Overwatch: Bigger Than The Premier League? – Could Overwatch be the game to take e-sports mainstream? Its developer Activision Blizzard has just announced the first seven team owners for a forthcoming league. It believes, in time, the tournament could prove more lucrative than the UK’s Premier League – football’s highest-earning competition. [bbc]

Ramaphosa Says Gupta Wedding Government Money Must Be Retrieved – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says everyone knows it was government money that funded the Gupta family wedding at Sun City and now that cash, stolen through state capture, must be recovered. [ewn]

Zuma Is Corrupt And Can’t Lead SA – Trevor Manuel – Government has failed to deal with corruption because competent leadership has ‘been replaced by incompetence’, says the former minister. [cit]

Trump Teased ‘Major’ News On Clinton Hours After Don Jr. Set Meeting On Russian Dirt – Donald Trump promised a “major speech” attacking campaign rival Hillary Clinton last June, just hours after his son, Donald Trump Jr., set up a meeting with a Russian lawyer he was told had compromising information on the Democratic candidate. [huff]

Donald Trump: ‘I Pushed Vladimir Putin Twice’ On Russia’s Election Meddling – Donald Trump said he “strongly pressed” Russian President Vladimir Putin twice about claims the Kremlin interfered in last year’s US presidential election. [ind]

Brazil’s Lula Sentenced To Nearly 10 Years In Jail – Former president Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva convicted of corruption and money laundering, but is free pending appeal. [alja]

Andy Murray Beaten In Wimbledon Quarter-Final – The world number one was visibly limping in his quarter final match on a day when two of the men’s top seeds bowed out. [sky]

Bird Flu Spreads To Gauteng, Mpumalanga Farms – Another two areas have been quarantined following the outbreak of bird flu. [enca]

Search Continues For Escaped Kruger Park Lions – There’s still no sign of the four lions which escaped from the Kruger National Park. [ewn]

Nature’s Only True Superfood – Moringa ‘oleifera’ has the highest nutritional content compared to 120 other types of foods, according to the World Vegetable Center. Also known as the ‘Miracle Tree’ or ‘tree of life’, Moringa powder is the perfect addition to your daily green juice or smoothie. [here]

Health Experts Are Worried About A Huge Rise In Smoking In Movies – Depictions of people using tobacco in top-grossing movies grew by 80% from 2015 to 2016, according to a new study. [time]

Futuristic Transport System Hyperloop One Declares First Successful Test – The company succeeds in making a vehicle travel at 70mph through the Nevada desert using magnetic levitation. [sky]

Massive Iceberg Breaks Away From Antarctica – A massive iceberg weighing more than one trillion tons has broken away from western Antarctica, according to a UK-based research team. [cnn]

Queen Letizia Of Spain And The Duchess Of Cambridge Dazzle At The State Banquet – Tonight, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain are the guests of honour at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace. [tele]

Shia LaBeouf Apologizes After Video Captures Racist Taunting of Black Police Officer – Shia LaBeouf has issued an apology following his arrest for public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and obstruction after video footage captured him telling a black police officer that he will go to hell because of his skin color. [time]

German Police Make Arrests Over €4m Gold Coin Heist – Suspects arrested at two properties but whereabouts of 100kg coin stolen from Berlin museum remains unclear. [guardian]

How To Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve This Mandela Day – Curious as to how you might celebrate Mandela Day next week? If you’re running short on time this isn’t a bad way to go about making a difference. [here]

NYC Looks to Cut Rat Population by 70 Percent in Most Infested Neighborhoods – NYC Looks to Cut Rat Population by 70 Percent in Most Infested Neighborhoods. [nbc]

Blac Chyna Secures Temporary Restraining Order – A court commissioner on Monday issued a temporary restraining order against Rob Kardashian in response to the reality television star’s posting of explicit images of ex-fiancee Blac Chyna on social media last week. [newser]

The Hidden Link Between Skin Cancer And Sunglasses – If you find sunglasses a little unnecessary, thinking you can brave the sunlight, you might reconsider that thought after reading this. Good luck out there. [here]

Secretive Company Says It Could Be ‘Mining’ The Moon By 2020 – For years, private space company Moon Express has touted its grand ambitions of one day mining the moon for delicious resources that do not include cheese. [giz]

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