Signal Confirmed From Black Box Of Crashed EgyptAir Jet – Signals detected earlier today in the Mediterranean Sea are coming from an EgyptAir Flight 804 black box, French officials told ABC News. [abc]
Rappers’ Cough Syrup Craze Hits Cape Teens – Parents and caregivers have been warned to hide the cough syrup from their teenagers, as the American drug craze called “lean” or “sizzurp” takes off on the Cape Flats. [iol]
UCLA Shooting: 2 Killed In Murder-Suicide – Two people were killed in a murder-suicide at UCLA on Wednesday, prompting a campuswide lockdown and forcing hundreds of terrified students to hide in buildings. [cnn]
Obama Bashes Trump On Trade, Immigration, And Tweets – During a speech on his economic record today, President Obama issued a scorching warning to Americans about Donald Trump: “Don’t think this agenda’s going to help you. It’s not designed to help you.” [wired]
DA Challenges ANC To Public Debate Before Local Elections – The Democratic Alliance wants the ruling party to answer for the irregular, unauthorised and wasteful expenditure in its metros. [mg]
Gordhan: SA Has Done Enough To Avoid Downgrade – South Africa’s government has done enough to prevent its credit rating from being downgraded to junk by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings this month, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said. [iol]
TECH NEWS
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: ‘Golden Era’ Of Technology Is Coming – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says when it comes to technology, “We’re on the edge of the golden era.” Bezos offered a glimpse of his vision of the future during an interview Tuesday at the Code Conference in Southern California. [washpo]
Uber Just Raised $3.5 Billion In Funding From Saudi Arabia – Ride-hailing giant Uber has just closed one of the largest funding rounds by a tech company in recent history. [time]
Singapore Just Bought $1 Billion In Alibaba Stock – Singapore sovereign wealth funds bought $1 billion of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group’s shares as part of an $8.9 billion sale by Japan’s SoftBank, Alibaba‘s biggest shareholder, the company said on Wednesday. [fort]
Bill Gates: AI Is The Holy Grail – Bill Gates is apparently balancing his fear of “super intelligence” with an almost unbridled enthusiasm for the future of artificial intelligence. “No doubt in a 19-year time frame there will be more robots doing physical jobs,” said Gates at the Code Conference on Wednesday. [mash]
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Streams Live Chat With Men In Space – Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took the leading social network on a new journey on Wednesday, with a live-streamed chat with astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). [st]
France Industrial Unrest: Open-Ended Strike Brings Rail Misery – An open-ended rail strike is under way in France just nine days before the country hosts the Euro 2016 football tournament. [bbc]
Prolific Paedophile Raped Babies And Toddlers – Richard Huckle admitted 71 charges – but investigators believe he abused up to 200 victims in poor Christian communities. [sky]
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Skateboarding And Surfing Are Very Close To Becoming Olympic Sports – The International Olympic Committee is one step away from adding skateboarding, surfing and several other sports to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games — a change it says would be the “most comprehensive evolution“ of the Olympic program in modern history. [huff]
British Boxing Ridicules Plan To Let Professionals Fight At Rio Olympics – Voices in the sport hit out at idea, saying amateur bouts have different rules and inexperienced fighters could be put at risk. [guardian]
Teacher Had Sex With Student, 13, Who Impregnated Her – A Houston-area teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy who officials say impregnated her has turned herself in to authorities. [cbs]
Makhaya Ntini Replaces Dav Whatmore As Zimbabwe’s Interim Coach – Ahead of their limited overs series against India, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) on Tuesday made sweeping changes by sacking coach Dav Whatmore and skipper Hamilton Masakadza. [afp]
Ratanga Junction Not Closing Down – Property developers Rabie have issued a statement in reponse to a reports that the Western https://www.valtrexbuynow.com Cape’s biggest theme park is being closed down because they can no longer afford the running costs. [iol]
Calvin Harris Is The One Who Broke Things Off With Taylor Swift – It was Calvin Harris who ended things with Taylor Swift, a source tells Us Weekly. As previously confirmed by Us, the “How Deep Is Your Love” producer and “Shake It Off” songstress recently called it quits on their relationship after 15 months of dating. [usm]
The Drama Continues: Steve Hofmeyr ‘Enemy’ Banned From Press Conference – The man leading the charge against Steve Hofmeyr’s planned speaking events in Europe claims that he has now been banned from attending a press conference that Hofmeyr was due to attend. [tlive]
No Bra Required – BFFs Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid grab an afternoon meal together in Los Angeles. [here]
Dagger In King Tut’s Tomb Was Made With Iron From A Meteorite – Researchers who analyzed metal composition of dagger within wrapping of mummified teenage king say it ‘strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin’ [guardian]
Why Prince Philip’s Health Panic Matters – Why would a 94-year old man saying he won’t be travelling to a remote Scottish island send a nation into panic mode? Because Brits know that Prince Philip underpins the stability of Elizabeth’s reign. [db]
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