The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Russian Media: Black Sea ceasefire efforts gain momentum as Houthi advances raise war risk
  Yemen war live: Houthis attack Saudi's Aden airport; missile downed near Riyadh
  Bulgaria ends search for missing crew after drone strike sinks cargo ship
• Security Blocs & Alliances: Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says
  Italy hands over Operation Irini command to Greece to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya
  Russian Media Reports NATO reconnaissance plane seen circling Kaliningrad Region
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Tropical Storm Isaias forms, forecast to become a hurricane and hit the US Gulf Coast this week
  US testing counter-drone tech at Mexico border as cartel drone use rises
  Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan to die by US Army firing squad
• Russia: Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities kill at least 19 in a major attack that Kyiv saw coming
  NYT Reports: Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push
  Russia Reports: New batches of Su-34 aircraft are already being manufactured
• India: India joins global rate-tightening wave with first hike in nearly 4 years
  
  
• France: France halts police use of stun grenades at student protests
  French riot police fire tear gas as more than 250,000 protest
  French Navy Conducts Acceptance Firing of M51.3 missile From Le Vigilant SSBN
• Germany: Former German spy chief arrested for espionage and treason
  
  
• Japan: Japan sees spate of corporate website hacking cases
  
  
• South Korea: South Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket lifts off on fifth mission with 15 satellites aboard
  AI-powered attacks on banks expose technological lag in Korea's financial cyber defenses
  
• Canada: Quebec Separatists Vowing Independence Vote Win an Election but Fall Short of Majority
  
  
• Australia: Hundreds protest against Australia's largest defence expo in Perth
  
  
• South and Central America: Baker Hughes Signs Major Venezuela Gas Infrastructure Deal
  Brazil Ex-President Bolsonaro Wins Big Without His Name on the Ballot
  
• Continental Africa: Kenya reports first Ebola case imported from DR Congo after patient dies
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump announces largest new US submarine shipyard since World War II
  US President Trump attributes mass protests in France on ‘out of control mass migration’ and Islam
  Whtie House Statement: Emergency Tax Relief on Diesel Fuel
• State Department:
  Secretary Rubio, in Greece, Set to Call for the West to Restore Founding Democratic Principles and Values
  CNN: US, China discussing reciprocal nuclear site visits
  Secretary of State Rubio says Tehran missed 'multiple' chances for nuclear deal amid Iran stalemate
• Dept of War (DoW):
  1,200-mph F-35 jets gain 360-degree electromagnetic threat view
  Boeing tests software linking crewed aircraft with MQ-25A drone tankers
  Systems Selected for JIATF 401 Directed-Energy Counter-Drone Pilot Program
• Justice (DOJ):
  DOJ moved to revoke citizenship from 40 naturalized citizens accused of crimes in recent months
  Weaponization Working Group Releases Report on Garland Memo That Chilled Parental Rights and Warned Parents Could Be Domestic Terrorists
  Justice Department Announces Charges Involving 16 Aliens for Election Crimes
• HHS:
  US issues health alert over suspected plague case in Russia
  US 'watching closely' after plague researcher dies in Russia
  New York state declares measles disaster emergency
• Senate:
  Senate Passes Peters and Slotkin Legislation to Extend Federal Funding and Protections for the Great Lakes
  
  
• House:
  As Congress leans on ‘pro formas,’ bills become law without Trump signature
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Supreme Court Takes Up Boulder Climate Suit Against Exxon and Suncor
  Court declines to hear cases COVID-19 vaccine mandates, “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts, and felon Second Amendment rights,
  Court on declined to hear former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s appeal, leaving two federal perjury convictions in place

• The World has Nearly Burned Through its Oil Stockpile per Oil Executives
  Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
  US Yields Fall From 2002 High as Oil Dips, Bessent Vows On Debt

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to France’s Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai for insights into mirror-image molecules used in drugs
  Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin
  NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Spacecraft Departure s part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services mission

• Kawasaki Heavy unveils prototype shipbuilding robot
  Google ordered to halt work on two data centers in ‘Texas of Europe’
  OpenAI drops another batch of mathematical breakthroughs

• Nasa releases striking image of dawn on Mars
  
  

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