Ferguson Officer: ‘I Know I Did My Job Right’ – Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson says he couldn’t have done anything differently in his confrontation with Michael Brown to have prevented the 18-year-old’s shooting death. [abc]
Ferguson Protests Continue Across Nation – Anger over a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer who shot Michael Brown to death continued to reverberate around the country Tuesday, with protests and demonstrations from coast to coast. [nbc]
Zuma Not Avoiding Parliament – Maharaj – President Jacob Zuma is not side-stepping his duties to answer questions in Parliament, presidency spokesperson Mac Maharaj said on Tuesday. [n24]
ANC Seeks To ‘Pay Back’ EFF MPs – With Suspension – A 25 minute special sitting of the National Assembly has been convened, seemingly to ensure EFF MPs are suspended without pay before the holidays. [m&g]
Graduating Matrics Won’t See Their Names In Newspapers Anymore – Matric results published in newspapers would only reflect the ID and exam numbers of pupils and not their names, the department of basic education said. [tlive]
Court Bans Woolworths Protests – Pro-Palestine activists have been banned from protesting in Woolworths stores, the High Court in Johannesburg ruled on Tuesday, a day before the retailer’s annual general meeting in Cape Town. [f24]
SAA Acting CEO: I Never Claimed To Have A Degree – Acting South African Airways (SAA) CEO Nico Bezuidenhout has said SAA, Mango staff, and Mango’s board have always known that he did not have a degree. [citypr]
Eskom, South Africa ‘Living On The Edge’: Lynne Brown – Eskom and South Africa must brace themselves for tough measures in order to make the power supply sustainable, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said. [tlive]
France Suspends Delivery Of Warship To Russia, Cites Ukraine – France suspended the planned delivery of a warship to Russia on Tuesday, after months of growing speculation about what would be the biggest arms sale ever by a NATO country to the Kremlin. [cnbc]
Apple Tops $700 Billion Valuation, Fueled by New Products – Apple Inc., already the world’s largest company by market capitalization, hit a record intraday value: $700 billion. [bloom]
ISIS Got Up To $45 Million In Ransoms In Past Year, U.N. Says – The Islamic State group which controls a large swath of Syria and Iraq has received between $35 million and $45 million in ransom payments in the past year, a U.N. expert monitoring sanctions against al-Qaida said Monday. [time]
Cosby Leaked Story About Daughter’s Drug Problems – Bill Cosby is a horrible human being — even when he isn’t allegedly drugging and raping women — according to detractors. [p6]
Google Launches ‘Smart’ Spoon To Help Steady Shaking Hands – Hi-tech invention aims to help sufferers from essential tremors and Parkinson’s disease and can reduce shaking by 76%. [guardian]
Vogue’s Rat Infestation: Disturbing New Details – On Friday, Gawker reported that Vogue’s brand-new offices at 1 World Trade Center had a predicament as old as New York City itself: a rat infestation. It’s already gotten so bad that editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is wary of entering her personal office. Over the next three days, two other outlets reported even grosser details. You might want to sit down. [gawker]
The Only Way to Save Google Glass Is to Kill It – Did you know that Google Glass still exists? [wired]
Judge To Decide On Dewani Discharge – British businessman Shrien Dewani will have to wait almost two weeks to hear whether his application to be discharged of killing his wife has been successful. [n24]
Kate’s Tears For A Grieving Mum – Pregnant Duchess throws her arms around mother after hearing of her baby’s death. [dm]
Domestic Workers In Cities Must Earn At Least R2,065.47 A Month: Minister – Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has upwardly adjusted domestic workers’ annual wages in line with the new minimum wage, her office said on Tuesday. [tlive]
Flying Economy Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room – The rears of planes are becoming hell with smaller, harder seats to jam as many passengers in as possible. Meanwhile, first class has never been more opulent. [beast]
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