Ramaphosa Makes It Rain As He Secures $14.7-Billion From China – President Cyril Ramaphosa has secured close to $35-billion worth of investment for South Africa in July alone. [tlive]

WATCH: Mandela Statue Unveiled At Site Of His First Speech After Being Freed From Prison – A statue of former president Nelson Mandela was unveiled on Tuesday at City Hall. The statue was placed on the exact spot where Madiba delivered his first speech after being released from prison in February 1990. [iol]

Ivanka Trump’s Fashion Company Is Shutting Down – The company, which sells clothing and shoes, is being shuttered “ASAP,” Page Six and the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. [busins]

Greece Wildfires A ‘Biblical Disaster’: At Least 74 Killed Near Athens As Tourists Forced To Flee Into Sea – Raging wildfires have killed at least 74 people and injured scores more as flames swept through a small resort town near Athens. [tele]

Japan’s deadly Heatwave Now Classified A ‘Natural Disaster’ – On Monday, the city of Kumagaya in Saitama outside Tokyo set a new national heat record, with temperatures hitting 41.1 degrees Celsius. [scmp]

Steinhoff May Be ‘The Tip Of The Iceberg’ – The Steinhoff case raises important questions about our financial system as a whole – and the possible consequences if other companies were subjected to the same level of scrutiny, says James-Brent Styan, author of a new book on the Steinhoff saga. [mg]

Google Parent Alphabet Lights Up Market With Stellar Results – Investors are unfazed by a record EU antitrust fine of about $5bn. [bd]

Demi Lovato Awake In Hospital After Suspected Heroin Overdose – TMZ reports the American singer was treated with Narcan – an emergency treatment for narcotic overdoses. [sky]

The Irishman: Why Scorsese And De Niro $175m Gangster Epic Is Netflix’s Biggest Gamble Yet – The Irishman has been in the works for more than a decade, but now Martin Scorsese’s passion project has finally wrapped, and is set for release next year. It has taken a long, troubled journey to reach this point – and everyone involved is still holding their breath. As one cast member, Goodfellas actor Bo Dietl, recently joked, “I could be dead before the premiere.” [tele]

Trevor Noah Apologises For ‘Derogatory’ Comments Made About Aboriginal Women – Host of The Daily Show Trevor Noah has once again found himself in hot water, after a 2013 clip of the local comedian making distasteful jokes about Aboriginal women re-surfaced. [ch24]

Bet You Don’t Know How To Make A Proper ‘Suffering Bastard’ – Suffering, dying, and dead – here are three drinks you might never have heard of, but should consider taking for a spin. Be warned – they pack a real punch. [here]

Fyre Festival Founder Will Settle Fraud Charges, Pay Over $27 Million – William McFarland will avoid jail time for the viral disaster fest. [fader]

Sorry To Bother You Gets Everything Right About The Horrors Of Viral Fame – It’s a radical statement about capitalism and the internet long before the big twists hit. [verge]

This Kid Single-Handedly Ignited The Plastic Straw Ban Movement – At the tender age of 9, Milo Cress nudged his local cafe into simply offering straws instead of automatically serving them with drinks. Then his idea went national. [beast]

Burger Calls For Boks To Play In Six Nations – Former Springbok flank Schalk Burger has suggested that the time is right for SA Rugby to leave SANZAAR and join forces with Europe. [s24]

Young Royals – Including Lady Amelia Windsor and Princess Olympia of Greece flaunt their VERY glamorous summer breaks (and enviable bodies) on Instagram. [dm]

Inside Incels’ Looksmaxing Obsession: Penis Stretching, Skull Implants And Rage – Thousands of “involuntarily celibate” men in online forums are consumed by misogynist entitlement and a skin-deep quest for self-improvement. [huff]

Seagram Heiress Gets Bail in Probe Of Alleged New York Sex Cult – An heiress to the Seagram Co. fortune was released on a $100 million bond following her arrest in a widening probe of a self-help organization that prosecutors say was a secretive cult that branded its victims and forced them to participate in sexual acts. [bloom]

Interview: Ethan Hawke And Janeane Garofalo: How We Made Reality Bites – ‘I kept some vodka in my trailer freezer. It certainly didn’t hurt when it came to dancing My Sharona at the gas station’ [guardian]

John Cleese Very Bluntly Confirms That People In Britain Don’t Like Trump – When it comes to sharing his feelings on Donald Trump, John Cleese really doesn’t beat around the bush. [mash]

Kylie Jenner Tops The 2018 Instagram Rich List – The list was curated based on Hopper HQ’s internal data, as well as public data on the value of a post, which was based on how much brands pay currently and what a post is worth in terms of engagement, reach and audience. [harpers]

Fans Think Justin Bieber’s Mom Pattie Mallette Threw Shade At His Engagement To Hailey Baldwin – Does he have his mom’s approval? [lands]

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