Link: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/half-of-worlds-olive-oil-threatened-by-deadly-bacteria/

Spanish officials have confirmed the arrival of Xylella fastidiosa, a pathogen deadly to olive trees, on the country's mainland. About half the world's olive oil comes from Spain's estimated 340 million olive trees, and experts fear the bacteria could devastate the harvest. Up to a million olive trees in Italy were killed by the infection last year, leading Italian officials to chainsaw trees to the ground in an effort to stop the sickness.

Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141814892

France will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the Paris climate accord, Emmanuel Macron’s government has announced. The announcement comes a day after Volvo said it would only make fully electric or hybrid cars from 2019 onwards, a decision hailed as the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine’s dominance of motor transport after more than a century.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/global-economy-grinding-halt-sears-canada-forced-close-60-stores-lay-off-thousands-workers/

20 full-line Sears stores, 15 Sears Home stores, 10 Sears Outlet stores, and 14 Sears Hometown stores will all be closing their doors. Thousands of employees at these stores will lose their jobs, as will many employees who work at the company’s Canadian headquarters in Toronto.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/07/tax-collectors-florida-openly-carry-guns-public-banned.html

A Central Florida tax collector says a new policy will allow his employees to openly carry firearms while they work,” The Associated Press reports. “Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg told the Orlando Sentinel that according to Florida law, he and his employees are considered ‘revenue officers’ and are exempt from the state’s ban on the open carrying of firearms while performing their duties.”

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/new-jersey-officer-under-investigation-after-struggle-with-jaywalker_072017

An officer from the Millville Police Department (New Jersey) is under official review for an arrest carried out on Tuesday, June 27, wherein a man suspected of jay walking was struck several times in the head during an altercation with police.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/POLICE_UNLEASH_WATER-CANNONS_AS_VIOLENT_CLASHES_ERUPT_AT_%22WELCOME_TO_HELL%22_G20_PROTEST_-_LIVE_FEED/59544/0/38/38/Y/M.html

The “Welcome to Hell” demonstration against the G20 summit in Hamburg has led to a violent confrontation between police and protesters on the streets of the German city.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/395514-livingstone-abolish-governments-g20/

Speaking to RT, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has suggested that the world would be a better place if it were run not by governments, which are detached from their citizens, but by city authorities who know the real needs of their people.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/395526-putin-hamburg-g20-summit/

Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Hamburg late Thursday night for the G20 summit and the highly anticipated first in person contact with his US counterpart Donald Trump, scheduled on the sidelines of the top world leaders’ meeting.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/china-issues-dire-warning-on-north-korea-it-will-get-out-of-control-consequences-would-be-disastrous_072017

Chinese Ambassador Liu Jieyi’s recent remarks on the matter suggest that we are nearing a dangerous breaking point: “Currently tensions are high and we certainly would like to see a de-escalation,” Liu told a news conference at UN headquarters as China takes over the Security Council presidency in July. “If tension only goes up … then sooner or later it will get out of control and the consequences would be disastrous,” he said.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/over-100-people-shot-in-chicago-over-holiday-weekend_072017

At least 101 people were shot between Friday afternoon and early Wednesday, nearly half of them over 12 hours as the long holiday drew to a close. Fifteen of the wounded died.

Link: http://www.healthydebates.com/chciken/dangerous-club-drug-ketamine-found-in-grocery-store-chicken/

Ketamine had shown up in Sanderson Farms’ so-called “100 percent natural” chicken. Ketamine is known for delivering hallucinogenic effects. It’s prescribed by psychiatrists for depressed patients and by dentists as an anesthetic.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/395405-us-sanctions-unsc-meeting/

North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch is dangerous and requires an escalated diplomatic response, US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the UN Security Council. The US is preparing a new resolution that will likely target China’s trade with Pyongyang. While the US is “prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies,” Washington prefers to use trade as leverage, according to Haley."One of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. We will use them if we must, but we prefer not to have to go in that direction," she said.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/395361-russian-strategic-bombers-hit-isis-targets/

Russian strategic bombers have conducted strikes on ISIS targets in Syria, using modern Kh-101 strategic cruise missiles. Several weapon stockpiles and a terrorist command center were destroyed in the strike.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/latam/201707011055136276-killed-mexico-gang-violence/

This month’s death tally from clashes between the Juarez and powerful Sinaloa drug cartels has topped 70, according to the Politico.tv news channel. There are several drug trafficking rings fighting for control of the northern Chihuahua state, a gateway to the United States. Ciudad Juarez was ranked as the world’s most violent city a few years ago, with an annual 3,100 murders.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Venezuela%27s_unbelievable_currency_collapse_is_getting_worse/59469/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Violent protests are growing, the economy is spiraling further out of control. Government corruption and mismanagement have triggered hyperinflation. The collapse of the economy and currency has driven shortages in food, medicine and basic products. The country has been gripped by unrest as Venezuelans call for President Nicolas Maduro to step down or hold democratic elections. Since late March, 74 people have been killed and more than 1,400 injured in protests.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/7-fast-facts-about-the-economic-collapse-of-illinois_072017

Illinois facing an economic collapse. They owe $14,711,351,943.90 in overdue bills. This does not count day-to-day operating expenses – this is money that should have already been paid out.Nearly 15 BILLION DOLLARS. Illinois is about to be the first state ever to have their credit downgraded to “junk, ”haven’t had a state budget in 3 years. A federal court ruling on Friday will force them to make payments of $600 million a month to catch up. State Congress approved a 32% income tax increase. A quarter of a trillion dollars in pensions will be due SOON. $251 billion in pension payments.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/395121-germany-record-renewable-energy/

Up to 85 percent of electricity comes from renewable sources on particularly sunny and windy days. Germany's transition to renewables started in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2010. The government pledged to phase out nuclear power plants by 2022 and reduce CO2 emissions by 40 percent.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/395106-trump-protests-impeachment-usa/

Thousands of demonstrators marched throughout the US on Sunday to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, accusing him of violating the constitution. Meanwhile, Trump supporters staged counter rallies to support his 2020 re-election bid.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/395143-president-macron-parliament-cut/

President Emmanuel Macron has proposed reducing the size of the French parliament by one third, among a set of "profound changes," as he set out his agenda for his term to the Senate and National Assembly in Versailles. If the reform is approved, the National Assembly would be cut from 577 members to 385 and the Senate would be reduced from 348 members to 232, Liberation newspaper calculated. Macron wants to abolish of the Court of Justice of the Republic, a special French court that deals only with ministerial misconduct.

Link: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/07/02/527205/Pakistan-Afghanistan-Torkham

Pakistan’s military has begun erecting fencing along the country's porous border with Afghanistan in order to stop cross-border infiltration and improve security in the region.