Apple Allows the World’s Most Popular Bitcoin Wallet Back Into Its Store – Six months after Apple removed Blockchain from its online App Store—effectively preventing people from using the popular bitcoin wallet app on the iPhone and the iPad—the tech giant has now allowed the app back into the store. [wired]
Le Clos Caps Off Golden Night – South Africa’s Chad le Clos has added the 100m butterfly Commonwealth title to his 200m gold earlier in the week on Monday. [n24]
U.S. Says Russia Tested Cruise Missile, Violating Treaty – The United States has concluded that Russia violated a landmark arms control treaty by testing a prohibited ground-launched cruise missile, according to senior American officials, a finding that was conveyed by President Obama to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a letter on Monday. [nyt]
Nkandla Ad-Hoc Committee To Be Re-Established – A parliamentary ad-hoc committee will again be established to consider President Jacob Zuma’s response to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on Nkandla. [citpr]
Apple To Acquire Swell Radio And Podcast App For $30m – Apple is expected to buy personalised talk-radio app Swell for $30m (£17.7m) adding to its existing iTunes radio music streaming service and Podcast app. [guardian]
Air Algerie AH5017: Pilots ‘Asked To Turn Back’ – The French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, has revealed that the pilots of an airliner that crashed in Mali last Thursday had asked to turn back. [bbc]
Kerry Evokes Mandela In Push For Middle East Truce – US Secretary of State John Kerry evoked the memory of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela Monday to press his push for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. [brba]
Numsa Ends Strike After Deal With Metal Sector Employers – A month-long strike in the metal sector is over after a three-year deal was reached in which workers will receive pay hikes of as much as 10% a year. [m&g]
Donald Sterling Loses Bid to Block Sale of Clippers – A judge issued a sweeping victory Monday for Rochelle Sterling, ruling that she had the authority to sell the Los Angeles Clippers to the businessman Steve Ballmer, who has agreed to pay a record $2 billion for the franchise. [nyt]
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Here’s Gwen Stefani Breastfeeding – Gwen Stefani‘s 5-month-old Apollo Bowie Flynn is already living the life! The 44-year-old No Doubt singer shared a beautiful candid moment of her nursing her son by the majestic Swiss Alps on Instagram on Friday. [mtv]
Jaguar Land Rover Buys Entire Collection of 543 Classic Cars – Most of us wish we had the money and space for a huge collection of classic and vintage cars, but if you’re a major automaker such a collection is much easier to amass. [motaut]
Paul McCartney To Reissue More Wings Albums With Unreleased Material – ‘Venus and Mars’ and ‘At the Speed of Sound’ set for release this fall. [rollingstone]
Man Dies, Nine Injured After Lightning Strikes Venice Beach In California – A 20-year-old man died after lightning from a rare summer thunderstorm jolted a Southern California beach, injuring or rattling more than a dozen people, authorities said. [fox]
Spider-Man, Captain America, Naked Cowboy Arrested in Times Square – The New York Police Department cracked down on Times Square characters this weekend, arresting Naked Cowboy, Captain America, Spider-Man and Jessie the Cowgirl from Toy Story. [mash]
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