Deadly Virus Spreads To Another Country – The sometimes deadly MERS-CoV virus has spread to Italy, the World Health Organization said in statements this weekend. [cnn]

X-Factor Judge Bust In Sun Newspaper Cocaine Deal Sting – Tulisa faces arrest within days after The Sun exposed her setting up a cocaine deal, police said yesterday. The former X Factor judge, 24, will be quizzed by cops after fixing the £800 handover with a drug dealer pal. [thesun]

Oscar Pistorius Has The Support Of Convicted Drug Traffiker, Glen Agliotti – Oscar Pistorius is getting support from a seemingly unlikely source: convicted drug trafficker Glenn Agliotti. Agliotti faced prosecution from the same team who are now trying Pistorius. [enca]

Kim And Kanye Reveal Baby’s Sex – Kim Kardashian revealed via “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” Sunday night (June 2) that she and boyfriend Kanye West are expecting a baby girl. [huffpo]

Pistorius Family ‘Shaken’ By Pics – A leaked photograph, purportedly showing the scene where model Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead, has “shaken” the family of murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius, his uncle said on Sunday night. [news24]

Did A Cop Leak Oscar Pics? – A former police officer working on the Oscar Pistorius murder investigation is suspected of leaking pictures of the crime scene to Sky News. [citypress]

Michael Douglas Says Oral Sex Caused Throat Cancer – Michael Douglas – the star of Basic Instinct and Fatal Attraction – has revealed that his throat cancer was apparently caused by performing oral sex. [guardian]

Love Affair Scandal At 10 Downing Street – Speculation is rife over the identities of two people allegedly involved in a secret affair which could have serious political implications for David Cameron and his government. [dailymail]

Maybe C-Section Isn’t The Way To Go? – Evidence is mounting that babies delivered by C-section miss out on the benefits of the mother’s microbiome. Karen Levy on how cesarean’s could be tied to obesity, asthma, allergies and more. [dailybeast]

Obama Was Pushed By Clintons Into Endorsement Of Hillary In 2016: Book – President Obama made a secret deal to support Hillary Clinton when she runs for president in 2016, campaign sources say, payback for the support her husband gave him in 2012. [nypost]

Gaddafi Billions Found In SA – The hunt for slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s missing billions has moved to South Africa, where a fortune in cash, gold and diamonds is believed to be stashed. [timeslive]

Google Glass Drops Facial Recognition (For Now) – Google is ducking, for now, some of the most profound questions about privacy and Google Glass with its decision not to include facial recognition in the device. For now. [forbes]

Heath Ledger’s Diary Reveals Joker Prep For The Film The Dark Knight – The late actor’s diary has been revealed for the first time, showing a performer who was devoted to his craft while preparing for his dramatic role in The Dark Knight. Kim Ledger shared the diary as part of a German documentary called Too Young to Die. [news]

$9million (R90 million) Wedding For Facebook’s First President – Sean Parker, the first president of Facebook, has married his singer girlfriend in one of Silicon Valley’s most extravagant weddings. [telegraph]

South African Town Accused Of Keeping Apartheid Alive – More than two decades after the death of the systematic racial discrimination policy of apartheid, a community living southeast of South Africa’s capital Pretoria is being accused of trying to keep its racist ideals alive. [cnn]

Gumtree Bakkie Advert Sparks A Racist Rant – A Centurion man is being investigated by police after he allegedly refused to sell his bakkie to a black buyer. The man, who also faces an SA Human Rights probe, allegedly told Mabopane resident Evans Molepo that “all blacks must die” to make him happy. [gumtree]

Zuma’s First Choice NPA Leader Charged With Misconduct – Regional magistrate Stanley Gumede has been formally charged with misconduct by the Magistrate’s Commission, City Press reported on Sunday. Gumede was believed to be President Jacob Zuma’s first choice to lead the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). [iol]

Roger Federer Rediscovers His Form To Beat Gilles Simon At French Open – Roger Federer rediscovered enough elegant rapier thrusts of his racket to escape embarrassment on the eighth day of the French Open and register the 900th win of his career, normally another opportunity to celebrate his genius. [guardian]

Cambridge Students Are Shocked By Exam Question – An examination question featuring oral sex, male rape and naked torture at an imagined drinking society bash has shocked some University of Cambridge law students. [times]

Angelina Jolie’s First Appearance Since Breast Op – Just weeks after revealing that she has had a double mastectomy, Angelina Jolie makes a red carpet appearance in London. [skynews]

Public Smoking Ban Takes Effect In Russia, Where 4 In 10 Are Smokers – A law that bans smoking in public places has taken effect in Russia, a contentious move in a country with one of the highest smoking rates in the world. [ctvnews]

Philip Seymour Hoffman Completes Detox After Heroin Relapse – Philip Seymour Hoffman has left a detox center that he entered to get ahead of drug problems that are said to have been spinning out of control, according to reports. [latimes]

Harvey Weinstein: ‘David Beckham Could Be A Movie Star’ – The legendary film producer and founder of Miramax Films told reporters that Beckham would be a shoo-in for a movie role if he wanted it, referencing US sports star Michael Jordan’s big screen turn in live-action cartoon Space Jam. [digispy]

Alcoholism Is A Problem In Britain’s Wealthy Areas – The silent epidemic: The elderly and rich women in wealthy areas are the UK’s heaviest drinkers
66 per cent of women in affluent areas drink more than three units a day. [dailymail]

‘Prancercise’ Creator on Her ‘Wacky’ Workout and Being Too Famous to Prancercise – The woman behind the horsey exercise craze tells all: the joys of galloping in ankle weights, the injury that almost dashed her dreams forever, her new book, and more. [dailybeast]

Stars Urge Alicia Keys To Drop Israel Gig – Roger Waters and Alice Walker have penned open letters asking Alicia Keys to call off a forthcoming concert in Tel Aviv. Walker, the author of The Color Purple, invited Keys to join a cultural boycott of Israel, visiting “the children in Gaza” instead of supporting “a system that is cruel, unjust and unbelievably evil”. [mail&guardian]

“Is Will Smith’s ‘After Earth’ The Worst Movie Ever Made?” – Is “After Earth” the worst movie ever made? Maybe not; there’s always “Battlefield Earth” to remind us how low the bar can go. But that’s the wrong question, since it implies that this bizarre enterprise is a movie in the conventional sense. [wallstreetjournal]

 

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