US Bishops Won’t Let Gays Have Funerals – A Catholic bishop has instructed priests in his central Illinois diocese to deny communion, last rites and funeral rites to people in same-sex marriages – unless they repent. [npr]
Fake News Is Already Disrupting Kenya’s High-Stakes Election Campaign – On the morning of Apr.13, at the height of Kenya’s primary elections, residents of Busia County in western Kenya woke up to a dose of fake news. [qz]
9 Dead, 28 Missing After Tourist Boat Sinks In Colombia – Nine people died and 28 were missing after a tourist boat with about 170 people on board capsized Sunday near Medellin, officials said. [usat]
Boeing Crushed Airbus At The 2017 Paris Air Show – Strong sales of the 737 MAX family powered Boeing past Airbus in the sales race at last week’s Paris Air Show. [mot]
Trump In Tweet: Clinton Colluded To Beat Sanders – After more than five months as president, Donald Trump is still talking about the 2016 election.[pol]
Kushner Company Received $285M Loan From Deutsche Bank Shortly Before Election – Jared Kushner’s real estate company received a $285 million loan a month before Election Day from a German bank that has lent millions to President Trump in the past. [hill]
President Trump And Melania Trump Attend Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s Lavish Wedding [Photos] – President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump took some time away from their White House duties to attend the wedding of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Scottish-born actress Louise Linton on Saturday. [time]
60 UK High-Rise Buildings Fail Fire Safety Tests After Grenfell Disaster – At least 60 high-rise buildings across the UK have failed safety tests in the wake of the catastrophic fire that swept through Grenfell Tower in West London on June 14. [cnn]
Canada Is Facing A Weed Drought—And It Only Has Itself To Blame – Canada has a marijuana problem: The country is running out of legal weed for both medical and—soon—recreational users. The government is planning to make recreational marijuana legal no later than July of 2018, but politicians and some analysts are worried about adequate supply. [qz]
Springboks Win At Ellis Park, Whitewash France – South Africa ground out a 35-12 victory Saturday to beat France at Ellis Park in Johannesburg for the first time and complete a 3-0 Test series whitewash. [s24]
Seth Rotherham Reviews His Harvard Business School Experience – You can catch the editorial review of my studies at Harvard Business School in the latest issue of Fast Company magazine. [read]
Home Affairs Admits To ‘Omitting’ To Declare Guptas’ Naturalisation To Parliament – The department of home affairs, while continuing to insist that the naturalisation of Gupta family members was done within the ambit of the law, has conceded that “it was an omission” to not openly declare the naturalisation to Parliament. [huff]
The Oxford English Dictionary Just Added ‘Woke.’ It’s Older Than You Might Think – Slang is almost always older than you think. English speakers have been calling stylish people “fly” since at least 1953. [time]
How Playing A One-Armed Badass Helped Suki Waterhouse Get Over Heartbreak – The British model shines in her first lead role—as a one-armed, one-legged survivor navigating a cannibal wasteland in ‘The Bad Batch.’ Movie stardom surely awaits. [beast]
Justin Bieber Shows Off His Sculpted Torso – Justin Bieber showed off his chiseled torso and sprawl of tattoos when he kicked about a soccer ball shirtless in France at the weekend. [dm]
Hey Look, Something Interesting Actually Came Out Of Benoni – South Africa’s own Oscar winner Charlize Theron was straight outta Benoni, so we must bear that in mind, but now there’s been another gem unearthed. [here]
Michael Jackson Remembered By Family On 8th Anniversary Of His Death – It was eight years ago today that pop superstar Michael Jackson died at 50 at his home in Los Angeles. [abc]
Antoine Griezmann And Thierry Henry Team Up To Create Some Football Magic – Antoine Griezmann is one of football’s hottest properties right now, and legends don’t come much bigger than Thierry Henry. Of course the Frenchies pair well. [here]
How Nando’s Made It To Malaysia – After tasting Nando’s spicy chicken in London for the first time, Mac Chung Lynn decided to open 74 franchises in Malaysia. [cnn]
Meghan Markle Sets Pulses Racing – By going braless in a blazer and wearing short skirts in sultry modelling session. [dm]
The Hollywood Stars Who Quit Acting – Daniel Day-Lewis surprised Hollywood this week by announcing his retirement from acting. Whether he can be tempted back out of retirement remains to be seen, but here are nine other stars who have quit the profession. [bbc]
Wonder Woman Just Shattered Yet Another Box Office Record – From weekend one, there was no doubt that Wonder Woman was going to knock out all sorts of box office records. [cosmo]
Aussie Pirates Crew Reveal ‘Train-Wreck’ Johnny Depp’s Antics On Set – Hollywood star Johnny Depp’s ugly fall from grace all started on the Gold Coast set of his upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the film’s crew have revealed. [smh]
Of Course Lady Gaga Goes Hiking In A Fancy Crop Top And Heels – Lady Gaga isn’t exactly the biggest fan of practical dressing. [people]
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