Day to Day Headaches : Tokyo Olympics (July 22, 2016)

Today's World News

To Start off 

Manhunt after deadly attack at shopping centre : German police are engaged in a huge anti-terror manhunt in the city of Munich after nine people died in a shooting at a shopping centre.

Police are investigating whether one of the bodies is that of a perpetrator. At least 10 people have been wounded.

Three armed attackers were earlier reported to be on the run. Police urged people to avoid public places. Know more

Christians, Muslims and atheists call for end to compulsory religious education in Ireland : The Evangelical Alliance of Ireland (EAI) has joined Atheist Ireland and Irish Ahmadiyya Muslims in calling for reform to religious education (RE) to allow pupils to choose another subject in its place.

A joint study from the group based on hundreds of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the National Council for Curriculum & Assessment (NCCA) says that the state-sponsored religious education course at second level should not be compulsory. Know more

Alcohol is a direct cause of seven ​​forms of cancer, finds study : Analysis implicates alcohol in development of breast, liver and other types of cancer and says even moderate consumption is a risk

Alcohol causes seven forms of cancer, and people consuming even low to moderate amounts are at risk, according to new analysis.

Health experts endorsed the findings and said they showed that ministers should initiate more education campaigns in order to tackle widespread public ignorance about how closely alcohol and cancer are connected. The study sparked renewed calls for regular drinkers to be encouraged to take alcohol-free days, and for alcohol packaging to carry warning labels. Know more

China 'destroys buildings' at Tibetan Buddhist academy : Campaign groups say China has started demolishing buildings at Larung Gar, one of the largest centres of Buddhist learning in Tibet.

The London-based Free Tibet group says demolitions at the site began on Wednesday and a number of people living there have been evicted. Know more

Government quietly admits it was wrong to say Saudi Arabia is not targeting civilians or committing war crimes : Reams of corrections were issued just as MPs went back to their consituencies for recess

Ministers have quietly issued reams of corrections to previous ministerial statements in which they claimed that Saudi Arabia is not targeting civilians or committing war crimes. Know more

There you have it our Top News of the day.



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Today's Historic Event

22nd of July 1964 

Japan Tokyo Olympics 

Plans are being put in place to show live feed from the Tokyo Olympic games to Television viewers in Canada and the United States using a new Comstat Satellite Syncom III which will be launched in August and hold a stationary or hovering orbit position above the Pacific Ocean. The Olympic Games will be shown to television viewers in October 

That's all for today, Thank you.