The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Iran Inflation at 83.8% as Trade and Shipping Costs Rise
  Taiwan shuts down ahead of Typhoon Champi, nearly 1,000 flights cancelled
  Personal Home Page (PHP) Protocol Cyber Attack: Global scramble to fix critical cyber-security flaws as many websites taken offline
• Security Blocs & Alliances: Meeting of foreign ministers of Turkiye, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt begins in Istanbul
  Parliament Report: "Glaring gaps" in U.K.'s Arctic defense leave it and NATO open to Russian attacks
  Drone Strike Sinks Ship off Romania, Leaving One Dead and Three Missing
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: President Trump Orders Data Centers to Generate Their Own Power, Provide 'Dividend' to Communities
  60 Treated, Evacuations, Shelter-In-Place Remains after Chemical Tank Explosion in Toledo, Ohio
  Comcast plans significant job cuts
• China: Alibaba Leads Hong Kong Tech Slide on China Regulatory Move
  
  
• Russia: Rosoboronexport to unveil 'Anti-Drone Dome' UAV defense concept
  First Russian diesel tanker heads to New York after Putin-Trump deal
  Russian Missile and Drone Blitz Kills 9 in Ukraine
• United Kingdom: Barclays To Axe 5,000 Jobs As Britain's Youth Employment Crisis Deepens
  
  
• France: One killed, four injured in drive-by shooting, possibly terrorist Attack, near Paris
  France Cracks Down on Sale of Looted Goods
  France plans ‘massive’ police presence this weekend with military deployed
• Japan: Japan Times Inc. and News 2 U Holdings Inc. Warning to Business Partners and Former Employees Regarding Possible Unauthorized Access and Information Leakage from Server
  
  
• South Korea: South Korea invites North for military talks over border
  North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns South, saying border loudspeakers to be ready within days
  
• Canada: Canadian publisher drops Thelyson Orelien, says he used AI to write novel
  Canada unveils $6.2bn plan to shield manufacturers as Trump trade tariffs bite
  
• Australia: Taiwan shuts down and grounds flights ahead of Typhoon Champi
  Meta faces Australian lawsuit over alleged social media harm to children
  Man attacked while having morning coffee in Perth
• South and Central America: Colombia seizes 7.6 tonnes of Netherlands-bound cocaine at Cartagena port
  
  
• Saudi Arabia SA faces rising tension as foreign national is killed amid anti-migrant protests
  Gulf Oil Flows Top 24 Million Barrels a Day
  
• Israel: PM Netanyahu publically directs IDF: 'Overthrow The Iranian Regime'
  PM Netanyahu orders closure of West Bank after five Israelis wounded in shooting attack
  Israel Detains NY Congressional Nominee In West Bank Olive Grove, Sets Free After Learning Who He Is | ZeroHedge

• White House:
  Trump administration pledges funds for Constitution Pipeline project under Defense Production Act
  Executive Order Seeks to Tame Housing Costs
  President Trump Signs Laws Clearing Federal Interest in Sacramento Land and Enabling Satellite Emergency Alerts
• State Department:
  
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  U.S., Australia, U.K. Launch Maritime Demonstration to Enhance Interoperability
  Air Force Research Lab Demonstrates Rocket Cargo Delivery
  US orders next-gen Javelin launchers with twice the detection range
• Justice (DOJ):
  JD Vance task force set to charge 40 defendants in $40M SNAP fraud case
  
  
• DOT:
  FAA clears US electric VTOL for first-of-its-kind customer flights
  
  
• Energy:
  US: Westinghouse to build first fleet-scale nuclear fuel plant in 50 years
  Amazon backs plan for 12 nuclear reactors at former US coal site
  
• Commerce:
  First case of New World screwworm in U.S. wildlife confirmed in Texas elk, USDA says
  
  
• Senate:
  GOP senator pushes major expansion of Trump Accounts for American families
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  DOJ Seeks Appeals Court Intervention in California Ballot Lawsuit
  5th Circuit decision rules against federal law restricting the interstate manufacture, transportation, and distribution of switchblade knives
  Supreme Court blocks effort to restrict transgender treatment for prison inmates

• Treasury yields log biggest drop since the 2023 banking crisis
  European Stocks Fall as China Woes Hit Volvo Car, Gucci
  World's largest wealth fund posts $30 billion loss after bond market turbulence

• French Apple store looters get unpleasant surprise on stolen iPhones
  PHP exploit sparks international cyber-security alert
  Tesla says customers can add their own vehicles to the robotaxi fleet next year
• Data centers could erase decades of air quality gains
  
  

• Onkalo to bury nuclear fuel waste underground for 100,000 years
  Hackers Exploited PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched
  Uber rival inDrive eyes 2027 robotaxi tests in Central Asia with Pony.ai and Nvidia

• Claude Monet: 'Iris' becomes most expensive artwork sold at auction in France
  Archaeologists May Have Solved the Mystery of a Roman Sarcophagus Excavated at Westminster Abbey in 1869
  California Neighbor who allegedly fed a coyote involved in attack on toddler could be charged

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