KP Hints At World Cup Tilt With South Africa – Enigmatic batsman stars during first game in England in two years and with impending relocation to South Africa, could yet play for the Proteas. [crick]

Los Angeles Lakers Forward Looking Forward To Returning To South Africa – Los Angeles Lakers forward Luol Deng says he is looking forward to returning to South Africa to represent Team Africa against Team World in the highly anticipated NBA Africa Game 2017 next month. [tlive]

Massive Increase In Hijackings In South Africa – In 2016, SAPS stats showed a worrying spike of almost 15% in reported cases. [bustech]

Fidget Spinners Vs. Putin – Not everyone gets fidget spinners. The trendy new toy is meant to ease stress and anxiety but Russian state TV fears it could have more nefarious purposes, namely turning the nation’s youth to vandalism and acts of opposition against Russian leader Vladimir Putin. [newsweek]

John McCain Has Been Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, Spokesman Says – Statement reveals brain tumor known as glioblastoma was removed along with blood clot above senator’s right eye during surgery last Friday. [guardian]

Sir Winston Churchill Tried To Supress Secret War Documents Detailing A Nazi Plot To Make Duke Of Windsor King – Sir Winston Churchill tried to suppress secret Second World War documents detailing a Nazi plot to offer the throne to the Duke of Windsor in the event of Britain’s defeat, newly released secret files disclose. [tele]

Krejcir Moved To High-Security Jail After Audacious Escape Plot Uncovered – Czech crime boss Radovan Krejcir was hurriedly moved to South Africa’s most-secure prison last month as authorities uncovered yet another audacious escape plot – this one involving “SAPS items” left for him in a court holding cell. [tlive]

The Most Fascinating Details In United States’ 54-Page Case Against Nigeria’s Corrupt Ex-Oil Minister – Last week, news of a US Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit roped Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former oil minister, in yet another international corruption scandal. [qz]

We Chose Our Favourite South African Wines So You Don’t Have To – Here are a few of our favourite wines, so that next time you have to choose a bottle of wine you’ll know exactly which to pluck off the shelf. [here]

The World’s Plastic Problem, In Two Charts – Since the end of World War II, plastics have proliferated, becoming a part of nearly everything we use in nearly every aspect of daily life. Yearly production has grown from 2 million metric tons of plastic in 1950 to 380 million metric tons in 2015. [qz]

Simple Tips On How To Organise The Most Cluttered Areas Of Your Home – If you ever look at certain areas of your house and wonder what on earth you can do to make it clutter free, these simple tips might help you out. [here]

Apple Is Now Publishing A ‘Journal’ With Its Cutting-Edge Machine Learning Research – Apple launched a new blog on Wednesday where it plans to publish academic-style papers looking at new applications and techniques in machine learning. [busins]

Elon Musk Suggests SpaceX Is Scrapping Its Plans To Land Dragon Capsules On Mars – Today, Elon Musk suggested that SpaceX will abandon its plans to land the company’s Dragon capsule on Mars — a mission the company had been aiming to do as early as 2020. [verge]

‘Thrones’ Creators David Benioff And D.B. Weiss Land ‘Confederate’ On HBO – “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have another HBO gig on tap, the premium channel announced Wednesday. [lat]

Jennifer Lawrence Barfs At Broadway Show – “The Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence lost her lunch during a performance of Olivia Wilde’s Broadway show, “1984,” on Monday night — but it wasn’t the edgy play that made the megastar sick. [p6]

R. Kelly Stunned Me When I Asked About Teenage Girls – I was one of the first interviewers to confront R. Kelly over his sexual predilections. How can this man still be out there and free to take advantage of women? [beast]

Lena Dunham Will Join Season 7 of American Horror Story – Ryan Murphy’s ability to attract A-list talent never ceases to surprise! The co-creator of American Horror Story just announced that Girls star Lena Dunham will be joining the mysterious season 7. [time]

Jennifer Garner Puts On A Cheerful Display In LA – As ex Ben Affleck is spotted cavorting with new girlfriend Lindsay Shookus during romantic outing in NYC. [dm]

January Jones’ Tip For Taking The Perfect Make-Up Free Selfie – Vital life skills, people. [tele]

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