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• World at Large: OPEC+ Ratifies Planned Oil Quota Hike as Gulf Flows Rebound
  Canada Seizes 7 Tons Of Drugs, Fentanyl Chemicals, And Signal Jammers In China-Linked Narco Bust
  Ebola death toll in DR Congo exceeds 490 — authorities
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: US marks 250th birthday with fireworks, flyovers and extreme weather
  Independence Day Parade in Washington DC Abruptly Canceled Due to Extreme Heat
  250th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
• China: China says talks with EU planned as two sides seek better balance
  China launches coast guard patrol east of Taiwan despite international pushback
  Alibaba Bans Employees From Using Anthropic's Coding Tool Over Distillation Scandal
• Russia: Russian forces destroy Ukrainian military’s gas distribution station in Chernigov Region
  Russian forces destroy Ukrainian army cargo train in Chernigov Region — top brass
  President Putin's yacht headed north to the Kola Peninsula under warship escort
• United Kingdom: Reform UK’s Farage failed to disclose funds from convicted criminal: Report
  British Navy Decommissioned Nine Ships in Two Years, Replacements Not Expected Until the 2030s–2040s
  
• France: Multicultural French Crowds Brawl Over Discount Air Conditioners As Heatwave Looms | ZeroHedge
  
  
• Japan: U.K., Italy and Japan award $6.14 billion contract to advance GCAP fighter jet
  Japan Cuts Gas in Favor of Coal as Hormuz Disruption Chokes LNG
  China warns against Japan-India economic security agreement
• Canada: Iran may have ‘directed’ recent attacks in Canada, intelligence report says
  
  
• Australia: Bird flu kills 13,000 seal pups on remote Australian island
  Breaking: First case of deadly H5N1 bird flu confirmed in NSW
  
• South and Central America: L.A. firefighters help rescue Venezuela quake victim buried for 8 days
  
  
• Saudi Arabia UKMTO reports attack on cargo vessel off Yemen's Red Sea coast
  Saudi Delegation Makes Unexpected Appearance In Tehran For Start Of Ayatollah's Funeral
  
• Continental Africa: Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert
  How xenophobia went viral in South Africa
  WHO says 120 dead in Sudan's latest cholera outbreak

• White House:
  CFPB Orders Remote Employees To Relocate To Washington Or Lose Jobs
  One Year Later: President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts Are Delivering for American Workers
  
• State Department:
  Release of Special Passport to Commemorate America's 250th Anniversary - United States Department of State
  United States and Tanzania Advance Global Fight Against Infectious Diseases Through Bilateral Health Memorandum of Understanding - United States Department of State
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  President, Vice President Address Nation in Celebration of America's 250th Birthday
  Ukraine Reveals Secret US Harpoon Missile System Guarding the Black Sea for the First Time
  
• Justice (DOJ):
  Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations
  Kash Patel details Operation New Dawn with 305 arrests in Chicago
  
• Supreme Court:
  US Supreme Court to hear University Heights religious rights case
  
  

• Tesla’s strong Q2 deliveries lift Chinese supplier shares
  
  

• Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
  Scientists Say They've Made Cells That Feed, Grow and Reproduce, Bringing Them One Step Closer to Building Life From Scratch
  

• BMW Puts Next-Gen Humanoid Robots To Work On Factory Floors In South Carolina
  Claims China-Linked Socialist NGO Derailed $23.6 Billion In Data Center Buildouts while China Builds Competing Infrastructure
  India investigating Tata data leak that exposed Apple iPhone secrets

• The American revolutionaries who popularized science in the early United States
  Young humpback whale freed from a death trap in Alaska
  

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