Link: https://www.rt.com/news/390859-japan-drills-evacuation-missile-strike/

Dozens of schoolkids and residents of Abu, a small coastal town on the Sea of Japan, were rushed to safety as part of evacuation drills Sunday after being warned that a ballistic missile was approaching and its wreckage would likely rain on them.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/390981-suicide-squad-philippines-isis/

A group of Filipino rescuers, nicknamed the Suicide Squad, are risking their lives to save hundreds of civilians trapped in Marawi, which is under the control of Islamic State-linked militants. The Suicide Squad have rescued more than 500 civilians in the last two weeks. "It started on our first mission when it was very dangerous, when most of our members were shot at when trying to save people," Saripada Pacasum, a Suicide Squad member.

Link: http://www.govtslaves.com/banging-on-empty-pots-venezuelans-protest-food-shortages/

Banging empty pots and brandishing signs saying “only the government is growing fatter,” Venezuelan activists in Caracas on Saturday protested food shortages in the crisis-stricken country. Protesters are demanding early presidential elections, freedom for jailed activists, and humanitarian aid to allow in scarce medicines and food. Around 93 percent of Venezuelans cannot afford to buy enough food and 73 percent of them have lost weight in the last year, according to a recent study by three universities. Children begging in front of bakeries, restaurants, or markets are now a common sight, while more and more people are salvaging food from the trash.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Shock_Waves_Spread_from_Spain%E2%80%99s_New_Banking_Crisis/58915/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Spain’s sixth biggest bank, Banco Popular, plunged 36% this week to €0.43, reducing the bank’s market capitalization to €1.7 billion. Just three weeks ago, when there was still a glimmer of hope that things could be turned around, it was worth almost double that. Its shares traded at €15 ten years ago, before the collapse of Spain’s mind-boggling housing bubble that left Popular holding billions of euros of real estate assets.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/retail-wreck-over-1000-stores-close-in-a-single-week/

Luxury retailer Michael Kors announced it would be closing over 100 locations, and electronics giant Radio Shack closed 1,000 locations across America. The retail industry, which represents $5 trillion in economic impact, has changed significantly over the past several years. More than 100,000 retail workers have lost their jobs since October 2016.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/390804-trump-climate-haley-eu/

President Trump is aware of climate change, but will “take care” of it on America’s own terms, US Envoy to the UN Nikki Haley told CNN. In response to Trump’s pullout from the Paris climate accord, the EU is considering economic measures. The US president Donald Trump “knows that [the climate] is changing and that the US has to be responsible for it,” Haley told CNN host Jake Tapper.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/390820-iran-calls-stop-terrorism-support/

Iran has condemned the London terrorist attack, which left seven dead and at least 48 injured on Saturday night, adding that the recent surge in terrorism worldwide should serve as a “wake-up call” for the international community.

Link: http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/genetically-modified-pink-pineapples-are-coming-to-a-grocery-store-near-you.html

Del Monte’s scientists have genetically engineered the new pink pineapple variety, FDA gave Del Monte the green light to commercialize it in the United States.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/06/01/523817/russia-north-korea-us-missiles-shoigu

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu: "Today, the Strategic Missile Force is maintained at the level allowing for reliably solving nuclear containment tasks. A total of 99% of launchers are in a combat-ready state and 96% of them are constantly ready for an immediate launch,"

Link: http://yournewswire.com/melania-trump-bans-monsanto/

First Lady Melania Trump has banned Monsanto products from the White House after learning of the health effects associated with consuming genetically modified (GM) corn; exclusively ordering organic products that were not grown with GM seeds.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/jetblue-joins-delta-push-toward-biometric-ids-travelers.html

New program initiated by Delta Airlines at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport to have automated baggage kiosks for “priority customers” that will first scan a traveler’s passport, then their face in order to match identity to checked luggage.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Russia_ready_to_supply_S-400_missile_systems_to_Turkey_%E2%80%93_Putin/58850/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Russia is ready to sell its S-400 air defense systems to Turkey, President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). Currently, Russia and India are jointly producing the Brahmos hypersonic missile,

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/390523-trump-paris-climate-pact/

President Donald Trump is withdrawing the US from the Paris agreement on climate change, a UN treaty signed by almost 200 nations in 2016 and considered a major achievement by his predecessor, Barack Obama. Implementing the pact would have the US cost trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lost industrial job, with massive reductions to the production of paper, cement, iron and steel, coal, and natural gas, Trump said, explaining his decision.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/390542-manila-resort-attack-dead-suffocation/

At least 36 bodies were found in the Resort World Manila leisure complex after gunman started a fire there, causing mass suffocation, Metropolitan Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde said. Philippines police are treating the attack as a botched robbery.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Russia_Successfully_Tests_%E2%80%98unstoppable%E2%80%99_4%2C600mph_Hypersonic_Weapon_Faster_than_ANY_Global_Anti-missile_System/58838/0/38/38/Y/M.html

ussia has launched five successful flights of a hypersonic jet that is capable of destroying an aircraft carrier with a single impact. The Zircon cruise missile travels between 3,800mph and 4,600mph – five to six times the speed of sound – and puts Russia ‘half a decade’ ahead of the US’, faster than any anti-missile system, including those that are expected to appear in the next two decades.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/El_Salvador_Freaks_Out_As_Trump_Deports_Hundreds_Of_MS-13_Gang_Members/58824/0/38/38/Y/M.html

This year the U.S. government has deported 398 gang members to this country, compared with 534 in all of 2016, according to Salvadoran government statistics. This sharp increase in the rate of gang deportations — and the prospect of more gang roundups in the United States — has prompted Salvadoran authorities to hold emergency meetings and propose new legislation to monitor suspected criminals who are being sent home.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/390370-homeless-los-angeles-lahsa-report/

An annual report on homelessness was released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) on Wednesday, showing a sharp rise in the homeless population across nearly every statistical category in Los Angeles County. The total number of people experiencing homelessness on a given night reached 57,794, a 23 percent increase from 2016, according to the report. The fastest growing demographics were young people, Hispanics and military veterans.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/390378-philippines-friendly-airstrike-marawi/

Ten soldiers were killed and eight more injured after the Philippines Air Force mistakenly struck army positions in Marawi City partly occupied by Islamist militants, the defense minister said, adding that further airstrikes might be suspended.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/389956-italy-libya-migrants-rescued-drowned/

At least 1,400 people have drowned so far this year trying to make the perilous journey across the sea to Italy, according to UN figures, while more than 50,000 migrants reached Italian coasts, most of them through Libya.

Link: http://www.redding.com/story/news/2017/05/23/farmer-faces-2-8-million-fine-plowing-field/336407001/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin

A farmer faces trial in federal court this summer and a $2.8 million fine for failing to get a permit to plow his field and plant wheat in Tehama County.