## [2016-09-12](/feed/2016/09/12/index.md)

##### Baracktrema obamai
### ["Baracktrema obamai", a new species of parasite is named after Barack Obama. ](/feed/2016/09/12/baracktrema-obamai-a-new-species-of-parasite-is-named-after-barack-obama.md)
##### Eduardo Cunha
### [Eduardo Cunha, former President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies loses his position as a Deputy following a vote of the Chamber as a result of a series of corruption scandals. ](/feed/2016/09/12/eduardo-cunha-former-president-of-the-brazilian-chamber-of-deputies-loses-his-position-as-a-deputy-following-a-vote-of.md)
##### 2016 Turkish purges
### [Turkish authorities remove two dozen elected Kurdish mayors in southeast Turkey. ](/feed/2016/09/12/turkish-authorities-remove-two-dozen-elected-kurdish-mayors-in-southeast-turkey.md)
##### Prime minister
### [Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns as MP for Witney, triggering a by-election. ](/feed/2016/09/12/former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom-david-cameron-resigns-as-mp-for-witney-triggering-a-by-election.md)
##### Catalan independence
### [In a protest in Barcelona, an estimated 800,000 people (370,000 in the government claim) demand secession from the Madrid-based Spanish government. ](/feed/2016/09/12/in-a-protest-in-barcelona-an-estimated-800000-people-370000-in-the-government-claim-demand-secession-from-the-madri.md)
##### Indonesia–Philippines relations
### [In last week's meeting between Indonesian president Joko Widodo and Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, Widodo today says that Duterte allegedly said that he '(would) not interfere' in the execution of accused drug smuggler and Philippine national Mary Jane Veloso. However, today a "Manila Bulletin" article says that Manny Piñol, the Philippines Agriculture Secretary, states that Duterte actually asked for clemency for Veloso. ](/feed/2016/09/12/in-last-week-s-meeting-between-indonesian-president-joko-widodo-and-philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-widodo-today-s.md)
##### Philippines–United States relations
### [In response to criticism of his government's extrajudicial killings of 1,800 people since July, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says that U.S. forces advising the Armed Forces of the Philippines against an Islamic insurgency in Mindanao are doing more harm than good and must leave the country, saying, ”I do not want a rift with America, but they have to go," during a speech in Manila. ](/feed/2016/09/12/in-response-to-criticism-of-his-government-s-extrajudicial-killings-of-1800-people-since-july-philippine-president-rod.md)
##### West Nile virus
### [A case of West Nile virus is detected in New York City. ](/feed/2016/09/12/a-case-of-west-nile-virus-is-detected-in-new-york-city.md)
##### Memphis
### [A house fire in Memphis kills at least 11 people. ](/feed/2016/09/12/a-house-fire-in-memphis-kills-at-least-11-people.md)
##### Piton de la Fournaise
### [The Piton de la Fournaise (Peak of the Furnace) shield volcano on France's Réunion island in the Indian Ocean erupts for the second time this year. It is one of the world's most active. ](/feed/2016/09/12/the-piton-de-la-fournaise-peak-of-the-furnace-shield-volcano-on-france-s-reunion-island-in-the-indian-ocean-erupts-for.md)
##### 2016 Gyeongju earthquake
### [A 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in South Korea, 9km south of Gyeongju, injuring at least two people and causing nationwide panic. It is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in South Korea. ](/feed/2016/09/12/a-58-magnitude-earthquake-occurs-in-south-korea-9km-south-of-gyeongju-injuring-at-least-two-people-and-causing-nation.md)
##### 2016 North Korean floods
### [The United Nations estimates that the death toll from severe flooding in North Korea reaches 133 with another 395 missing and tens of thousands homeless. ](/feed/2016/09/12/the-united-nations-estimates-that-the-death-toll-from-severe-flooding-in-north-korea-reaches-133-with-another-395-missin.md)
##### University of California, San Francisco
### [A researcher from the University of California, San Francisco discovers that the sugar industry may have manipulated studies about heart diseases. ](/feed/2016/09/12/a-researcher-from-the-university-of-california-san-francisco-discovers-that-the-sugar-industry-may-have-manipulated-stu.md)
##### Asia
### [Asian stock markets open lower following the fall in the Dow Jones amid speculations about the Federal Reserve's target interest rates. ](/feed/2016/09/12/asian-stock-markets-open-lower-following-the-fall-in-the-dow-jones-amid-speculations-about-the-federal-reserve-s-target.md)
##### Arctic Research Foundation
### [The Arctic Research Foundation discovers the wreck of the Royal Navy's HMS "Terror" almost completely intact off the southern coast of King William Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, 168 years after being abandoned during Franklin's lost expedition in 1848. ](/feed/2016/09/12/the-arctic-research-foundation-discovers-the-wreck-of-the-royal-navy-s-hms-terror-almost-completely-intact-off-the-sou.md)
##### Kashmir unrest
### [Clashes in Kashmir kill eight militants and a policeman. ](/feed/2016/09/12/clashes-in-kashmir-kill-eight-militants-and-a-policeman.md)
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