News Headlines - 06 January 2018

▽Five severed heads left on hood of taxi in Veracruz

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is believed to have been responsible for leaving the severed heads of five men on the hood of a taxi in Veracruz yesterday.

▽U.S. helicopter forced to land on small island in Okinawa：The Asahi Shimbun

A U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing on Ikeijima island here on Jan. 6... Local fire department officials said the pilot made the emergency landing in the Agarihama district. It was not clear what the problem was as no smoke was found coming out of the aircraft.

▽Former Toyota President Tatsuro Toyoda dies at 88 | The Japan Times

Tatsuro Toyoda, the former Toyota Motor Corp. president who led the company’s ascent to one of the world’s top automakers, has died. He was 88.

▽Largest known prime number discovered with over 23 million digits | The Independent

M77232917 was discovered on a computer belonging to Jonathan Pace, an electrical engineer from Tennessee who has been searching for big primes for 14 years.
Mr Pace discovered the new number as part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a project started in 1996 to hunt for these massive numbers.

▽Residents of Bell End call for change to their 'embarrassing' street name

Fed up with being the butt of puerile jokes a number of families have asked Sandwell Council to rename their street as Bell Road, with councillors now set to discuss the request.