The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: India’s Refiners Come to the Rescue of Russia’s Oil Exporters
  VW profits plunge and deep job cuts loom amid tough Chinese competition
  El Niño set to be the largest on record by a large margin
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: US insists Saudi nuclear deal requires kingdom to normalize relations with Israel
  Half the internet' goes down as Amazon cloud outage disrupts major websites
  OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
• China: China Plans Planetary Defense Test By Slamming Mach 26 Spacecraft Into Asteroid
  China Tankers Reach Red Sea Chokepoint Despite Houthi Threat
  PLA conducts live-fire drills in Taiwan Strait after Beijing calls Lai speech ‘reckless’
• Russia: Russian attack cuts power to around 150,000 in Ukraine’s north as Kyiv hits missile, oil facilities
  Russia Reports: Fuel supply improves in several Russian regions amid stabilization measures
  Ukrainian missile attack on company kills six people in Kirov
• India: Indians Nationwide Order Food for Student's Protesting Systemic Failures in Education and Competitive Exam System:"Cockroach Janta Party" (CJP)
  US New 200% Tariffs Plan for generic medicines impact on India exports
  
• France: Tens of thousands evacuated from French tourist spot as wildfires spread
  France orders total evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfires sweep western Europe
  France records 5,764 excess deaths during June-July heatwave period
• Germany: Swedish Police Veteran Warns Islamization Is Replacing Gang Violence As Country's Defining Threat
  
  
• Japan: Japan exports and imports grow at fastest pace in June since November 2022
  Japan Antitrust Watchdog to Add New Bureau to Tackle Big Tech
  
• Canada: Canada's Mark Carney intensifies trade talks with US after Trump tariff threat
  Bank of Canada breaks law for second time over replacement workers
  Four extremist plots to attack Jewish targets disrupted in Canada, report says
• Australia: Taiwanese woman sentenced for attempted murder of Australian exchange student
  
  
• South and Central America: Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 5,398
  Mexico mayor killed in town hall months after surviving assassination attempt
  What We Know About Material Damage After the Venezuela Earthquakes
• Israel: Online forms asked respondents to share locations of Israelis, Jews
  
  
• Continental Africa: South African court pauses impeachment process against president
  
  

• White House:
  White House Slaps 10-12.5% Tariffs on 60 Countries Over Forced Labor Failures
  White House: Ratepayer Protection Pledge Secures American AI Dominance, Protects Consumers
  Trump Administration Announces More Than $5 Billion for the Genesis Mission, a National Mission on AI for Science
• State Department:
  Additional Sanctions Designations Targeting the Corrupt Cuban Communist Regime and its Financial Backers
  Secretary Rubio states China's actions in the South China Sea are 'disturbing'
  Turkey doesn’t meet legal conditions to rejoin F-35 program, State Department tells Congress
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Pentagon's Special Ops Office to Host Rapid Tech Innovation Event
  US deploys B-1 bomber to strike Iran for first time since war resumed
  Centcom Completes Latest Strikes Against Iran
• Justice (DOJ):
  FBI Director Patel returns looted cultural artifacts to Indonesian President Prabowo
  
  
• House:
  House Passes Defense Policy Bill That Attaches SAVE America Act
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Justice Department Files Complaint Challenging Milwaukee Mask Ban and Identification Requirements for Federal Officers
  
  

• U.S. oil tops $90, Brent above $98 after tankers struck off Saudi Arabia
  Sales were up at Tesla but so were costs and spending
  German Bond Yields Hit 15-Year High as Oil Spikes Before ECB

• NASA to Showcase Agency’s Newest Wind Tunnel in Virginia
  
  

• Microsoft Reveals Hidden Windows10/11 Global Device ID (GDID) for Tracking Licensing, Device Management, Telemetry, and Cross-Service Activity that Can't be Disabled.
  How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers
  

• Does this disappearing organ hold the secret of longevity?
  
  

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