Day to Day Headaches : World Total Eclipse Of The Sun (August 11, 2016)

Today's World News

To Start off 

Scotland just produced enough wind energy to power it for an entire day : Strong winds combined with low demand on a sunny summer Sunday help Scotland reach ‘significant milestone’ on path towards ditching fossil fuels entirely

For the first time on record, wind turbines have generated more electricity than was used in the whole of Scotland on a single day.

An analysis by conservation group WWF Scotland found unseasonably stormy weather saw turbines create about 106 per cent of the total amount of electricity used by every home and business in the country on 7 August. Know more

First Polish patient wakes from coma due to brain stimulator implant : 35-year-old Tomasz has been in a coma since May. He had a brain stimulator implanted two weeks ago at the University Hospital in Olsztyn. He is now completely conscious, understands what is being said and responds to it. Know more

Julian Assange to be questioned inside embassy as Ecuador agrees to set date : Swedish prosecutors investigating rape allegation will meet WikiLeaks founder in London embassy

Julian Assange will be questioned by Swedish prosecutors inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, in a possible breakthrough to end the impasse over his case.

The Ecuadorian attorney general delivered a document agreeing to a request by the Swedish prosecutor to question the founder of WikiLeaks. Know more

Localist Edward Leung gets 24-hour Facebook ban after posting video of men following him : Edward Leung Tin-kei, member of the localist party Hong Kong Indigenous, was banned from posting on Facebook for 24 hours on Tuesday after his video of two men allegedly following him was reported.

The video uploaded by Leung on August 7 showed him approaching a black car which he claimed followed him for a month. When Leung asked the two men inside the car where they came from, they replied “grandpa” – a slang term used for the Chinese Communist Party. Know more

Suspect in foiled terror plot dead in Strathroy, Ontario : 23-year-old Aaron Driver has been identified as the suspect

This, after a major counter-terrorism operation was carried out by the RCMP.

In an internal government memo obtained by CTV News, the RCMP report they had credible information that a terror attack in a major Canadian city was imminent. The suspect was described as a Caucasian male in his 20s who speaks perfect English with no accent. Know more

Tanzania to connect 1 mln households to power for $3 bln over 5 yrs : But plan is to boost power generation by using natural gas and coal, and cutting dependence on hydro. Know more

Australia accuses refugees of falsely reporting sexual abuse : Australia on Thursday accused asylum seekers held in Pacific detention camps of falsely reporting sexual assault in order to get sent to Australia, a day after a newspaper published leaked documents detailing abuse at the Nauru immigration centre.

More than 2,000 incidents, including sexual abuse, assault and attempted self-harm, were reported over two years at the Australian-funded Nauru detention centre, more than half involving children, Guardian Australia reported. Know more

French 'burkini' pool party for Muslim women cancelled after organisers receive death threats : Organisers attack 'narrow-minded polemicists and politicians' who sought to cancel event

A ‘burkini’ swimming pool party in France has been cancelled after the organisers received death threats, less than a week after the local mayor said he wanted to ban the event.

Mayor Michel Amiel of Pennes-Mirabeau, near Marseilles, announced he had discussed the proposed party with the Speed Water Park venue with regards to the “extreme ideological positions” he believed the organisers were taking. Know more

There you have it our Top News of the day. 


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

"Oreo high as fuck"

"I came in like a pokeball"

"The attention to detail at Legoland is amazing"

"Couldn't be more true"

"Doctors on strike"

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



Today's Historic Event

11th August 1999 

World Total Eclipse Of The Sun 

The total eclipse of the sun is seen around beginning in the Atlantic, a few hundred miles east of Boston, and seen throughout Europe, Asia, The Middle East, below is a small image of the path of the eclipse 

That's all for today, Thank you.