The Daily Populous

Sunday October 27th, 2019 night edition

image for Police found bloody handprints on freezing 'coffin' where 39 migrants died

Police and forensic officers investigate a lorry in which 39 bodies were discovered in the trailer on Wednesday.

Forensic officers are pictured above doing a full sweep of the lorry which had been carrying the migrants across the world.

The Vietnamese migrants are all thought to have travelled from the same district, the Can Loc district, which is pictured right.

Since Wednesday four people have been arrested in connection with the death of the 39 migrants.

Relatives of Nguyen Dinh Luong told the broadcaster that he may be one of those found in the container.

Lorry driver Maurice Mo Robinson: Arrested on suspicion of murder, police also given extra time to quiz the 25-year-old.

'There were bloody handprints all along the inside of the lorry door where they must have been banging for help.'. »

Are Men Really Funnier Than Women?

Authored by psychologytoday.com

Humor production ability is a distinct cognitive ability that is largely uncorrelated with appreciation and enjoyment of humor.

We excluded studies where people evaluated their own humor ability, as most people believe they have an above-average sense of humor.

It means that to the best of our knowledge, on average, men appear to have higher humor production ability than women. »

Facebook pledged $1bn to help California's housing crisis. Can't they pay their taxes instead? | Ross Barkan

Authored by theguardian.com

Tech companies like Facebook have inexorably driven up rents in California’s urban core, fueling wide-scale displacement and homelessness.

Yes, it’s better that Facebook contributed $1bn to housing than nothing at all.

Paying more in taxes could help state and federal governments, which are actually accountable to voters, fund affordable housing initiatives. »

Chile protests: More than one million bring Santiago to a halt

Authored by aljazeera.com

Santiago, Chile - More than one million people took to streets in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Friday afternoon, uniting in a call for huge social and political change in the country.

"This is really emotional, the fact that we are all together, this is a very new thing for Chile," said Camilo Godoy, surrounded by chants of "Oh, Chile Desperto" (Chile woke up).

Demonstrators are seen near a fire during a protest against Chile's state economic model in Santiago, Chile [Henry Romero/Reuters]. »