It’s Open War – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has fired a massive salvo at the Gupta family with a high court application which details R6.8bn in suspicious payments allegedly made by the family’s companies. [n24]
Vice-President Ramaphosa Backs Embattled Finance Minister Gordhan – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa came out in support of embattled Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Sunday and said fraud charges brought against him should not be allowed to undermine his efforts to revitalise the economy. [mg]
Trump Calls For Drug Test Ahead Of Next Debate, Says Clinton Was ‘Pumped Up’ – Donald Trump suggested Saturday that his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, has been “getting pumped up” with performance-enhancing drugs and challenged Clinton to take a drug test before the final debate next week. [cnn]
Donald Trump Steps Up Claims Of A ‘Rigged’ Election – GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday intensified his charge that the election is rigged against him by media bias and malfeasance at the ballot box, after his running mate, Mike Pence, tried to temper the nominee’s rhetoric by saying the Republicans would accept the Nov. 8 election result. [wsj]
Peter Thiel To Donate $1.25 Million In Support Of Donald Trump – Peter Thiel, true to his reputation as the most contrarian soul in Silicon Valley, is doubling down on Donald J. Trump. [nyt]
WikiLeaks Claims To Release Hillary Clinton’s Goldman Sachs Transcripts – After resisting months of calls from Bernie Sanders and others to release the transcripts of her speeches to Wall Street banks, some of Hillary Clinton’s full remarks are apparently now available for all to see, with just weeks until Election Day. [npr]
The Rise Of Hateful Little England – After the Brexit, hate crimes have exploded and Britain’s new government fuels an economic disaster by purging universities and businesses of foreigners. [db]
Boris Johnson’s Secret ‘Remain’ Article Revealed – The man who eventually campaigned to leave Europe argued Britain “should be intimately engaged in the EU”. [sky]
China Launches Longest Manned Space Mission – China launched its longest manned space mission on Monday, sending two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard a space laboratory that is part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022. [reuters]
Facebook Blacks Out Ads In Thailand Out Of Respect For Late King – In an unusual show of respect for Thailand’s fallen leader, Facebook has opted to block all ads in the country for an undetermined length of time. [mash]
Naspers To Sell Allegro For $3.25bn – Cinven, Permira and Mid Europa Partners agreed to buy Naspers’ [JSE:NPN] Polish online auction site Allegro for $3.25bnn, taking on rivals such as EBay in the eastern European country. [f24]
Tens Of Thousands March In Paris Against Same-Sex Marriage – Tens of thousands of people have marched in Paris to call for the repeal of a law allowing gay marriage, six months before France’s next presidential election. [fox]
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These Are The Kind Of Profits Mexican Drug Cartels Are Making – Mexican drug cartels are making billions of dollars by flooding America with cocaine and other drugs. Ioan Grillo, author of “Gangster Warlords,” breaks down what drug traffickers invest and the kind of profits they make. [busins]
Australian State Chamber Unanimously Declares Donald Trump a ‘Revolting Slug’ – A Greens party lawmaker in the upper house of the legislature of the Australian state of New South Wales put forward a motion Thursday that saw all parties unanimously agreeing that Donald Trump is “a revolting slug unfit for office.” [time]
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Bob Dylan’s Spotify Streams Skyrocket After Nobel Prize Win – Bob Dylan became the first-ever musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday — and Spotify users have forcefully responded to the news. [ew]
Robert Downey Jr Offers To Voice Mark Zuckerberg’s Digital Assistant – Actor offered to lend his voice to the Facebook founder’s artificial intelligence-based personal assistant, which Zuckerberg calls ‘kind of like Jarvis in Iron Man’ [guardian]
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Jay Leno’s Favourite Car From His Massive Collection [Video] – Jay Leno boasts one helluva car collection, but there is one that might just stand out from the rest. Not surprising, given that it’s worth around R171 million. [here]
The Caprice Halloween Party You’ve Been Waiting For – Alice may have ventured pretty deep down that rabbit hole and into Wonderland, but if you’re after a proper Halloween jol you won’t need to travel far. [here]
What He Does When Ms Kardashian Is Not Around – Jonathan Cheban rides in a Lambo after partying with Paris and Nicky Hilton as Kim recovers. [dm]
Ben Affleck’s ‘The Accountant’ Dominates Box Office With $25 Million Haul – Underlining Ben Affleck’s star power, “The Accountant” dominated moviegoing with a solid $24.7 million opening weekend at 3,222 North American sites. [busins]
Miley Cyrus Is Intimately Groped By Overamorous Fans – In shock never-before-seen footage from London gig. [dm]
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