Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141811916

A U.S. judge on Friday dealt a major financial blow to Illinois by ordering the cash-strapped state to pay $586 million a month to Medicaid providers to ensure continued medical care for poor and disabled residents.The order by Judge Joan Lefkow also stipulated that Illinois send $2 billion to Medicaid providers during the fiscal year that starts on Saturday to pay down the existing $3.1 billion backlog of unpaid bills. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, whose office pays the state's bills, said the ruling "takes the state’s finances from horrific to catastrophic" and called on state lawmakers to immediately pass a budget.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/394668-mosque-car-man-arrested/

A man was arrested after attempting to drive a car into people in front of a mosque in the Paris suburb of Creteil, police said in a statement. No one was injured in the incident, and the suspect was detained. The man did not succeed in driving his 4x4 vehicle into the crowd due to barriers erected in front of the mosque, according to police. The motives of the suspect remain unclear so far.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Israeli_Warplanes_Hit_Multiple_Targets_in_Gaza_Strip/59387/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Israeli attacks recorded in at least three locations in Gaza, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said, with Hamas bases struck near the southern city of Rafah and Gaza City, as well as an empty area in the center of Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.The interior ministry in Gaza said in a statement the attack from Israel caused damage but it did not provide specifics. Ashraf al-Qidra, Palestinian health ministry spokesman, said no causalities were recorded as a result of the attacks. Israel claims the attacks were launched in response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip which landed in an unpopulated area in the occupied territories without causing any injuries. The Israeli military frequently bombs the Gaza Strip, with civilians being the main target of such attacks.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/military/201706271054992530-russia-readies-MiG-35-combat-aircraft/

MiG spokeswoman Anastasia Kravchenko: The MiG-35 is the next generation fighter jet, to follow the MiG-29 that’s been under development for over a decade. It "can take off from a very short lane, take off and land on unprepared airfields, and can be stored without a hangar for a period of a few months,12 percent more engine power than previous Russian models."

Link: https://sputniknews.com/russia/201706281055033389-russia-arms-export/

Rosoboronexport is the state company exporting military equipment in Russia and among the world’s largest arms exporters. Company's director general, Alexander Mikheev: company’s order backlog was worth about $45 billion, Russia fulfilling about 5,000 international deals in the sphere of military-technical cooperation.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/386151-paraguay-raid-siege-suspects/

Brazil’s Federal police have arrested at least 8 men following a spectacular multi-million dollar heist in Paraguay which was carried out with military precision, leaving one officer and three attackers dead. During the heist, the group blocked access to the local police headquarters with flaming vehicles, set up sniper positions on rooftops and used explosives and tyre spikes throughout the raid.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/386056-robbery-of-century-paraguay/

50 armed assailants laid siege to a police headquarters in Paraguay on Monday while stealing up to $40 million from a security firm.The gang, believed by police to include members of Brazilian drug gang First Capital Command, targeted headquarters of Prosegur, a security company specialising in transportation of cash in Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este. An explosive blew open the front of the facility, killing one policeman who was on guard.The gang then seized contents of the firm’s vault, described by public prosecutor Denise Duarte as being full at the time. Police said the vault can hold $40 million. Police were prevented from responding when the gang stopped them exiting their headquarters with 19 cars, explosives, and a rocket launcher, engaging in a battle that left the security firm premises without help for two hours.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/394330-chocolate-ransomware-attack-factory-australia/

A chocolate factory in Tasmania, Australia has become the first in the Southern Hemisphere to suffer from the ongoing ransomware attack that has already compromised computer systems around the globe. As a result, the factory has halted production. The Cadbury chocolate factory located in the city of Claremont became one of the latest additions to the list of the victims claimed by ‘Petya,’ a ransomware similar to its notorious predecessor, WannaCry. Computers at the factory, which makes about 50,000 tonnes of chocolate a year, mostly for sale in Australia, went out of operation 9.30pm local time on Tuesday, and started to display a message from hackers with instructions on how to “purchase the decryption key.”

Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40426642

Venezuela's Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a helicopter in what President Nicolás Maduro called a "terrorist attack". Footage on social media shows a police helicopter circling over the city before shots and a loud bang are heard. The police officer said to have piloted the stolen aircraft issued a statement denouncing the "criminal government". His whereabouts are unknown. It comes after mass protests against the political and economic crisis. Mr Maduro has placed the military on alert."I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace," he said. "Sooner or later, we are going to capture that helicopter and those who carried out this terror attack."

Link: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/06/26/526587/Brazil-court-corruption-Temer-money-laundering-Dilma-Rousseff-investigation

A Brazilian court has sentenced former finance minister Antonio Palocci to 12 years in prison for corruption and money laundering in the country's massive corruption probe known as "Operation Car Wash."

Link: https://www.infowars.com/texas-mocks-california-travel-ban-most-our-new-residents-are-from-there/

Texas fired back at California’s state-sponsored travel ban, with Attorney General Ken Paxton pointing out that most of the political refugees in Texas are actually from California. The travel ban, which forbids California state workers from traveling to Texas or hosting official events in the Lone Star State with public funds, most new Texans are from California; due to either greater job opportunities, much lower-priced housing,better quality of culture and life.”

Link: http://tass.com/world/953551

Syrian President Bashar Assad visited Russia’s airbase at Khmeymim and familiarized himself with new weaponry, in particular, the Su-35 fighter jet, the Russian defense ministry’s press service said on Tuesday. While visiting the base, the Syrian president met with Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov.

Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141808349

Hackers have caused widespread disruption across Europe, hitting Ukraine especially hard. Company and government officials reported serious intrusions at the Ukrainian power grid, banks and government offices. Russia’s Rosneft oil company also reported falling victim to hacking, as did Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/assange-upsets-voters-by-posting-prediction-about-democratic-party_062017

Saturday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange predicted the end of the Democratic party. The man responsible for leaking the emails between Hillary Clinton and her campaign chairman, John Podesta says that the party has become too consumed with a “political dead end,” and his posts are upsetting voters across the country. In a post shared by Assange to his Twitter account, the Wikileaks founder argued that the party has been “consumed” by “hysteria about Russia.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/science/201706271055024020-cia-cyber-weapons-attacks/

Since February more than 120 cyber software created by the CIA and the NSA have been released by WikiLeaks. They were created as cyber weapons to attack military and infrastructure in certain countries, and now they fell into hackers' hands. So, we must be ready that hackers will use it again.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/394270-maersk-cyber-attack-hackers/

Danish shipping and oil firm A.P. Moller-Maersk has reported its computer systems crashed as a result of a cyber attack on Tuesday. The company called it a global issue. Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft said a large-scale cyber attack had hit its servers, but oil production was unaffected. International steel and mining company EVRAZ also said it had been a target of a hacker attack.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/394294-ransomware-attack-petya-merck/

The US-based division of the global pharmaceutical giant Merck has been hit by the ‘Petya’ ransomware attack that has crippled computer systems across the world on Tuesday.“We confirm our company’s computer network was compromised today as part of global hack,” Merck said in a statement on Tuesday. “Other organizations have also been affected. We are investigating the matter and will provide additional information as we learn more.”

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/394240-temer-brazil-bribes-corruption/

Brazilian President Michel Temer has been officially accused of taking multi-million-dollar bribes in a formal statement sent to Brazil’s Supreme Court by Prosecutor-General Rodrigo Janot. Temer has been charged in connection with a graft scheme involving the world’s biggest meatpacking company, JBS SA. It is alleged that Temer was to receive a total of 38 million reais ($11.5 million).

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/tucson-court-hear-extradition-woman-accused-feeding-mother.html

Pima County Superior Court in Arizona will hear a case involving a fugitive from justice and the request for extradition to Miami-Dade County, in Florida. The fugitive, a former New York attorney, is a 64-year-old woman named Barbara Stone. Stone was originally arrested for feeding her mother. 2013 charges against Stone were launched after she took her mother, who was under a guardianship with a “professional guardian” to lunch. Stone had visited her mother, finding her mother on a feeding tube and emaciated, Barbara Stone took her to Denny’s. She was arrested the same day and charged with the following: 1) Custody interference; 2) Elder abuse; 3) False imprisonment, and 4) Violation of a protective order. She was sentenced to three years probation.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/people-spending-45-billion-hours-month-staring-youtube/

YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki said that 1.5 billion logged-in viewers visit YouTube every single month. “On average, our viewers spend over an hour a day watching YouTube on mobile devices alone,” she said.​When you break this down, that means that within one month people will spend at least 45 billion hours staring at YouTube, and that just refers to the logged-in people on mobile devices.