Day to Day Headaches : First black Miss America Vanessa Williams (September 17, 2016)
Today's World News
To Start off
North Korea begs world for aid after devastating floods despite spending millions on nuclear weapons : North Korea has sent a desperate message to the world begging for humanitarian help after spending all its own money on nuclear weapons
Kim Jong Un reportedly spent a billion pound on the massive weapon program that there is no money left in the bank to help his own people. Know more
Apple pays £89m tax fine for underreporting income in Japan : The news comes weeks after the EU hit Apple with a record £11bn tax penalty. Know more
China to launch world’s first ‘cold’ atomic clock in space ... and it’ll stay accurate for a billion years : Device should lose only a second in one billion years
The clock is ticking for the world’s most accurate working time piece, the NIST-F2 atomic clock operated by America’s National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado. Know more
1.5 billion birds missing from North American skies, ‘alarming’ report finds : The report also listed 86 species of birds, including the Canadian warbler, that are threatened by plummeting populations, habitat destruction and climate change.
North American skies have grown quieter over the last decades by the absent songs of 1.5 billion birds, says the latest summary of bird populations. Know more
One in three Saudi air raids on Yemen hit civilian sites, data shows : Exclusive: Pressure on UK and US roles in war set to increase as survey shows school buildings and hospitals among targets. Know more
Chinese citizens are being arrested for sharing news about the Wukan village rebellion online : This week, police carried out a vicious crackdown on demonstrators in the southern Chinese fishing village of Wukan, about 150 miles away from Hong Kong. After police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at villagers protesting over land rights disputes, information about the crackdown is being entirely blocked in mainland China. For a short while, foreign journalists became the only news source about the crackdown, but they are being expelled from the village after fetching $3,000 bounty per journalist. Know more
US to pay '$1.2m' to Italian family of drone strike victim : The US government has agreed to pay €1.1m ($1.2m; £934,000) to the family of an Italian aid worker killed by a drone strike in Pakistan, reports say.
Aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto, 37, was killed while being held hostage by al-Qaeda in 2015. Know more
There you have it our Top News of the day.
Here's Our Top 5 Most funniest image of the day.
"I feel so betrayed"
"Chaotic evil"
"Will ferrell"
"Found this old picture of my uncle"
"It slices it dices"
There you have it our Top 5 Most funniest image of the day.
Today's Historic Event
17th of September 1983
First black Miss America Vanessa Williams (Miss New York) is crowned. She was forced to relinquish her crown in 1984 when Penthouse magazine published nude photos of her with another woman.
That's all for today, Thank you.
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