EFF: We Will Liberate The World – Julius Malema told supporters at the party’s first anniversary celebrations in Soweto that the EFF was already “playing in the big leagues”. [m&g]
SA Relay Team Take Bronze – The SA men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team have won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday. [s24]
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali Wins the 2014 Tour de France – Vincenzo Nibali emerged Sunday as the first Italian winner of the Tour de France in 16 years after a race defined by inclement weather and painful eliminations of other favorites. [nyt]
Boko Haram Militants Seize Cameroon Vice PM’s Wife – Boko Haram militants attacked Kolofata, a town in Cameroon’s Far North Region near Nigeria, on Sunday and seized several people including the wife of Cameroon’s Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali, a military commander in the region said. [huff]
MH17: Dutch And Australian Experts Forced To Delay Mission Due To Fighting – Netherlands-led group of 49 investigators that will attempt to recover bodies and examine site in eastern Ukraine delayed. [guardian]
US Says Russia Has Fired Rockets Into Ukraine – Stepping up pressure on Moscow, the U.S. on Sunday released satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for separatists has crossed the border. [ap]
F16 Jets Escort Plane After Passenger ‘Threat’ – A woman on the flight says it was “extremely scary” as armed police stormed the plane to arrest the suspect. [sky]
Russia Rails Against EU Sanctions, Lambasts U.S. Over Ukraine – Russia has reacted angrily to additional sanctions imposed by the European Union over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis, saying they would hamper cooperation on security issues and undermine the fight against terrorism and organized crime. [mostim]
Hamas And North Korea In Secret Arms Deal – Exclusive: Hamas has paid North Korea for missiles and communications equipment in arms deal worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. [tele]
Top ANC Man Fleeced Gauteng – Court papers have implicated Gauteng ANC chief whip Brian Hlongwa in corrupt dealings worth millions since 2006. [m&g]
Obama To Rename Africa Programme For Mandela – A programme designed to foster a new generation of young African leaders will be renamed after former South African President Nelson Mandela, the White House said on Sunday. [n24]
Facebook Has Totally Changed Its Stance On Privacy – Remember when Mark Zuckerberg didn’t believe in privacy? When he argued that it was “no longer a social norm”? When Facebook employees wouldn’t even use the word “privacy” at a forum about the future of privacy? [slate]
ISIS’s Black Flags Are Flying in Europe – The symbol of the murderous ‘Islamic State’ is waving in The Hague. ‘Death to the Jews,’ shout the demonstrators. Yet the Dutch government authorized the protests. [beast]
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Plane Forced To Make Emergency Landing After Cocaine Bursts In Drug Mule’s Stomach – A plane was forced to make an emergency landing after the cocaine packages a Birmingham man had smuggled in his stomach burst. [metro]
Lewis Hamilton ‘Shocked’ At Team Orders During Hungarian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton said he was “very, very shocked” to be asked by his Mercedes team to move over and allow teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg to pass him during Sunday’s tumultuous Hungarian Grand Prix. [smh]
Court Strikes Down D.C. Ban on Carrying Guns in Public – A federal judge has struck down Washington D.C.’s ban on carrying handguns outside the home as unconstitutional. [nbc]
Silvio Berlusconi Conviction Overturned In Shock Decision – An Italian court has thrown out Silvio Berlusconi’s conviction for paying for sex with an underage prostitute at his notorious “bunga bunga” parties and for abusing his office by having her released from police custody. [tele]
Japan Heat Persists After Hottest Day of 2014 Leaves 11 Dead – The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of extreme heat today in Tokyo and other areas after local media reported 11 people died and almost 1,900 were hospitalized yesterday on the country’s hottest day this year. [bloom]
AFP Officers ‘Breached Protocol’ By Handcuffing Lily Allen For Photo – Australian Federal Police officers who handcuffed British singer Lily Allen at her request for a photo opportunity are now the subject of an internal review for “breaching protocol”. [smh]
Cavendish Square Flashmob – We were initially very excited about this because we thought the email said ‘Herschelle Gibbs flashmob.’ I mean, what would Gibbs actually DO in a flashmob? Anyway, it actually said ‘Herschel Girls flashmob.’ [vimeo]
Cocksure Doctors Give Man The Unkindest Cut – Johnny Lee Banks jnr, a 56-year-old from Birmingham, Alabama, went to hospital last month for a routine circumcision only to awaken to find that his penis had been amputated. [tlive]
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