Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/398901-faa-drones-regulations-police-tracking/

Law enforcement in the US wants to be able to identify and track all unmanned vehicles in the sky. Meanwhile, the military was given the green light to shoot down private drones.

American law enforcement agencies oppose the government’s plans to allow extensive unmanned flights until federal regulators come up with requirements for the drones to be registered and tracked.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/398746-trump-china-trade-war/

Amid expectations of the US launching investigations into China’s alleged theft of American intellectual property as well as unfair trade practices, Beijing appears unmoved by the imminent probe while US businesses fear reprisals in case the row unintentionally escalates.

Washington is expected to soon announce investigations into how China tackles copyright protection, protectionism and market access. President Donald Trump reportedly intents to use a provision in the Trade Act of 1974, which would allow him to slap tariffs and other barriers on Chinese products while circumventing the World Trade Organization (WTO) mechanisms for redressing grievances.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/398741-un-approves-new-korea-sanctions/

The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed on a new set of restrictive measures against Pyongyang following the North Korea's latest missile tests. Having reaffirmed the UN's previous stance on the issue, the international body further sanctioned several of North Korea's exports.

The US-drafted resolution bans North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood.

It also prohibits increasing the current numbers of North Korean laborers working abroad, new joint ventures with Pyongyang and new investment in joint ventures.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Federal_Court_Rules_Unlicensed_Pets_are_%E2%80%98Contraband%E2%80%99_%E2%80%94_Police_Can_Legally_Kill_Them/60117/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Nikita Smith filed a lawsuit against the Detroit Police Department after they killed her three dogs during a raid of her home in search of pot last year. On Wednesday, a judge absurdly ruled the dogs were considered “contraband,” noting that Smith had no legal basis to sue the police department for shooting and killing her dogs, due to the canines not having been properly licensed.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/One_of_the_Largest_Banks_in_the_World_Just_Accused_of_Laundering_Millions_for_Drug_Cartels/60100/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Commonwealth Bank of Australia accused by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) of 53,700 violations of money laundering and counter-terrorism-financing laws, in which the financial institution failed to notify in a timely fashion — and, sometimes, not at all — transactions topping A$77 million, each breach of the act carries potential penalty of$18 million.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/us-sanctions-venezuelas-pdvsa-wipe-oil-revenues-accelerate-default/

Although the US government has not yet made the final decision to apply sanctions against state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the potential consequences for the troubled South American petro-state would be enormous. PDVSA produces and ships about 2.6 million barrels of oil a day, of which it sells to the United States about 780,000 barrels.Suspending the import of Venezuelan oil by the United States, would cause Venezuela to lose one of its largest trading partners and the only country that pays cash for the product.

Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/398183-russia-starts-issuing-simplified-electronic/

Foreigners from 18 countries can now visit the Russian Far East using electronic visas which are issued online and take three days to receive, the Ministry for the Development of Eastern Regions reports. “People who use the electronic visas can enter Russia through border crossing points in the Vladivostok sea port and in Vladivostok International Airport Knevichi. Starting from January 1, 2018 the total number of such border crossing points will increase to four. Those who enter Russia in these places can also visit the Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island,

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/398439-smuggling-iranians-uk-europol/

Spanish authorities have managed to dissolve an international crime ring which was smuggling Iranian nationals into the UK on commercial flights. The operation was supported by London's Metropolitan Police and Europol. 101 people were arrested in the operation, Europol announced in a Thursday statement. Fourteen members of the group were detained by the Spanish National Police in Málaga, along with 42 people accused of selling their Spanish documents to members of the smuggling ring for €500 to €3,000 (US$592 to $3,554).

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/398197-ukraine-us-coal-agreement/

Ukrainian state-owned energy firm Centrenergo has signed a contract with America's Xcoal Energy & Resources to supply 700,000 tons of coal to Ukraine this year. Ukraine is a coal-rich country. However, over 50 percent of its coal resources are in the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. Despite the military conflict in the eastern regions, coal supplies continued until March this year. Then, coal supplies completely stopped after Ukrainian nationalists blockaded railroads from the self-proclaimed republics.

Link: https://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2017/07/27/african-american-women-are-increasingly-buying-guns-statistics-show/

African-American women have outpaced all other races and genders in terms of securing concealed carry permits in Texas between 2000 and 2016, according to demographic information released by the state.

Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-26/meet-tally-grocery-stocking-robot-about-eradicate-1000s-minimum-wage-jobs

A slender robot named Tally soon will be roaming the aisles at select Schnucks groceries, on the lookout for out-of-stock items and verifying prices. Tally, created by a San Francisco-based company named Simbe, is also being tested at other mass merchants and dollar stores all across the country.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/environment/201708011056056136-south-pacific-giant-trash-island/

Researchers were shocked to discover that a trash island floating in the South Pacific Ocean may be close to a million square miles in area. The current has gathered millions of tons of waste into one spot in the ocean to form a garbage pile that, if it were a country, would be the 30th largest in the world.

Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-30/explosion-rocks-caracas-injures-cops-venezuela-votes

A number of police officers were injured in Venezuela's capital Caracas after an explosion during an anti-government protest decrying a vote for a constituent assembly on Sunday. Authorities confirmed there were two deaths on Saturday, including the killing of a candidate to the assembly during a robbery, while the opposition put the total death toll in Saturday's protests at five.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/military/201707311056045786-cia-torture-psychologists-trial/

US District Judge Justin Quackenbush has ruled a civil action brought against a pair of psychologists who designed and helped execute the Central Intelligence Agency's savage post-9/11 torture program should go ahead. If successful, it will mark the first time anyone connected with the policy has been prosecuted for their actions.

Link: https://www.sootoday.com/world-news/hungarys-leader-eu-and-soros-seek-to-muslimize-europe-677548

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said during a visit to Romania that Hungary's border fences, supported by other Central European countries, will block the EU-Soros effort to increase Muslim migration into Europe.While Hungary opposed taking in migrants "who could change the country's cultural identity," Orban said under his leadership, Hungary would remain a place where "Western European Christians will always be able to find security."

Link: http://govtslaves.info/wells-fargo-charged-800000-customers-fake-car-insurance-stole-25000-cars-nobody-charged/

According to an internal report from the bank’s executives 800,000 people who took out car loans from Wells Fargo were charged for auto insurance they did not need, additional expenses “pushed roughly 274,000 Wells Fargo customers into delinquency, 25,000 wrongful vehicle repossession.”2010, Wells Fargo came under fire for stealing millions from its customers through excessive overdraft fees. 2016, Wells Fargo admitted that it “falsely certified that many of its home loans qualified for Federal Housing Administration insurance. September 2016, federal regulators revealed that Wells Fargo employees had secretly created nearly 2 million unauthorized bank and credit card accounts since 2011. Customers were forced to pay fraudulent charges, employees who created the accounts were rewarded with sales bonuses.”

Link: http://www.alternet.org/economy/skyrocketing-rents-california-are-part-broader-us-housing-crisis

Median rent for a one-bedroom in San Francisco is $3,450/month. A family of four in San Francisco, Marin or San Mateo with an annual income of $105,350 is now considered "low income," according to a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report, which helps determine who qualifies for subsidized housing. Throughout the country, rents are also rising to dangerous levels. Median rent for a one-bedroom in New York City is $2,950/month. In Washington, DC, it's $2,210/month.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/07/eu-proposes-freezing-bank-accounts-bailout-megabanks.html

After nervous customers panicked and drained their accounts, ultimately causing the collapse of Spanish bank, Banco Popular, equally jittery European Union officials are debating the merits of freezing access — preventing anyone from withdrawing any money — at the first sign of a bank run.

Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141834741

A former employee of the major contracting firm DynCorp International admitted Monday that while working in Iraq, he helped cheat the State Department out of millions of dollars.

Jose Rivera, 57, of Potomac, Md., pleaded guilty in Alexandria federal court to conspiracy to defraud the United States, acknowledging that he helped convince his bosses to rent a camp at Baghdad International Airport for a grossly inflated price.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/%E2%80%98Sex_Robot%E2%80%99_Brothels_Gaining_Popularity_in_Europe/60055/0/38/38/Y/M.html

The world’s first sex robot brothel is currently in talks to expand globally, while an Austrian brothel has claimed that its own sex doll is now more popular with clients than real women.