The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Concerns over U.S. weapons getting depleted as U.S. and Iran continue to trade strikes
  Oman-Iran talks advance on reopening Strait of Hormuz
  Saudi military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after Iran-backed militia attacked Red Sea shipping
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: US Holds Off on Major War Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns
  President Trump threatens EU will pay ‘big price’ after Brussels fines Google $1bn For Diverting Traffic To Itself
  
• China: China Rushes to Secure Russian Oil as Middle East Supply Risks Escalate
  HK authorities checking for ‘banned books’ shipped from Taiwan, says Taiwanese official
  Wars Overlapping: Ukraine says it struck vessels carrying Iran-linked military cargoes in Caspian Sea
• Russia: Lukoil sale window closes with no deal for Balkans’ largest refinery
  Romanian forces shoot down third drone in three days
  Smart Intelligent System manufacturing UAVs hit in Kiev — Russian defense ministry
• United Kingdom: Ireland Reports Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year,pharmaceutical industry used far more
  UK Navy reports incident involving tanker in Gulf of Oman
  Iran media reports Iran uses migrant smuggling routes to place operatives in Britain
• India: India says coal power plants have adequate stocks despite rising demand
  India’s education minister resigns after days of ‘Cockroach’ youth protests over exam paper leaks
  India Supreme Court to hear petitions against alleged police excesses at CJP march
• France: France battles fire 'whirlwinds' as another 55,000 evacuated
  France deploys military plane as wildfires spread towards Bordeaux
  
• Germany: Vehicle mows down crowd at Berlin Pride festival, killing one
  Austrian Airlines, ITA said to suspend flights as crews unwilling to travel to Israel
  NATO Intern Arrested on Espionage Charges by Belgian Police
• Japan: Indonesia Arrests Former Top Graft Prosecutor After Police Raids
  Taiwan tests how it would resist a Chinese siege at sea
  Prime Minister Takaichi stresses secure crude oil supplies as U.S.-Iran war spirals
• Spain: Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
  
  
• Canada: The New Age: Canadian legislator mistakenly reads out apparent AI written response in floor speech
  Ukraine Seeks 30-Year Energy Pact With Canada, Minister Says
  ‘It was difficult’: Residents of Clinton, B.C. recount evacuating wildfires
• Australia: Australian Prime Minister Albanese to Press President Trump on New Tariffs
  WA government considering new gas-fired power plant as coal phases out
  Australia says net migration down as far-right popularity surges
• South and Central America: Venezuela Withdraws from the ICC
  Barrick Mining Co. Evacuates Chile Workers by Helicopter After Storm
  Hantavirus in Venezuela: What It Means, and What It Doesn’t
• Saudi Arabia Middle East oil producers seek Strait of Hormuz alternatives as the U.S.-Iran war escalates
  Houthis and Saudi Arabia trade fire amid Red Sea blockade
  Saudi Arabia-Bound Supertanker U-Turns Before Houthi Chokepoint
• Israel: Israel raids West Bank live: Dozens of Palestinians detained during assault
  Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in occupied West Bank
  Israel arrests dozens of Palestinians in West Bank amid settler attacks

• White House:
  White House: Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution
  U.S. Actions in China Semiconductor & Shipbuilding Section 301 Investigations
  
• State Department:
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Tak Togawa of NHK - United States Department of State
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Pentagon nominates Lt. Gen. Kevin D. Admiral as the Commander of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa theater
  Second Drill Instructor Assigned to Parris Island Found Dead in Two Months
  Historic Multinational Medical Team Integrates Aboard the USS Essex
• HHS:
  Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs has sickened 98 people in 17 states since November, FDA says
  Health Officials Urge States To End Mercury-Containing Dental Fillings
  
• Supreme Court:
  
  
  

• From Silicon Valley to DC, the tech world is suddenly obsessed with one concept in AI: Distillation
  Warner Bros. lawsuit accuses Amazon of illegally poaching executives
  ETF Zoo: Leveraged Lunacy Surpasses $65B in Gains

• WATCH: SpaceX Successfully Launches Starship Flight 13, Deploys First Starlink V3 Satellites - Space Coast Daily
  SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
  New Crew Members Welcomed to International Space Station

• Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others
  
  

• Three Millennia Ago, Humans May Have Spoken Thousands More Languages Than We Have Today, During a Linguistic 'Golden Age'
  
  

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