Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/worlds-first-bank-entirely-run-by-robots-opens-up-in-china_042018

China’s second-largest lenderChina Construction Bank (CCB), opened a Shanghai branch run entirely by robots that greet customers and manage accounts,with new technology including virtual reality, artificial intelligence and facial recognition.

South China Morning Post: as soon as customers walk through the front door they are met by a robot that asks and answers questions using voice recognition.

The financial institution in Huangpu district is equipped with smart automated tellers capable of a range of services including opening an account, money transfer, foreign exchange, gold investment and the issue of wealth management products.

The bank states that the new setup will be able to handle 90 percent of the cash and non-cash demands of traditional banking outlets.

Although for wealthy clients, that other 10% in need of human help, a private room is reserved for remote chats with client relationship managers via direct video feed.

He Fei, a senior researcher at Bank of Communications in Shanghai, stated the bank would be a good test ground.

Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/425073-incitement-quatar-saudi-russia/

A member of the Russian upper house security committee has described a recent Saudi statement urging Qatar to send troops to Syria as blackmail, and warned that any such step would bring only chaos and casualties to the region.

“The statement made by the head of Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry is a very real blackmail. Saudi Arabia is inciting Yemen into knowingly unlawful action,” Senator Frants Klintsevich told reporters on Wednesday.

Klintsevich referred to comments by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir, who earlier in the day stated that Qatar must “send its military forces (to Syria), before the US president cancels US protection of Qatar, which consists of the presence of a US military base on its territory.”

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/425116-palestinian-journalist-killed-idf/

A second Palestinian journalist has died after being shot by an Israeli sniper while covering the ‘March of Return.’ Ahmed Abou Hussein succumbed to his injuries Wednesday after being shot on April 13.

The photojournalist, 25, was reportedly hit in the stomach during the third week of the protest. Israel’s 1-24 News, citing the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, reported that he was one of a number of journalists wounded that week. Hussein’s death was confirmed by the Gaza Health Ministry on social media.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/latam/201804131063503507-mexico-mayor-ssasination/

The mayor of Mexico's Tlanepantla in the central Pueblo state died Thursday after gunmen opened fire at his car, the state prosecutor general’s office said.

The car carrying Jose Efrain Garcia was shot at after it was blocked by several vehicles on the road between the towns of San Pablo Actipan and Tepeaca, This is the latest death in a string of assassinations of mayors and other officials across Mexico. Last year, armed men shot and killed Soto Duarte, the mayor of Pungarabato, and Stalin Sanchez Gonzalez, the mayor of the Paracho.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2018/04/un-admits-refugees-are-replacement-migration-for-europe-and-other-low-fertility-countries/

In 2000, the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs issued a report, Replacement Migration: Is It a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations?, which proposes “replacement migration” for countries with an aging and declining population. Replacement migration refers to the international migration that a country would need to prevent population decline and population ageing resulting from low fertility and mortality rates.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/424851-iran-officially-switches-from-dollar/

As part of its years-long effort to reduce reliance on US currency amid a deepening standoff with Washington, Tehran has announced it will start reporting foreign currency amounts in euros rather than dollars.

The governor of Iran’s central bank (CBI) Valiollah Seif said that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had welcomed his suggestion of replacing the dollar with the euro in foreign trade, as the “dollar has no place in our transactions today.” The new policy could reportedly encourage government bodies and firms linked to the state to increase their use of the euro at the expense of the American currency.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/424913-toronto-van-pedestrians-run-over/

The Toronto Police Department said that ten people have been killed and 16 more are injured.

Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital said five of the injured are in a critical condition and another two are in a serious condition. The hospital said on Twitter that its emergency department is on lockdown as an “added precaution.”

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2018/04/drug-use-is-detectable-on-your-fingerprints/

The new methods use biometrics to analyze biochemical traces in sweat found along the ridges of a fingerprint. And those trace chemicals can quickly reveal whether you have ingested cocaine, opiates, marijuana, or other drugs

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2018/04/with-a-mushroom-cloud-background-russia-state-news-warns-citizens-to-stockpile-food-prep-for-war/

A Russian state television news segment on Tuesday urged citizens to stockpile non-perishable goods and water as the impending threat of a “catastrophic” conflict with the United States intensified over potential western military strikes against the Syrian government.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/424322-france-uk-parliament-ignored-syria/

Emmanuel Macron and Theresa May were put in the crosshairs by their own parliaments Monday for failing to secure a UN mandate – or even a parliamentary debate – before ordering missile strikes against Syria.

British Prime Minister Theresa May faced criticism from numerous MPs for failing to seek parliamentary approval before attacking Syria on Saturday. Speaking before the Commons, with May sitting nearby, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn "reminded" the prime minister that she is "accountable to this Parliament, not to the whims of the US President." Corbyn pointed out that May's "predecessor came to this House to seek authority for military action in Libya and in Syria in 2015, and the House had a vote over Iraq in 2003," adding that "we clearly need a War Powers Act in this country to transform a now broken convention into a legal obligation."

Corbyn said during his remarks on Monday:

There is no more serious issue than the life and death matters of military action. It is right that Parliament has the power to support or stop the Government from taking planned military action.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/04/06/557584/Venezuela-Panama-relations-ambassadors

Panama has severed its diplomatic ties with Venezuela after the imposition of sanctions by Caracas on senior Panamanian officials amid an escalating diplomatic row.

Venezuela said on Thursday that it was halting “commercial” relations with Panamanian officials and companies, including regional airline Copa, for alleged involvement in sabotaging the Venezuelan economy, according to Reuters.

In response, Panama later in the day ordered Venezuela’s ambassador out and recalled its own envoy to the country.

Link: https://news.sky.com/story/28m-apply-for-90000-jobs-at-indian-railways-

28 million people have applied for a job with Indian Railways after its latest nationwide recruitment drive.

The world's 10th largest employer is offering 90,000 positions across the country to prospective engine drivers and other workers.

Link: https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-bans-online-sales-of-bible_2485553.html

A number of online sellers received “instruction” from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the regime’s internet censorship bureau, to remove sale listings of the Bible and other Christian materials before March 30.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/423461-petro-yuan-us-dollar-oil/

The trade war between the US and China has already begun. China has plans to promote the renminbi as a reserve currency. Yuan-backed oil futures can shatter the US dollar dominance on the crude market If the world trade enters into a death spiral of reciprocal economic sanctions, keeping oil trade in dollars will be a matter of strategic importance for the US

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/04/08/557859/UK-London-crime-rate-Khan

Officials in the UK capital London are struggling to control an unprecedented surge in crimes as murder rate is predicted to surpass the highest numbers in the early 2000s.

Concerns peaked in February and March, when London surpassed New York City in terms of homicides for the first time in history.

Both cities are similar in terms of population and size

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/04/07/557672/US-National-Guard-Mexico-Texas-Arizona

The US states of Texas and Arizona have announced plans to send reserve troops to the border with Mexico after President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of thousands of soldiers to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

The Texas National Guard said on Friday it would send 250 troops to the border within 72 hours, while Arizona's governor said he would send 150 soldiers next week.

Every US state has a National Guard unit, which consists of several thousand reserve forces under mixed state and federal control since 1933.

"The Texas national guard is preparing to immediately deploy with supporting aircraft, vehicles and equipment to the Texas-Mexico border."

Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-07/india-builds-over-14000-bunkers-preparation-war-pakistan

Government of India is planning to construct 14,460 bunkers for civilians in five border districts along the international Indo-Pakistani border, reports The Times of India.

The state-owned National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) will build these bunkers in populated regions that rest within 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the de facto border between the two countries, which have experienced an increasing amount of incursions by the Pakistani Army. To safeguard civilians from Pakistani shelling across the border, NBCC will build 13,029 small bunkers and 1,431 more massive community bunkers. The Times of India said the construction program would cost around 4.157 billion rupees (US$63.8 million).

Link: http://tass.com/world/998363

The driver who ploughed a truck into an outdoor cafe in the western German city of Munster committed suicide, police spokesman Andreas Bode said on Saturday. "The man shot himself. We cannot provide any personal information about him at the moment," he told reporters.

According to the latest reports, three people died in the incident. 30 people injured, six of them in serious condition.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/latam/201804071063323817-venezuela-currency-collapse-panama-commercial-ties/

Venezuelan bolivar exchange rate collapsed on the black market, exceeding for the first time 300,000 bolivars per US dollar after the authorities decided to impose financial and economic sanctions against Panama, local media reported.

US dollar is now worth 305,000 bolivars, up from 231,000 bolivars in late March and 250,000 bolivars a few days ago, according to the Dolar Today website.

Venezuela announced that it was halting commercial relations with Panamanian officials and companies, banning dozens of them. The 90-day ban concerns 22 Panamanian individuals and 46 Panama-based legal entities.

Link: https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/65073/as-banks-embrace-biometric-tracking-of-customers-cybertheft-explodes-in.html

Mexico has become a haven for the black market of stolen personal data' part of the problem is the widespread impunity cyber criminals enjoy in the country, owing to the absence of adequate legal tools and the lack of enforcement of the existing laws. This year, banks in Mexico are required to begin collecting biometric data (finger prints and iris scans) on all of their customers. Whenever a customer asks for a new home or car loan, cashes a paycheck, applies for a credit card, or opens a new savings account.