A Coffee Shortage Is Looming – Here’s How Soon It Could Be Extinct – Coffee is more than just the crucial beverage that makes it easier to face the workday. It provides comfort, culture, and is an essential source of the caffeine that Harvard neuroscientist Charles Czeisler says makes modern life possible. [busins]
More Criticism For Mexico’s President After Trump Visit – Unpopular President Enrique Peña Nieto endured a second day of withering attacks Thursday from critics who complained he failed to stand up to Donald Trump during their controversial get-together. [usat]
South Africa’s Gordhan Says Complied With Police As Row Widens – South Africa’s finance minister said on Thursday that he had complied with a police investigation, in a widening dispute which has also pitted government agencies against each other and rattled financial markets. [reuters]
SA In Danger Zone – As another asset management company opted to stop lending to state-owned entities because of government infighting and undermining of the Treasury, fears are growing this could have a domino effect that would unravel the economy. [tlive]
Maximum Pleasure, Maximum Protection – Ramaphosa Shows Off New condoms – “You must give them to Zuma!” Economic Freedom Fighters members shouted out this afternoon, as Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa held aloft two packets of condoms in the National Assembly. [cp]
ANC Johannesburg Branch Renews Call For Zuma To Resign – An ANC branch in Johannesburg has resolved that president Jacob Zuma and the national executive committee (NEC) should resign [n24]
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Pamela Anderson And Rabbi Tell People To Stop Watching Porn – It sounds a bit like the set-up to a joke, somehow: Pamela Anderson and a rabbi pen an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal urging people to give up porn. [wrap]
Apple’s New Rule Will Force Google, Amazon, And Others To Shorten Their App Names – Apple’s cleaning house in the App Store in preparation for its big iPhone event next week. [qz]
Georgetown To Offer Slave Descendants Preferential Admission Status – In an effort to acknowledge its ties to slavery, Georgetown University will offer the descendants of nearly 300 slaves preferential treatment in its admissions process. [cnn]
Cape Town Crime Drama Coming To Universal Channel – Cape Town will again be the backdrop of another international TV series this month when Cape Town, the TV adaptation of Deon Meyer’s book Dead Before Dying starts on the Universal Channel with several South African actors. [ch24]
Investigation Into JonBenet Ramsey’s Murder Remains Open 20 Years Later – Police in Boulder, Colorado, have announced that the investigation into JonBenét Ramsey’s murder remains open as the 20-year anniversary of her death approaches this December. [abc]
You Could Easily Be Part Of The Massive Dropbox Security Breach – Unsure if you are a part of a security breach? Well, there’s an easy way to check and it could save you a whole bunch of trouble.[here]
You Can Buy Steve Jobs’s Old Turtleneck Sweater For $3,000 – We’re all for a turtleneck, and we’re all for a graphic T-shirt, but never before have we seen the bastard hybrid of the two, the graphic turtleneck. Until now, that is. [gq]
Narcos’ Thrilling Season 2 Brings Pablo Escobar’s Reign Of Terror To A Violent End – In its second season, the Netflix docudrama masterfully unpacks the final days of the Colombian drug kingpin—and the failures of the war on drugs. [beast]
Freddie Mercury Honoured With A Blue Plaque Outside His Childhood Home In West London – Brian May and Freddie Mercury’s sister Kashmira Cooke unveiled the English Heritage Blue Plaque. [metro]
Kate And William Attempt The ‘Gnarly’ Hand Gesture – As they meet surfers on a beach in Cornwall. [dm]
Five Rare White Killer Whales Spotted Together In A Sign Of Dangerous Inbreeding – ‘To have five – or up to eight – in one area of the Russian north-western Pacific, is an indication that there may well be inbreeding issues there’ [ind]
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Great British Bake Off Contestant In Racist Abuse Claim – Rav Bansal took to Twitter on Thursday, claiming he had been called a “P***” since appearing on TV. [itv]
Infrared Shirt Cools You, Reduces Need For AC – A new cool-temp fabric could keep you more comfortable in hot weather and help lower your electric bill. [seek]
Britney Spears on a ‘Really Bad Date’: ‘He Just Wasn’t That Into Me’ – It turns out no level of international fame will keep you safe from a lackluster love life. In a new interview with Marie Claire, pop icon and mother of two Britney Spears admitted that she still struggles with dating — even when it’s with a guy she already knew and liked. [time]
What Life Is Like After Leaving A Notorious Mormon Polygamist Sect – On this episode of Profiles by VICE, we travel to Short Creek, the small, isolated community on the Utah-Arizona border where members of the FLDS live and practice their beliefs. [vice]
‘Willy Wonka,’ ‘Blazing Saddles’ In US Theaters This Weekend – MC Theaters nationwide are bringing a few of Gene Wilder’s most beloved films back to theaters this weekend. [ap]
An Illustrated History Of Donald Trump’s Hair – Warning! Don’t Read Before Lunch! [vf]
Jon Favreau To Return As Happy Hogan In Spider-Man: Homecoming – Variety reports Iron Man director Jon Favreau will reprise his role as Tony Stark’s former driver and friend Happy Hogan in Spider-Man: Homecoming. [bc]
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