Day to Day Headaches : Blackout Hits New York (July 13, 2016)

Today's World News

To Start off 

Filipino drug lords pitch in to raise $21 million for ‘Kill Duterte’ fund : THE Philippines’ most notorious drug and crime lords are pooling their wealth to raise P1 billion (US$21 million) for a bounty on incoming President Rodrigo Duterte and several others. Know more

Theresa May’s husband is a senior executive at a $1.4tn investment fund that profits from tax avoiding companies : The relatively unknown investment fund where Theresa May’s husband Philip works as a senior executive is one of the world’s largest and most powerful financial institutions, controlling $1.4 trillion in assets. Know more

Japanese Emperor Akihito 'plans to abdicate' : Japan's Emperor Akihito has announced his intention to abdicate in the coming years, public broadcaster NHK reports.

The 82-year-old, who has had health problems in recent years, reportedly does not wish to remain emperor if he has to reduce his official duties. Know more

Adolf Hitler's birthplace may be seized by Austria and torn down to prevent neo-Nazi pilgrimage : The Austrian Government is moving to seize Adolf Hitler's birthplace to prevent it from becoming a site of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis.

Hitler's family lived in the house in the town of Braunau am Inn in northern Austria for only three years around his birth on April 20, 1889, but the fate of the three-storey building coated in pale yellow paint has long been the subject of controversy. Know more

Public funding for schools associated with Church of Scientology revealed : Schools associated with the Church of Scientology are receiving more government funding per student than hundreds of Australian public schools, new data has revealed, despite benefiting from generous private donations and hundreds of thousands of dollars in school fees. Know more

Serzh Sargsyan: We do not accuse Turkish people of Armenian Genocide, we condemn denial of it : Pope’s visit to Armenia was both of religious and inter-state character, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in an interview with Al Mayadeen TV, a pan-Arab news station.

“The fact of the Pope visiting Armenia is very important by itself, but the essence and content of that visit make it even more valuable,” the President said. He reminded that the Pope had described the trip as “pilgrimage to the first Christian nation.” Know more

Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests : The demand for ‘perfect’ fruit and veg means much is discarded, damaging the climate and leaving people hungry 

Americans throw away almost as much food as they eat because of a “cult of perfection”, deepening hunger and poverty, and inflicting a heavy toll on the environment.

Vast quantities of fresh produce grown in the US are left in the field to rot, fed to livestock or hauled directly from the field to landfill, because of unrealistic and unyielding cosmetic standards, according to official data and interviews with dozens of farmers, packers, truckers, researchers, campaigners and government officials. Know more

Honda unveils first hybrid motor without heavy rare earth metals : The new motor will be used in the Freed minivan that goes on sale in Asia this fall.

Honda pledged to reduce its use of rare earth metals a decade ago, and the automaker took another step towards that goal this week. It unveiled its new hybrid motor that was co-developed alongside Daido Steel, another Japan-based company. The new motor doesn't use heavy rare earth metals like dysprosium and terbium, instead relying on magnets from Daido Steel that cost 10 percent less and weigh 8 percent lighter than the previous components. In fact, the automaker is the first to develop a hybrid motor that doesn't use the heavy metals. Honda says the new engines will reduce its reliance on the pricey rare earth metals that are primarily supplied by China. Know more

US signs first historical military agreement with Kurds to fight ISIS : In an unprecedented step, the US has signed an agreement with the Kurdish government in northern Iraq to give military and financial support to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces.

Before the arrival of ISIS in August 2014, the Kurdish Peshmerga troops were forced to rely on old military equipment, and were prevented from buying military equipment from outside Iraq. Know more

There you have it our Top News of the day. 


Here's Our Top 5 Most funniest image of the day.

"No Lives Matter"

"My local cemetery is stocking up on these, should I be concerned?"

"My soulmate was another girls worst date"

"Spotted on a very old car"

"Utah signs at it again!"

There you have it our Top 5 Most funniest image of the day.



Today's Historic Event

13th of July 1977 

Blackout Hits New York 

A lightening strike strikes a substation on the Hudson River, tripping two circuit breakers in Westchester County, then a second lightning strike caused the loss of two 345,000 volt transmission lines causing a 25hrs blackout of the New York City area. In some areas of New York Looting and vandalism were widespread with the hardest hit Crown Heights. Subway services, LaGuardia and Kennedy airports are closed and the city struggles for the next 24 hours. 

That's all for today, Thank you.