The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Chinese brace for fallout from Super Typhoon Bavi, a storm 850 times the size of Hong Kong
  Russia has found way to jam Starlink and take down Ukraine's drones - Euromaidan Press
  EU Mandates Dystopian In-Car Cameras To Monitor Every Driver's Face
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Summer Heat Brings Rampant Cyclospora Diarrhea Outbreak Cases Toping 1,000 in Michigan and Ohio
  US DOJ Warns State Election Officials Can Be Charged Over Noncitizen Voting
  New Strikes On Iran Significantly Stronger Than Earlier Attacks, As IRGC Targets US Navy Warships
• China: Batanes belongs to China through Taiwan, Chinese academics claim
  28 people injured after bus crashes into building in Maryland: Authorities - ABC News
  
• Russia: Ukraine Reports: Crimea Fuel Crisis Deepens as Ukraine Hits Russian Supply Lines
  Hungary’s president rejects constitutional amendment allowing his removal from office
  Ukraine hits 21 Russian cargo and tanker ships within 72 hours
• United Kingdom: Türkiye, UK forge new defence pact at NATO summit in Ankara
  
  
• India: Australia signs a deal to export uranium to India
  
  
• Germany: Merz: Germany agreed to buy Tomahawk missiles at NATO summit
  After Worldcup Savage Attack Sweden's MEP Forces EU To Address Wave Of Savage Migrant Attacks Throughout Europe
  
• Japan: Preserving Japan's Aviation Heritage: Yokota Air Base Returns Historic Aircraft Artifacts
  World’s first fully sealed vertical-farming facility opens in Tokyo
  ANA opens Hokkaido facility to ensure continuity in event of disaster
• Spain: US President Trump orders halt to US trade with Spain over NATO spending, Iran
  Almost 1.2 million of Spain's undocumented migrants apply for regularisation
  Spain Reports 70% Of Tested 'Unaccompanied Minor' Immigrants Are Actually Adults
• Canada: Canada Considered Suing Citizens Over "False And Misleading" Social Media Posts
  
  
• Australia: World-First Pay Standards for Food Delivery Workers
  
  
• South and Central America: Trauma and Mourning Come Before Politics After Venezuela’s Quakes
  Between Graves and Uncertainty: the Management of the Dead After Venezuela’s Quakes
  
• Turkey: Trump Signals Willingness To Sell Turkey F-35 Jets Despite Loud Netanyahu Protests
  
  
• Continental Africa: Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected province
  
  

• White House:
  White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Historic Defense Investment from NATO Allies
  Prsident Trump approves license for Ukraine to Product Patriot Missile Systems
  
• State Department:
  The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea Sign a Trilateral Memorandum of Cooperation on Small Modular Reactor Deployments in Other Countries - United States Department of State
  US State Department Official Response: China Launches Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile into Pacific Ocean
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  621st Contingency Response Wing Responds to Accelerate Earthquake Disaster Relief in Venezuela
  US Navy Awards Production Contract for Hypersonic (3,800 MPH)-Speeding Blackbeard Missile
  US Military Races To Harden Strategic Nuclear Bases With Counter-Drone AI Shield
• House:
  Forbes: AI Policy Questions That Congressional Lawmakers Should Know And Be Prepared To Discuss
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  U.S. Supreme Court again un-obstructs Texas election law thwarting another Fifth Circuit Political Powerplay
  
  

• Oil Prices Jump After Trump Says Deal With Iran Is ‘Over’
  US Bitcoin Reserve Stalls As Treasury And Commerce Vie For Control
  Dow Jones Futures Tumble, Oil Prices Soar As Trump Says U.S.-Iran Ceasefire 'Over'

• Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%
  Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan
  A Pair of 2,000-Year-Old Gold Rings, One Engraved With Indian Script, Was Discovered in an Iron Age Burial Ground in Thailand

• Meta to build data centre in Alberta, its first in Canada
  Study Finds Self-Driving Cars Crash More Often, But Cause Far Fewer Injuries
  Meta is reportedly working on smart glasses that would be recording all the time

• Tourist Nightmare: Toxic "Bone-Cutting" Fish Invades Mediterranean Beaches
  Revolutionary War Cannons Hidden For 240 Years Go On Display
  

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