Day to Day Headaches : Polynesia Kon-Tiki Expedition (August 7, 2016)

Today's World News

To Start off 

“If He Beats You, It Means He Loves You” : Domestic violence is again on the agenda in Russia, as lawmakers and religious leaders call for battery within families to be decriminalized

Every year, tens of thousands of Russian women and children suffer every possible kind of familial abuse — be it battery, rape or even attempted murder.  Know more

Duterte names officials linked to drugs : 'I am sorry for my country,' Duterte says, lamenting the 600,000 estimated number of drug addicts, pushers, and users nationwide

President Rodrigo Duterte early Sunday morning, August 7, named alleged drug protectors and persons involved in illegal drugs among police, judges, local government officials, and the military.

Speaking in Camp Panacan in Davao City, Duterte said those whom he mentioned should report to their mother units “within 24 hours”. He also ordered the cancellation of “any and all” firearm licenses issued to those whom he named. Know more

Many feared that the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was dead after two cryptic 64-character codes were tweeted to his public Twitter profile and quickly deleted. The cryptic code tweets led many to believe that Snowden may have been captured or killed and the codes were the result of a “dead man’s switch” designed to release if he did not check in to the computer at a certain time. However, a journalist with The Intercept that has worked with the whistleblower in the past says that Snowden is “fine,” but would not elaborate further. Know more

Brazil athletes not dope-tested ahead of Rio : Brazil's athletes were not subject to doping tests for almost a month before the Rio Olympics, the country's sports ministry said while refuting allegations it was a political decision to ensure the Games were not plunged further into crisis.

Brazil's sports ministry confirmed no tests were carried out between July 1 and July 24 due to a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspension on a drug-testing laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, The Times reported on Friday. Know more

Earth’s resources used up at quickest rate ever in 2016 : In just over seven months, humanity has used up a full year's allotment of natural resources such as water, food and clean air – the quickest rate yet, according to a new report.

The point of "overshoot" will officially be reached on Monday, said environmental group Global Footprint Network -- five days earlier than last year. Know more

Scientists warn world will miss key climate target : Grim backdrop to vital global emissions talks as new analysis shows 1.5C limit on warming is close to being broken

Leading climate scientists have warned that the Earth is perilously close to breaking through a 1.5C upper limit for global warming, only eight months after the target was set. Know more

There you have it our Top News of the day. 


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

"How to improve the olympic coverage"

"City and suburb cops"

"Lincold was a Canadian?"

"Hangs on the inside of our bank vault"

"Too much"

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



Today's Historic Event

7th of August 1947 

Polynesia Kon-Tiki Expedition

The Kon-Tiki expedition headed by Thor Heyerdahl, which had carried a six-man crew aboard a balsa wood raft from Peru 3,770 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashed into a reef in at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands on a Polynesian archipelago after being at sea for 101 days since 28th April . 

That's all for today, Thank you.