The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Cuba's electric grid collapses, leaving millions without power
  Breaking: Ukrainian prosecutors confirm Monaco bomb suspect found dead
  Qatari LNG Tanker Hit By Iranian Missile In Hormuz Chokepoint
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: President Trump arrives in Turkey as NATO is strained by Russian attacks
  'NATO 3.0': Defense spending pledges face the Trump test
  
• China: Severe storms in China bring tornadoes and landslides that have killed 15 people
  China floods: 900 snakes escape snake farm amid historic rainfall and rare tornadoes
  China missile test draws criticism from Australia, New Zealand, Japan
• Russia: Ukraine General Staff Reports Russia has lost 1,274,990 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
  Wanted Monaco bomb suspect found dead near Kyiv
  Russia's Oil Windfall Vanishes As Urals Crashes To $42 A Barrel
• United Kingdom: Russian Tu-142 Bear Drops Sonobuoys During Close Encounter With British Carrier
  
  
• India: AFP confirms threat made against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
  
  
• France: Explosions rock Syria's capital as French President Macron visits
  French court upholds Le Pen's fraud conviction, threatening her 2027 presidential hopes
  
• Germany: Germany Recorded Over 5,000 Excess Deaths During Late-June Heat Wave
  Lithuania To Lift Ban On Nuclear Weapons, Following Finland
  
• Japan: Philippine senator arrested for alleged large-scale corruption
  Japanese executives accused of bribing Cambodian government worker
  
• Canada: Alberta, Ontario propose new pipeline in bid to boost Canada’s energy independence
  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
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Cargo ship reportedly attacked in Red Sea off Yemen
  Hamas Announces Dissolution Of Gaza Government, But Israel Warns It's A Sham
  
• Turkey: President Expected to Announce Restoration of Turkey’s Access to U.S. F-35 Stealth Fighters
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump Rings in Trump Accounts with Historic Opening Bell Ceremony from the Oval Office
  Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations
  Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the United States Secret Service
• 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):
  The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine
  
  
• Justice (DOJ):
  CIA Investigated Officers For Espionage Over Not Taking COVID-19 Vaccine: Lawsuit
  
  
• 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
  
  
• DOT:
  US agencies have seized more than 600 drones near World Cup sites
  
  
• 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
  
  

• Oil prices rise after report of Iranian attack on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz
  Coffee Shorts Get Roasted As Arabica Stages Biggest Jump Since Dot-Com
  Lockheed Martin leading race for $3.5 billion purchase of naval defense firm Ultra Maritime

• Manslaughter Charges Filed Following Fatal Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) Crash
  
  

• Moscow Zoo holds talks with China to keep panda Katyusha
  
  

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