Link: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/05/15/522027/russia-putin-us-cyber-attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed his country had nothing to do with the recent global "ransomware" cyber attack that targeted 150 countries over the weekend. “Microsoft’s management made it clear the virus originated from US intelligence services,” said Putin while addressing reporters in the Chinese capital Beijing Monday. Microsoft President Brad Smith noted that US intelligence agencies, the CIA and National Security Agency (NSA), were to blame for the attack because they stockpiled malicious software code which was used by the hackers.The NSA claims the software used in the attacks had been stolen from it.

Link: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/05/16/522049/Venezuela-protest-rallies-Caracas-opposition-members-Freddy-Guevara-President-Nicholas-Maduro

Thousands in Venezuela have blocked roads across the country and set buildings ablaze in fresh anti-government demonstrations, reports of two deaths, fierce clashes were reported between opposition supporters and security forces outside the capital.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/new-variant-of-ransomware-begins-to-spread-weve-never-seen-anything-like-this/

200,000 computers in 150 countries infected, according to European Union’s law enforcement agency; it’s a live threat,we’re still in disaster recovery mode.”The initial attack was stifled when a security researcher disabled a key mechanism used by the worm to spread, many users of personal computers with Microsoft operating systems didn’t download a security patch released in March that Microsoft had labeled “critical.”

Link: https://sputniknews.com/news/201705161053645818-mcmaster-trump-russia/

Washington Post reported on a "leak" that US President Donald Trump revealed classified intelligence to a major foreign power: a story that is "false," National Security Adviser HR McMaster said Monday night.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/388407-china-russia-trade-turnover/

Trade between China and Russia growing and will reach $80 billion by the end of the year, Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman at the 'One Belt, One Road' forum in Beijing. Russian President Vladimir Putin is participating in the forum dedicated to regional integration and cooperation between Asian countries. According to Putin a belt of economic development and trade between Asia and Europe is urgent and important initiative that takes into account trends in the world economy. First four months of this year, Russian-Chinese trade grew at a very fast pace, increased by 26 percent.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/388493-ohio-cop-overdose-fentanyl/

An Ohio police officer is recovering from an accidental overdose after making a drug stop where he accidentally brushed a small amount of powder off his shirt without realizing it was the highly potent opioid synthetic drug, fentanyl. Within minutes says he began to feel the effects of the drug, which can be absorbed into the body through contact with the skin.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/388492-wannacry-ransomware-code-north-korea/

The source for WannaCry ransomware, which has spread to 150 countries, may be Pyongyang or those trying to frame it, security analysts say, pointing to code similarities between the virus and a malware attributed to alleged hackers from North Korea.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/delta-air-lines-plans-to-use-facial-recognition-to-confirm-identity-of-passengers/

Delta Air Lines will be testing facial recognition technology at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport starting this summer. Customers will be required to scan their passports at specially equipped kiosks, where a camera will scan their face to confirm their identity. Delta is spending $600,000 on the new machines.

Link: http://investmentwatchblog.com/dnc-workers-sue-democrat-party-over-slave-wages-for-working-80-90-hours-per-week-at-the-same-time-dnc-was-out-protesting-15hour-they-werent-even-paying-their-own-workers-minimum-wage/

, Democrats attacked the current federal minimum wage as a “starvation wage,” but according to a new lawsuit, they paid their own workers less than the amount currently mandated by law. Justin Swidler, a Philadelphia attorney representing between 40 and 50 “field organizers” around the country is suing the Democratic National Committee, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, and five more state party organizations on behalf of the staffers, whom he claims were denied overtime compensation.

Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4506552/Hamburg-confiscates-flats-ease-migrant-housing-crisis.html

A German council has started confiscating privately-owned apartments to help ease an acute housing shortage made worse by migrants. The houses, located in the central Hamm district, will now be renovated and rented out to tenants of the city's choosing against the will of the owner, who will be billed for the work which is estimated to cost a five-figure sum. Move is the first time residential buildings have been seized in Germany. Germany has accepted around 1.8million migrants and refugees over the past two years,

Link: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/trump-tries-to-reassure-worried-farmers-that-immigration-crackdown-is-not-aimed-at-their-workers/

President Donald Trump said he would seek to keep his tough immigration enforcement policies from harming the U.S. farm industry and its largely immigrant workforce, did not want to create labor problems for farmers and would look into improving a program that brings in temporary agricultural workers on legal visas.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201705151053638756-turkey-create-military-base-syria/

The General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces plans to establish a military base near the town of al-Bab in the north of Syria, according to the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Here_Comes_the_War_for_Commercial_Drone_Dominance/58440/0/38/38/Y/M.html

At some point in the not-too-distant future, fleets of commercial drones are expected to swarm across American skies. Companies in a wide range of industries will employ unmanned vehicles for tactical advantage—inspecting infrastructure, surveying crops, maybe even estimating how much your new roof will cost. And when these drones fly, a torrent of data will follow them like an invisible contrail.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/U.S._Military_Is_World%E2%80%99s_Largest_Polluter_%E2%80%93_Hundreds_Of_Bases_Gravely_Contaminated/58429/0/38/38/Y/M.html

U.S. Naval station in Virginia Beach had spilled an estimated 94,000 gallons of jet fuel into a nearby waterway. U.S. Department of Defense is both the nation’s and the world’s, largest polluter. Producing more hazardous waste than the five largest U.S. chemical companies combined, in the form of depleted uranium, oil, jet fuel, pesticides, defoliants like Agent Orange and lead, among others. In 2014, the former head of the Pentagon’s environmental program told Newsweek that her office has to contend with 39,000 contaminated areas spread across 19 million acres just in the U.S. alone.

Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/388400-upper-house-urges-tougher-punishment/

Russian senators have prepared a bill that makes violations of electoral procedures a criminal offense with a maximum punishment of up to five years in prison.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/388435-mafia-italy-migrant-center/

A mafia clan has been in charge of one of Italy’s largest migrant reception centers for an entire decade, police have revealed. Dozens have been arrested in connection with the scheme, which reportedly led to the clan pocketing millions;.accused of mafia association, extortion, carrying illegal weapons, fraud, embezzlement. It has maintained control of the facility for over 10 years.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/bank-of-china-atms-go-dark-as-ransomware-attack-cripples-china/

Aftermath of the global WannaCry ransomware attack, which has spread around the globe significant number of corporations and public services infrastructure grinding to a halt, unable to operate with unprotected if mission-critical computers taken offline indefinitely. Examples so far include:

NHS: The British public health service – the world’s fifth-largest employer, 1.7 million staff – badly hit, 45 facilities were affected. Several were forced to cancel or delay treatment for patients.

Germany’s Deutsche Bahn national railway operator was affected, with information screens and ticket machines hit. Travelers tweeted pictures of hijacked departure boards showing the ransom demand instead of train times. But the company insisted that trains were running as normal.

Renault: The French automobile giant hit, forcing it to halt production at sites in France and its factory in Slovenia as part of measures to stop the spread of the virus.

FedEx: The US package delivery group acknowledged it had been hit by malware;“implementing remediation steps as quickly as possible.” .

Russian banks, ministries, railways: Russia’s central bank targeted, several government ministries,railway system. The interior ministry said 1,000 of its computers hit by a virus. Officials say the attacks had been contained.

Telefonica: The Spanish telephone giant attacked but “the infected equipment is under control and being reinstalled

Sandvik: Computers handling both administration and production were hit in a number of countries where the company operates, some production forced to stop.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201705151053615742-russia-eaeu-putin-/

"The Eurasian Economic Union is steadily expanding its foreign ties. Some 50 European, Asian and Latin American states showed interest to cooperation with it,"Russian President Putin said at a roundtable meeting during the second day of the international "One Belt, One Road" forum in Beijing. The EAEU and China are in talks to determine an agreement on trade and economic cooperation.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/388373-pyongyang-nuclear-capable-missile/

Pyongyang has claimed that its medium-range ballistic missile test carried out on Sunday under the supervision of Kim Jong-un has confirmed the “tactical specifications and technical characteristics” of the rocket which North Korea says is capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/388326-virus-ransomware-wannacry-europol/

The virus that downed critical digital infrastructure in the UK’s National Health Service and locked thousands of people out of their computers may be about to get worse. Rob Wainwright, executive director of the European Union’s crime agency: the spread of the ‘WannaCry’ virus was “unprecedented,” resulting in more than 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries. “At the moment, we are facing an escalating threat,” Europol warned nation states about the risks of such attacks.London’s Thames Valley Police have urged people to avoid “opening unknown email attachments or clicking on links in spam emails.”