African Leaders Create ‘Cape To Cairo’ Free-Trade Zone – African leaders have signed a historic agreement to create the continent’s largest common market, encompassing 26 countries. [mg]
Swiss Police Hit FIFA’s Zurich Headquarters For Latest Data Seizure – Another day, another update to the ongoing investigation into the FIFA corruption scandal as Swiss police seized data from the soccer organization’s Zurich-based headquarters on Wednesday, including information from the office of outgoing president Sepp Blatter. [mash]
FBI Seizes Computers Linked To Celebrity Photo Hack – The trail of a celebrity photo-hacking scandal led the FBI to an unassuming brick home in Chicago, according to recently unsealed court documents that reveal agents zeroed in on a computer they linked to nearly 600 hacked personal data-storage accounts. [huff]
So How Do Our Cops Compare To The Yanks When It Comes To Killing Citizens? – The shocking footage of a police officer manhandling a teenager at a pool party once again placed U.S. law enforcement under the spotlight. How does the SAPS compare? [story]
DA MP Found Guilty Of Sexual Harassment, Keeps Job – The DA MP who was found guilty of sexual harassment by his party will not appeal his sanction and will remain an MP. [n24]
Putin: God Gave Me Perfect Judgment – God has blessed Vladimir Putin with perfect judgment. That’s at least what he told an Italian newspaper in advance of his meeting with the Pope. [mash]
Ice Age Camel DNA Discovered In Canada Change Theories On Species – New results of fossil analysis will help scientists to understand why the camels went extinct 13,000 years ago and to re-examine other species. [grdn]
Virgin’s New Paternity Leave Policy Puts Google and Facebook to Shame – Richard Branson has thrown down the paternity leave gauntlet. [time]
Sanral R20 Billion In Debt: Ramaphosa – The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) owes about R20 billion according to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. [tlive]
New Sports Channel On Its Way – It took half a decade but the type of television that pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM) has been lacking most is finally on its way [s24]
Lionel Messi Faces Tax Fraud Trial After Appeal Rejected Again – Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi has moved a step closer to being tried for tax evasion after a Spanish high court rejected his latest appeal. [bbc]
Manhunt For Escaped Killers Expands To Vermont – A pair of convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison may have headed across the border to Vermont, fearing the pressure of an intense manhunt in the neighboring state, authorities said Wednesday. [cnn]
Terrorism’s Next Frontier – Planes Are Crashing Because Of Software Problems Now – Oh good, something else to have to worry about when flying: are software problems a sign of things to come, what with hackers and terrorism? Surely that’s their easiest access? [read]
None Of Us Are Safe: Major Cybersecurity Company Hacked – Guess what: Even the best security companies can be hacked. That’s what Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab said Wednesday when it announced its systems had been attacked, most likely by hackers working on behalf of a country. [cnet]
What? SA Travelers Freak Out As Travel Company Gives Away A Free Weekend, Every Weekend, Indefinitely – Let’s not lie to ourselves, we all are drawn to a good freebie. How many times have you walked back and forth past the lady in the supermarket claiming that you haven’t already tried a sample? [2ov]
Bill Clinton Says He Will Stop Giving Paid Speeches If Hillary Wins – Bill Clinton said on Wednesday he would no longer give paid speeches if his wife, Hillary Clinton, is elected U.S. president.
Glass Found On Mars May Hold Important Clues About Life On The Red Planet – Talk about shattering expectations! (punny) – NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has circled the Red Planet more than 40,000 times since arriving there in 2006. During that time, the spacecraft has spied everything from avalanches to dust devils to buried glaciers. [hp]
Here’s How Insanely Competitive Oracle Billionaire Larry Ellison Really Is – Larry Ellison, Oracle’s billionaire cofounder and current CTO, is famous for his brash personality. We’ve rounded up the stories that best show how competitive Ellison really is. [bi]
Unbelievable! Le Clos Snatches Victory In 200m Butterfly – Olympic champion Chad Le Clos fought back hard on the final lap to snatch victory from Japan’s Daiya Seto in the 200m butterfly in Barcelona on Monday night. [tlive]
Mayor Honours Cape Town’s ‘Ninja Granny’ – The 72-year-old granny who fought off thieves with a ninja kick, and sprinted after them when they tried to take her handbag, was honoured by the Office of the Mayor of Cape Town on Wednesday for her courageousness. [n24]
Christian Couple Vow To Divorce If Same-Sex Marriage Is Legalised – A Canberra couple have vowed to get a divorce, ending their “sacred” 10-year union, if Australia allows same-sex couples to legally marry. [smh]
Ben Affleck – looks tense on family outing with Jennifer Garner and daughter Seraphina. [dm]
If You Care – From Reality Star To Rapper? – KUWTK’s Kylie Jenner, 17, ‘is secretly working on an album her boyfriend Tyga is producing’ [dm]
Fatal Car Crash Reemerges to Haunt Caitlyn Jenner – Away from the glamour of the Vanity Fair cover, an investigation and two lawsuits haven’t stopped probing Caitlyn’s (then Bruce’s) role in a deadly February crash. [db]
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