Airstrikes By U.S. And Allies Hit ISIS Targets In Syria – The United States and allies launched airstrikes against Sunni militants in Syria early Tuesday, unleashing a torrent of cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs from the air and sea on the militants’ de facto capital of Raqqa and along the porous Iraq border. [nyt]
Elon Musk’s Companies Have Been Tanking, And He’s Lost $1.7 Billion – Tesla and Solar City shares have been getting clobbered. Both stocks are also down from their highs over the past month — Tesla by 14% and Solar City by 20%. Tesla topped out during the trading day at $291 on Sept. 4 and Solar City hit $76 on Sept. 12. [busins]
DA Wants Russia Nuke Deal Details – Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson must divulge details of a nuclear power agreement signed with Russia, the DA said on Monday. [iol]
Two Denied Bail In Beheading Case – A 17-year-old and a 16-year-old accused of stabbing and beheading a Durban prostitute were denied bail in the Durban Magistrate’s court on Monday. [tna]
Fair enough..
Desmond Tutu Urges Norwegians To Forgive Breivik – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a key figure in South Africa’s post-apartheid reconciliation, urged Norwegians on Monday to forgive mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, the worst criminal in the nation’s recent history. [tlive]
Predatory Parking App Booted From San Francisco Tries Los Angeles Next – MonkeyParking is the rare kind of app that forced San Francisco’s tech-teeming citizenry to throw up their hands and say “enough.” [valleywag]
Rockefellers To Switch Investments To ‘Clean Energy’ – Heirs to the Rockefeller family, which made its vast fortune from oil, are to sell investments in fossil fuels and reinvest in clean energy, reports say. [bbc]
£2bn Wiped Off Tesco’s Value As Profit Overstating Scandal Sends Shares Sliding – Tesco has just announced that it has overstated its profit forecasts for the first half of this year, by a jaw-dropping £250m. [guardian]
Kim Dotcom Election Defeat: ‘My Name Was Poison’ – Technology millionaire Kim Dotcom has apologised for his party’s failure in New Zealand’s general election. [bbc]
Nelson Mandela ‘Freedom Torch’ Sold For R750 000 – The iconic Nelson Mandela Freedom Torch went on auction in Boston, in the US, and sold for R750 000. [n24]
Kris Jenner Files For Divorce – Nearly one full year after Kris and Bruce Jenner announced their separation, RadarOnline.com has learned that the Kardashian momager has finally taken a step towards making the split permanent, and filed for divorce in Los Angeles. [radar]
Galapagos Tortoise Lonesome George: Dispute Over Body – A dispute has broken out between an Ecuadorean ministry and the Galapagos Islands over where the preserved body of a Galapagos giant tortoise should be housed. [bbc]
Apple TV Update Brings Beats to Your TV – Apple quietly updated its Apple TV set-top box last week with fresh software that includes a new, more iOS 8-like design — and, for the first time, Beats Music. [mash]
Emma Watson Targeted By Hackers Who Say They Will Release Naked Photos In Four Days – The hackers are threatening to publish nude photos of Emma Watson in retaliation for her speech where she announced that she was a feminist. [tele]
Kate And William’s Royal Family Values – Finally, after generations of cold, screwed-up parenting, the royal family—in warm and practical Kate and William—are changing the way they raise future monarchs. [beast]
Tomorrow’s Powerball Jackpot Is R2.5 Billion – Get Your Tickets – Those of us who have bought a ticket for each of these rollovers don’t see it as a waste – it’s part of the ride and the thrill. But for those of you who haven’t spent a cent… you’d be NUTS not to get in now. This is reaching record levels. Get your tickets now [here]
Alicia Keys Is Trying To ‘Make The World A Better Place’ With This Nude Photo – Alicia Keys has painted a peace sign on her pregnant belly and posted a nude photo to Instagram in order to “make the world a better place.” [mash]
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