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US Sanctions on Venezuela’s PDVSA Would Wipe Out its Oil Revenues, Accelerate Default
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.
Russia begins issuing simplified electronic visas to citizens of 18 countries
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,
Spanish police break up crime ring smuggling Iranians into UK
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).
Ukraine signs deal to buy American coal
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.
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.
Meet Tally: The Grocery Stocking Robot About To Eradicate 1,000's Of 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.
South Pacific Trash Island May Be a Million Square Miles in Area
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.
Caught On Tape: Explosion Rocks Caracas, Injures Police As Venezuela Votes
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.
Judge Rules Psychologist Duo Who Designed CIA Torture Program Will Face Trial
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.
Hungary's leader: EU and Soros seek to "Muslimize" Europe
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."
Wells Fargo Charged 800,000 Customers for Fake Car Insurance, Stole 25,000 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.”
Skyrocketing Rents in California Are Part of a Broader US Housing Crisis
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.
EU Proposes Freezing Bank Accounts to Bailout Megabanks
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.
Former staffer with U.S. contractor pleads guilty in State Department scam
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.
‘Sex Robot’ Brothels Gaining Popularity in Europe
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.
How Prison Labor is the New American Slavery and Most of Us Unknowingly Support it
Prison labor helps produce goods and services for almost every big business in America. The full list of companies implicated in exploiting prison labor includes:
Bank of America
Bayer
Cargill
Caterpillar
Chevron
Chrysler
Costco
John Deere
Eli Lilly and Company
Exxon Mobil
GlaxoSmithKline
Johnson and Johnson
K-Mart
Koch Industries
McDonald’s
Merck
Microsoft
Motorola
Nintendo
Pfizer
Procter & Gamble
Pepsi
ConAgra Foods
Shell
Starbucks
UPS
Verizon
WalMart
Wendy’s
US tanks head for Tbilisi as NATO flexes muscles in ‘largest ever’ joint drills with Georgia - Video
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/398109-georgia-noble-partner-drills/
American tanks and armored vehicles headed for Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday, local media reported. The “largest” NATO-led war games with Georgia are part of the bloc’s recent activities in the vicinity of Russia's borders.
US Treasury sanctions Venezuelan president Maduro
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/398125-maduro-us-treasury-sanctions/
US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said it had added Maduro to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. This means that any US-based assets of his have been frozen, and American citizens are forbidden from conducting any business with him. White House considers the elections held in Venezuela to be illegitimate and holds Maduro responsible.
Cancer-causing pollutants detected in most tap water across US - study
Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/397890-cancer-causing-pollutants-tap-water/
Tap water from 48,000 public water utilities was found to contain multiple cancer-causing agents from arsenic, dioxane, chromium 6 to nitrates, according to researcher with the Environmental Working Group.
Colombia’s key rebel group FARC to launch political party
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/07/24/529548/Colombia-FARC-peace
Colombia's leftist FARC rebels announced Monday they will launch as a political party on September 1, a major step as the group transitions into civilian life as part of a historic peace agreement. The disarmament last month by the roughly 7,000 members of Colombia's biggest rebel group under the 2016 peace accord brought a complete end to a half-century-old civil conflict between the FARC and the government.
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