--- title: "While you were sleeping: 19 May 2016" description: "EgyptAir flight disappears off radar, US scientists clear genetically-engineered food, and Netball soars in Australia." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "South Africa" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-19-while-you-were-sleeping-19-may-2016/" published: "2016-05-19T06:22:25" updated: "2016-05-19T06:22:51" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 834 --- # While you were sleeping: 19 May 2016 > EgyptAir flight disappears off radar, US scientists clear genetically-engineered food, and Netball soars in Australia. By John Stupart · Published 19 May 2016, 08:22 SAST · Updated 19 May 2016, 08:22 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *"Great anger and violence can never build a nation."* **– Nelson Mandela** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/da3181c5-ec95-4398-bbf8-18de96fdb2e2.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [TRAINSPOTTER: In dark times, we must lean towards the light](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-18-trainspotter-in-dark-times-we-must-lean-towards-the-light/)Things are bad, and getting worse. But we are not sunk yet. It’s time for South Africa to begin to define itself anew. By RICHARD POPLAK. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-18-trainspotter-in-dark-times-we-must-lean-towards-the-light/#.Vz0tRfl95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| *[Get serious cash back when you upgrade to a new Mac and trade in your current one.](http://www.myistore.co.za/trade-in?utm_source=DailyMaverick&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Mac_trade_in)* \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## EgyptAir flight disappearsAn EgyptAir flight headed from Paris to Cairo has disappeared off all radar. Although little further information is available, flight MS804, with 59 passengers and 10 crew on board, left Paris at 23h09 and vanished from radar just after entering Egyptian airspace, the airline said in a tweet. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-19-egyptair-flight-from-paris-to-cairo-disappears-from-radar-airline) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Chibok girl reunited with familyThe first rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali, has been reunited with her mother. Vigilantes returned Ali to her mother, Binta, after discovering her wandering near a suspected Boko Haram camp. Another man, suspected to be a Boko Haram member, was apprehended in the process and is about to have a really bad week. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-19-tearful-reunion-after-chibok-girl-rescued) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## US study clears genetically engineered foodThe US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has issued a 388 page report arguing that genetically engineered (GE) food poses no more harm than its regular counterpart. Moreover, the study used an analysis of over 1,000 bodies of research that indicated there may even be a greater health benefit in GE foods. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-19-us-study-declares-genetically-engineered-foods-safe) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Netball in Australia gets seriousNetball Australia has announced the creation of a new national league for the country's most popular female sport. Moreover, netball games would be aired on television, with major matches getting prime time spots. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-19-netball-australia-unveil-tv-deal-national-league) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **4** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The number of times the average single male changes his sheets per year. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1943 the **landing date for D-Day**was decided upon by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. It would eventually be delayed by more than a month due to poor weather.Fact of the day: **In the original Jungle Book (the book)**, Kaa is actually a friend of Mowgli's. 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