Instagram Founders Clash With Zuckerberg, Leave Facebook – This after growing tensions with Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg over the direction of the photo-sharing app, people familiar with the matter said. [bloomberg]
‘Shutdown’ Planned For Cape Town Roads Over Poverty, Crime – Working class communities across Cape Town are expected to “reclaim” their streets on Tuesday morning as part of a movement called the Western Cape Total Shutdown. [news24]
Mystery As Jacob Zuma Ducks Out To Doha – So hush-hush was the trip that neither the presidency, the department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) nor the South African embassy in Doha were informed about it, as protocol dictates. [timeslive]
Kavanaugh Slams ‘Smears,’ Says He Won’t Abandon His Nomination – He lashed out at “smears” and a “grotesque and obvious character assassination” following the emergence of a new allegation of inappropriate sexual behaviour. [cnn]
Kavanaugh Uses The Virgin Defence Against Sexual Assault Allegations On Fox News – He suggested that he couldn’t have tried to rape Christine Blasey Ford because he was a virgin through high school and ‘many years after that.’ [dbeast]’
Bill Cosby: Prosecutors Ask For Five- To 10-Year prison Sentence – Cosby’s lawyer argues prison sentence for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand would be an ‘excessive hardship’. [guardian]
Revealed: SA Pricing For iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max And Apple Watch – South African pricing for the latest Apple releases is now online, and fans are already getting their pre-orders in. If you want to get your hands on a new toy, make haste. [here]
‘Baker’ Brian Molefe’s Eskom Runs Short Of Coal – More than half of Eskom’s power stations are facing coal supply shortages, leaving the utility with little room for error as it struggles to replenish its coal stocks as fast as it burns them. [mg]
Hunting Bans Would Condemn A Lot Of Game – Clamouring for a ban on trophy hunting from the comfort of their wealthy, urban armchairs, none understand the consequences of what they so loudly demand. Let’s consider what would happen. [dailymav]
One Year Of Phenomenal Success For Fortnite – Fortnite Battle Royale was launched just a year ago. Since then the game had amassed 125 million active players by June and made US$1.2 billion (A$1.6 billion) for the developer, Epic Games. [conversation]
Australian Authorities Kill Six Sharks After Attacks – Australian fisheries authorities have killed six sharks in the area of the Whitsunday Islands where two people were critically injured in shark attacks last week. [cnn]
A Giant Crawling Brain: The Jaw-Dropping World Of Termites – At least half of termite studies used to be about how to kill them. But science is discovering their extraordinary usefulness. [guardian]
Modric Breaks Ronaldo-Messi Dominance, Wins Top FIFA Award – The Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder starred for both club and country as Madrid won a third straight Champions League, and he inspired Croatia to reach the World Cup final. [sport24]
Tiger Woods Comeback: A Tale Of Implausible Redemption It Is Hard To Resist – There was a period, very recently, where the only time you thought about Tiger was to wonder when the official retirement announcement was going to arrive. [bbc]
The Unlikely YouTube Superstardom Of Dr. Gregory Johnson, ‘Your Houston Chiropractor’ – The 60-year-old’s patented adjustment, the ‘Ring Dinger,’ must be seen to be believed. [melmag]
Ariana Grande Cuddles With Mac Miller’s Dog Myron After Promising ‘Everything Will Be Okay’ – She shared a series of videos and photos of herself cuddling with Miller’s dog two weeks after he died of an apparent overdose. [people]
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