The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: More than 500 missing after two refugee boats vanish off Myanmar coast
  Ukrainians take to the streets after Zelenskyy ousts defense minister in surprise shake-up
  China’s economy grows at 4.3%, one of its lowest rates on record
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Hundreds of Canada wildfires prompt US air quality alerts as smoke spreads south
  US Vice President Vance: Epstein had connections to US, Israeli intelligence
  US President Trump threatens to bomb bridges and power plants unless Iran resumes talks
• China: China’s imports from Africa surge after Beijing expands zero-tariff policy
  China detains nuclea-event seismologist on spying charge
  China's Mass Production Of Dual-Use Drone Engines Fuels A Global Proliferation Crisis
• Russia: Russian and Ukrainian Attacks Kill at Least 13, Officials Say
  Satellite Photos Suggest Russia Striped Arctic Air Defenses As Ukraine War Strains Military
  Upgraded AK-12 assault rifle successfully completes scheduled tests
• United Kingdom: British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply
  UK Adopts 'No Gain, No Loss' Tax Treatment For Crypto Lending And Liquidity Pools
  Crowds cross between Spain and Gibraltar following UK-EU treaty
• India: Files relating to India’s largest nuclear power plant exposed in data breach
  CBI arrests MD of Bengaluru-based Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited for taking bribe of ₹5 lakh
  India-UK trade pact takes effect, promising tariff cuts and services boost
• Germany: Germany's Merz receives death threat from Iranian newspaper
  Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act
  
• Japan: Japan watching 'with concern' U.S. campaign to disable ICC
  
  
• Italy: Former Italian motorway chief sentenced over bridge collapse
  
  
• Canada: Canada joins summit targeting left-wing terrorism
  U.S. lawmakers press Canada on wildfires as Carney defends environmental record
  Canada will not share bridge tolls with US until Canada's Investment repaid, Carney says
• Australia: Fears for New Zealand’s native species as first bird flu case emerges
  Australia to establish government AI office, curb data centres' water use
  
• South and Central America: A Japanese Study Warned Chávez About the Earthquake Risks
  El Salvador puts nearly 500 alleged MS-13 gangsters on mass trial
  Trump Administration to Impose New Tariffs on Brazil
• Saudi Arabia Iran: Bridge connecting Bandar Abbas to Shiraz attacked
  
  
• Israel: Ben-Gurion Airport parking crises continues as US unable to move tanker aircraft
  
  
• Continental Africa: U.S. Withdrawal Of Support Puts Somalia Peacekeeping Mission At Risk – The Organization for World Peace
  WHO: Ebola spreading faster than ever recorded in DR Congo | Ebola | Al Jazeera
  Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700

• White House:
  White House Launches Gold Eagle Initiative for Unprecedented Cybersecurity Vulnerability Coordination
  
  
• State Department:
  Secy. Marco Rubio Hosts Summit on Political Terrorism
  Schedule - The Summit for Democracy - United States Department of State
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  US Launches 6th Consecutive Night Of Strikes On Iran Amid Threats Of "Infrastructure For Infrastructure" War
  U.S. Forces Continue Providing Disaster Relief Assistance in Venezuela
  US strikes hit northern Iran as it disables ship
• Justice (DOJ):
  Cybercrime: US indicts Russians alleged to be at center of major cybercrime network
  
  
• DHS:
  #ICE suspends traffic stop operations after second fatal #shooting
  
  
• House:
  Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Trump administration asks justices to have lower court reconsider protected status for Venezuelan and Haitian nationals
  
  

• Cameco And Brookfield Positioned To Lead New Jersey's $24 Billion Nuclear Build Out
  US wireless carrier Verizon to sell 274 stores, lay off another 500 corporate employees
  BlackRock profits jump as assets under management hit a record $15 trillion

• NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation
  
  
• SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Launch Scrubbed At The Last Second
  Europe’s coal mines say they slashed emissions. Experts don’t believe them.
  

• Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time Ever
  Mid Atlantic PJM Reports Largest US Power Grid Is 6.8 Gigawatts Short To Ensure Reliability On Historic Data Center Boom
  

• Scientists Ranked Hundreds of Spider Species by Running Speed. Australia's Huge, Hairy Brown Huntsman Came Out on Top
  
  

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