio Grande
  Justices validate arbitration exemption for “last-mile” drivers
  

• Nvidia jumps into PCs with new Arm-based chip debuting in laptops from Microsoft, Dell, HP
  Home sales are picking up in the places where buyers have options
  Exxon warns oil inventories will hit dangerously low levels due to Iran war

• Daily pill can double survival time for world’s deadliest cancer, trial shows
  DARPA XRQ-73 demonstrates hybrid-electric flight | DARPA
  

• Websites Can Now Spy on You Through Your Hard Drive
  Monolithic 3D Silicon Chips Achieve Near-Perfect Yields At Low Temperatures
  The End Of Digital Trust: How Quantum Computing Could Upend Security, Business, & Global Stability

• At Least 5 People Dead, 3 Missing After WWII-Era Bomb Explodes in Indonesia
  Mosquitoes can learn that DEET means dinner is served
  

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