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• World at Large: Iran Attacks five Gulf nations, Shuts Hormuz after US retaliation for Iran Attack on Ships
  US Secretary Rubio invites India, 60 nations to summit on 'far-left terrorism'
  US demands immediate inspections of Sudan's chemical weapons and warns of consequences
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, Dies at 71 after sudden illness
  State Department Blocks NYC Official's Meeting with Iran UN Ambassador
  US citizen working in Democratic Republic of Congo tests positive for Ebola
• China: Typhoon Bavi Weakens as Heavy Rain Spreads Across China
  Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in China as about 2 million people take shelter
  China Shuts The Helium Valve As Qatar Outage Deepens Global Supply Squeeze
• Russia: Russia Reports: Russian air defenses shoot down 585 Kiev forces’ UAVs over past day
  Ukraine Reports: Ukrainian Forces Strike Syzran Oil Refinery, 10 Tankers and 4 Ferries
  Russia restricts use of foreign SIM cards, blocking censorship circumvention and Ukrainian drone navigation
• United Kingdom: Man arrested in South Yorkshire on suspicion of Ann Widdecombe murder
  
  
• India: Floods in Bangladesh kill 44, leave over a million stranded
  UN Urges Pakistan To Halt Forced Deportations Of Afghans
  India, NZ Plan Strategic Partnership Including Maritime Security
• Germany: BMW Warns of Unauthorized Production of Bootleg BMW Cars in Russia
  
  
• Japan: JAXA: Experimental reusable rocket lands as planned | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
  Japan weighing AI agents for understaffed local governments
  Typhoon Bavi lashes Japan’s southern islands as China evacuates 600,000
• Canada: US, Canada strike deal on tolls to let new bridge open on July 27
  2 dead, 4 injured after ‘exchange of gunfire’ in the middle of Toronto street festival
  
• South and Central America: Venezuela quakes have killed 4,333, injured 16,740, National Assembly president says
  
  

• White House:
  Top Iranian officials admitted to the supreme leader that the U.S. naval blockade was crushing the economy, report says, as Trump eyes reimposing it
  WhiteHouse Statement: Minnesota Democrats Pardoned a Convicted Child Rapist. President Trump Deported Him.
  Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Adjusts Imports of Commercial Aircraft, Jet Engines, and Aircraft and Engine Parts into the United States
• State Department:
  U.S. Squeezes Iran's Regime Financiers and Shadow Banking Networks
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  US CENTCOM completes third round of strikes on Iran
  Department of War Establishes the Directed Energy Bio-Effects Cross-Functional Team, Delivering First HAVANA Act Payments"
  Alaska National Guard Rescues 4 People in 2 Days
• Justice (DOJ):
  White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving NY Times Reporting
  Founder/CEO of Digital Health Company Sentenced to 8 years for $90 Million Scheme to Distribute over 37 Million Adderall Pills
  
• DHS:
  DHS Requires States to Adopt Common-Sense Election Security Measures Before Receiving Federal Funds
  NYT: ICE Killing in Houston Puts Focus on Surge in Immigration Arrests
  U.S. deports Hmong man who was pardoned by Minnesota officials
• Senate:
  In Passing, US Sen Lindsey Graham Draws Tributes for His Support of Ukraine, Trans-Atlantic Ties and Israel
  US Senator Lindsey Graham: President Trump ally dies day after visiting Kyiv
  
• Supreme Court:
  Fifth Circuit Rules Against In-State Tuition For Illegal Aliens
  
  

• Apple sues OpenAI for alleged theft of confidential info — and says that’s just ‘the tip of the iceberg’
  AstraZeneca's trial flop raises a bigger question: Is its pipeline premium becoming more vulnerable?
  

• Quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor
  Cases of a Parasitic Infection That Can Cause Diarrhea for Weeks Are Rapidly Rising in the U.S. Here's What to Know
  

• El Niño Is Already Wreaking Havoc on Pacific Fisheries
  US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals
  

• Japan, Cambodia share demining know-how to world as landmines remain threat
  Snake hunters gather in Florida to kill invasive pythons for $25,000 in prizes
  

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