Day to Day Headaches : First private rocket Conestoga I (September 9, 2016)

Today's World News

To Start off 

Indonesia gets green light to ‘blow up’ pirates in Philippine waters : President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday that Indonesian maritime authorities will be allowed to enter his country’s territorial waters to capture pirates. 

The Filipino leader, speaking in Jakarta after arriving from the Asean and East Asia summits, explained that this was the agreement made with his Indonesian counterpart Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during their Laos meet. Know more

‘I never called Obama son of a whore… and Ban Ki-moon is a fool!’ – Philippines president : Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has now denied that he called US President Barack Obama “a son of a whore.” However, after the row over the insult subsided somewhat, Duterte switched to the UN secretary-general, calling him a “fool.”

The US and Philippines presidents shook hands at a banquet on Wednesday. It was the presidents’ first encounter since Barack Obama canceled their last scheduled meeting two days earlier, following a verbal outburst in which Duterte called the US leader a “son of a b*tch/whore” during a discussion on the Philippines' attitude towards human rights amid a crackdown on drug crime. Know more

Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes 'napalm girl' post : Norway’s largest newspaper published a front-page letter to the Facebook CEO lambasting the company’s decision to censor a photograph of the Vietnam war. Know more

Sweden unveils new refugee age assessment model : Sweden will make medical age assessments of unaccompanied asylum seekers by examining their teeth and knee joints. The new system, unveiled on Friday by the national forensic medicine agency (Rättsmedicinalverket), aims to tackle doubts over the accurate age of those who seek asylum in the country. Know more

Eight in 10 Nigerian women in Italy sex trafficking victims : Majority of victims under 18 says archbishop. Know more

Calls to ban 'canned lion hunting' in South Africa : The World Conservation Congress is calling on South Africa to ban the hunting of lions bred in captivity. Know more

There you have it our Top News of the day. 


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Today's Historic Event

9th of September 1982 

First private rocket Conestoga I by Space Services Inc. successfully carries its payload into space.

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