Link: http://tass.com/defense/950715

Over 750 new weapon systems have arrived for the Russian troops in the past six months of this year, Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/science/201706091054493149-russian-innovators-create-rescue-robots/

Russian scientists have created robots that will replace human rescuers in dangerous operations. “The development of robots is unprecedented. There are complexes that use artificial intelligence in order to carry out complex tasks where there is a risk to a rescuer’s life and health – in mines, mountains and high-rise buildings on fire," head of Russian Emergencies Ministry, Vladimir Puchko.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/After_Laying_off_Thousands%2C_Boeing_CEO_Says_Offshoring_Work_to_China_Won%E2%80%99t_%E2%80%9CDirectly_Harm%E2%80%9D_US_Jobs/59036/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Boeing, the largest US exporter by dollar value, faces a tough environment for commercial jetliners. In 2016, net orders dropped 13% from 2015 and 53% from 2014, to just 668 planes, the lowest level since 2010! Through June 6, 2017, Boeing has just 208 net orders. The company is under pressure to cut costs. So there has been wave after wave of job cuts through voluntary buyouts and involuntary layoffs last year and this year. Its payroll has shriveled by about 30,000 workers over the past five years.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/391583-russia-economy-oil-ruble/

The Russian budget has adjusted to oil price swings, according to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. The non-energy fiscal deficit has dropped, while the ruble has gained over 11 percent year-on-year, proving the resilience of the economy to low crude prices.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/391679-italy-vaccinations-austria-asylum/

More than 130 families in the Italian province of South Tyrol are allegedly threatening to seek asylum in Austria, just days after the Italian president signed a decree requiring mandatory vaccinations for school admission.

Link: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-06/06/content_29637728.htm

Ten Chinese police officers began joint patrols in four Italian cities Monday, according to a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security. Four groups of Chinese police officers will join their Italian counterparts for patrols in the cities of Rome, Milan, Florence and Naples

Link: https://sputniknews.com/military/201706061054375913-trump-qatar-terrorism-pentagon-business/

The US Air Force “hasn’t changed” its operations out of its Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, despite multiple Persian Gulf states cutting diplomatic ties with Doha and US President Donald Trump signaling that actions isolating Qatar could be “the beginning of the end of the horror of terrorism.”

Link: http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/310243,No-Islamic-migrants-means-no-terrorist-attacks-official

Polish European Parliament deputy Ryszard Czarneck; The only way to protect Poland from terrorist attacks is by not allowing Islamic migrants into the country, we will not open our doors to Islamic migrants.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201706081054452159-turkey-ankara-fighter-jet/

Ankara is determined to maximize the Turkish defense industry sources while working on the first domestic fifth-generation TFX jet fighter, the country's Defense Minister Fikri Isik said Thursday.

Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141793995

A device exploded in the U.S. embassy compound in Ukraine's capital Kiev in the early hours of Thursday, injuring no one, police said. An attacker threw the device over the embassy's fence just after midnight, police added, calling it a terrorist act.

Link: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/air-travel-exposes-you-to-radiation-how-much-health-risk-comes-with-it/

The major source of radiation exposure from air travel comes from the flight itself. This is because at high altitude the air gets thinner. The farther you go from the Earth’s surface, the fewer molecules of gas there are per volume of space. Thinner air thus means fewer molecules to deflect incoming cosmic rays – radiation from outer space. With less atmospheric shielding, there is more exposure to radiation.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Qatar_military_goes_on_highest_alert%2C_fearing_Saudi_invasion_at_any_moment/59020/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Qatari military has brought up 16 Leopard tanks out of storage in Doha and put the military on its highest alert out of fear that Saudi Arabia and others might attempt a military incursion. On June 5, the Qatari Ministry of Defense transmitted a message to the governments of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, saying they would fire on any naval ships from those countries that enter into its waters,

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/391378-electric-car-sales-surge-iea/

The biggest market last year was China with 336,000 vehicles sold. Chinese buyers get exemptions from certain taxes, as well as waivers from license plate restrictions.“China was by far the largest electric car market, accounting for more than 40 percent of the electric vehicles sold in the world and more than double the amount sold in the United States,

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/391365-tehran-attack-cctv-video/

Video footage has emerged of the recent attack on the Iranian parliament, showing gunmen storming the building and people in the visitors’ hall fleeing in panic.The video, recorded by a CCTV camera, was released by Iranian media outlets, including Fars news agency.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/legalizing-cannabis-unemployment-colorado-lower-rest-country.html

Three years after legalizing cannabis, Colorado has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. “While the national unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent in May, the lowest since 2001, Colorado’s jobless rate is the nation’s lowest at 2.3 percent. Last year, cannabis generated $1.3 billion in profit, nearly $200 million in tax revenue. Cannabis-related companies now employ estimated 100,000 to 150,000 full and part-time workers.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/politics/201706061054358414-russia-president-election-2018-us-interference-meddling/

Chair of the Russian upper house of parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev believes that the United States and its NATO allies might meddle in the Russian presidential campaign next year. "There is no doubt that during the time that remains prior to the presidential election in Russia slated for next March we will face very active and consecutive attempts of the United States and their NATO allies to interfere in the election campaign," Kosachev told reporters on Tuesday.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/391241-banco-popular-sale-santander-euro/

Spain's largest bank Santander bought its rival Banco Popular for €1 on Wednesday after the EU warned the lender was on the verge of collapse. Banco Popular accumulated €37 billion in toxic real estate loans. The European Central Bank said there was a "significant deterioration of the liquidity situation of the bank in recent days, declined over the last few days.Trading was suspended on Tuesday. The bank’s shares lost almost 66 percent of their value this year.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/391304-oldest-human-fossils-morocco/

The oldest human fossils ever discovered have been unearthed in Morocco in a finding hailed as a significant step in the research of human ancestry and origins. The fossils are about 100,000 years older than any previously known human remains. The fossils, discovered at the Jebel Irhoud archeological site in Morocco, belonged to three adults, one adolescent, and one child who was around eight years old.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/town-mortified-govt-cuts-destroys-community-fruit-forest-permit-issue.html

Sunshine Coast city council laid waste to a 7-year-old organically grown fruit tree forest. The council ordered residents to obtain public liability insurance and a free permit in order to keep the trees. City council showed up with trucks and mulchers to chop down all the trees to put in a sidewalk.

Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141791820

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a major case on privacy rights in the digital age that will determine whether police officers need warrants to access past cellphone location information kept by wireless carriers.