The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Russia pounds Kyiv in major ballistic missile attack
  Gulf States Share Modest Proposal for the Strait Dispute
  Caspian Pipeline Consortium Halts Loadings After Drone Strike
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: U.S. says it targeted Iranian forces after attacks that killed two American service members
  US military says it completed latest strikes on Iran, marking 7th consecutive night of attacks
  Wyoming Air Guardsmen Activate for Wildland Firefighting in Western U.S.
• China: Huge landslide in southwest China buries homes and force more than 1,000 to evacuate
  Chairman Xi offers China as AI partner to developing world, warns against risks and security overreach
  Philippines condemns monkey video on Chinese media as racist
• Russia: Russian armed forces liberate Volnoye in Dnepropetrovsk region
  53 people rescued from wrecked ferry off coast of Guyana — ministry
  Ukraine loses military hardware, robotic systems and troops near Konstantinovka
• United Kingdom: Populist Nigel Farage to stand against ‘record’ 33 candidates in UK by-election he triggered
  UK pledges to strengthen oversight of MI5 spy agency
  Digital ID plan to be scrapped for UK in Burnham's first major policy pledge
• India: India successfully launches nation's first private orbital rocket
  
  
• Germany: Telex: Hungarian president signs amendment to Fundamental Law ending his mandate
  
  
• Japan: "Just The Beginning": Japan Buys Billions In Nvidia Rubin Chips To Power Humanoid Robots
  Taiwan President Lai Ching-te: Democratic Taiwan must not become ‘China’s Taiwan
  India successfully launches first private orbital rocket
• South Korea: South Korea's LIG D&A Unveils KF-21 "Total Missile Package" — A $2.8 Billion Bid to End Dependence on European Missiles
  South Korea Details Plan for Foreigners to Trade Won Easier
  
• South and Central America: What We Know About Material Damage After the Venezuela Earthquakes
  Crane in Chile collapses on five houses during strong winds
  Venezuela earthquake death toll exceeds 5,000 as IMF releases funds
• Israel: Israeli ministers announce plans for new settlements in Gaza and West Bank
  Israel Advances Plan For Palestinian Prisons With Crocodile-Filled Moats
  
• Continental Africa: Child Malnutrition Surges in Africa
  
  

• White House:
  White House: President Trump Declassifies Intel on Foreign Election Interference and Deep State Coverup
  Lebanon's Aoun to present Hezbollah disarmament plan to President Donald Trump
  White House Reports: President Trump Exposes Bombshell Evidence of Foreign Election Interference and Deep State Suppression
• State Department:
  Visa Restriction Policy Targeting Far-Left Terrorist and Other Aligned Groups - United States Department of State
  US Urges Americans To Reconsider Middle East Travel As Iran Strikes Gulf States
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  U.S., Canadian, Thai Navies Sharpen Maritime Capabilities During Exercise CARAT Thailand
  
  
• Commerce:
  President Trump calls for revocation of ABC, NBC licenses for not transmitting speech on US election interference
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Florida’s six-person criminal juries
  
  

• Google Cloud Revenue Grew 63% Last Quarter. Here's Why That Number Matters More Than Alphabet's Ad Business Right Now.
  TotalEnergies and partners open hybrid renewable project in South Africa
  

• Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada
  The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA’s Psyche Mission Approaches
  

• Meet Kimi K3, the newest Chinese AI model haunting Silicon Valley
  Listed EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the U.S. this year
  

• San Francisco wants Google and Apple to remove AI ‘Nudification’ apps from their app stores
  Near-Earth asteroid not an asteroid at all
  

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