Reported Bitcoin ‘Founder’ Craig Wright’s Home Raided By Australian Police – Police search home belonging to Australian entrepreneur and academic, who tech publications claim was key to creation of cryptocurrency and could be figure known as Satoshi Nakamoto. [guardian]
MH370 Was Crippled by Sudden Electrical Failure – New data reveals a runaway power outage doomed the 777, supporting the theory a fire in the cargo hold turned the jet into a flying zombie. [db]
False Alert Anonymous Threat Diverts Air France US To Paris Flight – Air France said an anonymous threat which led it to divert to Montreal its flight AF083 between San Francisco and Paris on Tuesday was a false alert. [stuff]
Auditors Release Damning Report On SAA – Ernst and Young is currently investigating the parastatal’s financial strategy. In one particular probe, it focused on 48 of the national carrier’s contracts and reported major problems with more than half of those deals. [enca]
North Face Founder, Dies In Kayaking Accident – Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the clothing brands North Face and Esprit, died on Tuesday after a kayaking accident on General Carrera Lake in the Patagonia region of southern Chile. He was 72. [nyt]
White House: Donald Trump Muslim Plan ‘Disqualifies’ Him From Presidency – Donald Trump’s statement that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States “disqualifies” him from being president, the White House spokesman said Tuesday. [cnn]
Trump: Police Fear For Lives In Radical London – The US presidential hopeful attracts ridicule after saying areas of the capital are so “radicalised” that police live in fear. [sky]
Donald Trump Shrugs Off Hitler Comparison – Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States has prompted a comparison to Adolf Hitler, but that hasn’t given the GOP presidential front-runner any pause. [abc]
U.S. Muslims Fear Donald Trump Is ‘Hijacking America’ – Some Muslim Americans say they’re living in fear after Donald Trump’s incendiary call to block all Muslims from entering the U.S. — and are astounded that the plan has support from some of his followers. [time]
Arab Billionaire Says He ‘Made A Mistake’ Endorsing Donald Trump – Khalaf Al Habtoor revoked his support for Trump after the GOP candidate called to ban all Muslims from entering the United States. [huff]
IS Weapons Sourced From Russia, China, US And EU – Weapons and arms from dozens of countries including Russia, China and the US have fallen into the hands of Islamic State militants who in turn have used them to kill, terrorise and attack. [newsau]
San Bernardino Shooters Practiced For Attack A Year In Advance – San Bernardino terror couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik spent at least a year preparing for their terror attack, NBC News has learned, practicing at a local gun range and making financial plans for their family after their deaths. [nbc]
Oscar Pistorius Gets Bail, Plans To Approach Concourt – Paralympian’s bail set at R10 000 while his lawyer revealed that an application for leave to appeal would be brought to the Constitutional Court. [mg]
Austrian Police Stumped After €100,000 (R1.5 Million) In Cash Found Floating Down Danube – Police find no criminal activity in area to explain banknotes spotted in river by young man who jumped in to retrieve them. [guardian]
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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Will Be Built In Las Vegas – A startup inspired by the tech visionary’s idea will soon begin testing the radical transportation concept in Nevada. [time]
New Canal District For V&A Waterfront – The R700m first phase of a new district at the V&A Waterfront is underway with a 8 000 m² corporate head office for British American Tobacco South Africa (BAT South Africa) as the first project in this mixed-use area. [f24]
Devon Rugby Player Lily Partridge Dies After Head Injury – A 23-year-old rugby player with a history of concussions has died after suffering a head injury during a match. [bbc]
Samuel L Jackson Will Move To SA If Trump Wins – During a comedy skit on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show in the United States, Hollywood star Samuel L. Jackson exclaimed he would move to South Africa if Donald Trump becomes the next US President. [ewn]
Burt Reynolds Blasted For Saying Charlie Sheen ‘Deserves’ HIV Positive Status – Hollywood actor Burt Reynolds faces a backlash after telling British talk show Loose Women Charlie Sheen deserves to be HIV positive because of his behaviour. [stuff]
Meet The ‘Homeless Man’ Who Flies The World First Class – For the last year and a half, Ben Schlappig has been essentially homeless. The 25-year-old American has no fixed address, nor the keys to his own front door. Why bother paying rent, he figured, when a bed was only ever a first class ticket away? [cnn]
David Beckham Says That He Enjoys Watching Rugby More Than Football – They say that rugby is the game they play in heaven, and it seems that football’s most recognisable man has finally seen the light. [fox]
James Deen Breaks His Silence: ‘I Am Completely Baffled’ By Rape Allegations – In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, the adult-film superstar, who stands accused of sexual assault by nine women, opens up about the allegations against him. [db]
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