The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Mount Etna LIVE: Eruption sparks volcano red alert in Sicily
  Deadly Russian Strikes Rock Kyiv on Eve of NATO Summit
  Funeral procession for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei under way
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: 'NATO 3.0': Defense spending pledges face the Trump test
  US marks 250th birthday with fireworks, flyovers and extreme weather
  Independence Day Parade in Washington DC Abruptly Canceled Due to Extreme Heat
• China: China missile test draws criticism from Australia, New Zealand, Japan
  
  
• Russia: Air defences fail to intercept any ballistic missiles as Ukraine calls for more Patriot means
  At Least Eleven Killed as Russian Missiles Once Again Rain Down on Kyiv
  Russian forces destroy Ukrainian military’s gas distribution station in Chernigov Region
• 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
  
• India: AFP confirms threat made against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
  
  
• France: Multicultural French Crowds Brawl Over Discount Air Conditioners As Heatwave Looms | ZeroHedge
  
  
• Japan: Philippine senator arrested for alleged large-scale corruption
  U.K., Italy and Japan award $6.14 billion contract to advance GCAP fighter jet
  
• Canada: Trump administration not meeting or strategizing with Alberta separatists
  
  
• Australia: Australia-Fiji Sign Security Deal, Expand China Containment
  
  
• South and Central America: Toll from Venezuela earthquakes rises to 3,342, more than 16K injured - UPI.com
  L.A. firefighters help rescue Venezuela quake victim buried for 8 days
  
• Saudi Arabia Cargo ship reportedly attacked in Red Sea off Yemen
  UKMTO reports attack on cargo vessel off Yemen's Red Sea coast
  
• Continental Africa: Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert
  How xenophobia went viral in South Africa
  

• White House:
  Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations
  Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the United States Secret Service
  CFPB Orders Remote Employees To Relocate To Washington Or Lose Jobs
• State Department:
  Secretary Rubio's Call with China's Director of the Office of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Treasury:
  U.S. Treasury Announces the Official Launch of Trump Accounts and Full Scope of the App
  
  
• HHS:
  Conservatives rage over Medicare re-funding of Planned Parenthood
  
  
• Senate:
  Mitch McConnell Health Questions Raise Kentucky Senate Succession Issues
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  US Supreme Court takes Orthodox Jew’s home-prayer case against Ohio city
  
  

• Lockheed Martin leading race for $3.5 billion purchase of naval defense firm Ultra Maritime
  FTC Floats AI Policy Aiming To Ensure That AI Makers Disclose The Truth About Biases In Their LLMs
  OPEC+ raises output levels again despite tumbling crude prices

• Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
  
  

• BMW Puts Next-Gen Humanoid Robots To Work On Factory Floors In South Carolina
  NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth
  

• 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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