The Daily Populous

Saturday May 6th, 2017 evening edition

image for Hugo Chávez statue torn down as death toll rises in Venezuela protests

A 20-year-old Venezuelan protester has died after being shot in the head, authorities said, taking the death toll from a month of anti-government unrest to at least 37.

Another 717 people have been injured and 152 are still in jail from the hundreds rounded up in widespread unrest across the country, according to the office’s latest tally.

There has been violence and widespread looting this week in Valencia, a once-bustling industrial hub two hours from the capital by road.

In an incident loaded with symbolism, a group of young men destroyed a statue of the late leader Hugo Chávez in oil-producing Zulia state, according to videos circulating on social media on Friday evening.

'Everything is in chaos': night of violence reveals depths of Venezuela crisis Read more.

“Students destroyed this statue of Chávez.

“Eighty percent of Venezuelans want elections as a way out of our nation’s grave economic and political crisis,” wrote Ernesto Padrino on Facebook. »

Researchers cure diabetes in mice without side effects

Authored by upi.com

May 5 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Texas Health San Antonio report they have essentially cured type 1 diabetes in laboratory mice by using gene transfer.

In type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys beta cells resulting in the body producing no insulin.

In type 2 diabetes, the beta cells fail and insulin decreases but is still produced by the body. »

Android Authority doesn't ship "giveaways" meanwhile using your social media accounts to market their website for free : Android

Authored by reddit.com

The worst thing is that you have to share your social media accounts and advertise them through reposts, tweets, etc. and you don't get anything.

1.UPDATE: for guys interested in a PROOF, I am a winner of LG G6, here is a link to a giveaway: http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g6-international-giveaway-752255/.

I filled out the form and they have my personal information now, but I won't hide the truth!. »

'I love you, man': New study explores evolution of the 'Bromance'

Authored by nbcnews.com

Thanks to a decline in homophobia, straight men are now better able to embrace "bromances" with other men, according to a new study published in the journal Sex Roles.

The authors aimed to explore what the students understood bromances to be, to what extent they valued these relationships and how these friendships were carried out.

Some described their bromance as a romance without the physical intimacy, and others described it like a brotherhood. »

Ukraine bans Steven Seagal as threat to national security

Authored by theguardian.com

Security service says it has forbidden Seagal entry into country for five years, after actor received Russian citizenship.

Ukraine has banned American action movie star Steven Seagal as a national security threat, making him the latest of several cultural figures to be blacklisted.

The Ukrainian security service said it had forbidden Seagal entry to the country for five years, in a letter published by the news site Apostrophe. »