Day to Day Headaches : South Africa Boer War (August 16, 2016)

Today's World News

To Start off 

Last Month Was Earth's Hottest in Recorded History : Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA.

Even after the fading of a strong El Nino, which spikes global temperatures on top of man-made climate change, July burst global temperature records.

NASA calculated that July 2016 was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit (0.84 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1950-1980 global average. That's clearly hotter than the previous hotter months, about 0.18 degrees warmer than the previous record of July 2011 and July 2015, which were so close they were said to be in a tie for the hottest month on record, said NASA chief climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. Know more

NORTH KOREA HAS CONFISCATED THE GALAXY S7 DEVICES GIVEN TO ITS OLYMPIC ATHLETES :  Friday the grumpy country foiled Samsung’s plan to provide its Summer Olympics athletes with free Galaxy S7 handsets — stripping them from the country’s strongest hands.

Samsung’s giveaway was part of a promotion the company coordinated last week. The Korean smartphone maker, an official sponsor of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, provided 12,500 Galaxy S7 smartphones to the Games’ numerous participants, among them 11,200 athletes from 206 countries, to use during pre-Game festivities on August 5. Know more

First 'gold-standard' trial of ketamine's anti-depressant effects launched : Clinical trial conducted in Australia and New Zealand will compare patients’ response to multiple doses of the drug with placebo

The first “gold standard” clinical trial of ketamine for the ongoing treatment of major depression was launched in Sydney on Tuesday and will involve seven research institutions and 200 patients from across Australia and New Zealand.

Several pilot studies have examined the effectiveness of ketamine for depression but these have typically been smaller studies testing a single dose of ketamine on acutely depressed patients. Know more

Egyptian judoka reprimanded and sent home after Israel snubIOC orders Egypt to educate their athletes in Olympic values following Islam El Shehaby’s refusal to shake Israeli competitor Or Sasson’s hand. Know more

11 people dead, at least 19 injured after an airstrike hits Abs hospital : Abs hospital in Hajjah governorate,northwestern Yemen, was hit by an airstrike today at 15.45 local time, killing at least 11 people and injuring at least 19. 

The blast immediately killed nine people, including a Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, and two more patients died while being transferred to Al Jamhouri hospital. Five patients remain hospitalised. Abs hospital, supported by MSF since July 2015, has been partially destroyed, and all the remaining patients and staff have been evacuated. The GPS coordinates of the hospital were repeatedly shared with all parties to the conflict, including the Saudi-led coalition, and its location was well- known. Know more

Russia's Stepanova - 'No accident' if something happens to me : The Russian runner who helped expose a system of state-backed doping in her country says she fears for her life and has been forced to move after hackers tried to find her location.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Saturday Yulia Stepanova's online doping management account had been illegally accessed. The doping scandal she lifted the lid on has rocked sport and cost over 100 Russians their place at the Rio Games. Know more

Professor Brian Cox clashes with Australian climate sceptic : Professor Brian Cox has verbally sparred with a newly elected Australian politician who believes climate change is a global conspiracy.

The British physicist behind BBC's Wonders of the Universe was a guest on the adversarial panel show Q&A. Know more

There you have it our Top News of the day. 

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Today's Historic Event

16th of August 1900

South Africa Boer War  

In preparation for war with Great Britain, the Boers had started importing vast quantities of food as early as 1898. Also, munitions were hoarded by those in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. It appeared that some food was sent to other locations only to be secretly rerouted to the Boers.
That's all for today, Thank you.