Cyclist Dies After Collapsing During Cycle Tour – A cyclist has died after he collapsed during the Cape Town Cycle Tour on Sunday. [s24]
Ethiopian Airlines Crash: Inquiry To Explore How ‘Excellent’ Pilot Was Unable To Avert Disaster – All 157 passengers and crew onboard brand new aircraft on flight ET 302 were killed. [guardian]
China Grounds Boeing 737 MAX Planes After Ethiopian Air Crash – The Chinese government has grounded all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, after an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model crashed shortly after take-off killing all 157 people on board. [cnn]
Crashed Ethiopian Plane Carried At Least 19 UN Officials – The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed Sunday morning was carrying at least 19 United Nations officials, some of whom were en route to a major UN-sponsored environmental conference in Nairobi, Kenya. [dmav]
SA’s Biggest Medicine Company Is In Meltdown – On Friday, Aspen’s share price crashed by almost a third – wiping out R19 billion in its market value in a couple of hours. [busins]
North Koreans Vote In ‘No-Choice’ Parliamentary Elections – North Koreans are voting to elect the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, the second such election since Kim Jong-un took power. [bbc]
Biden Tops 2020 Iowa Presidential Poll, Sanders Gains Momentum – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (pictured) topped a poll of Iowa voters on Saturday that also showed Senator Bernie Sanders gaining momentum against him in the No. 2 spot. [standard]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Former Mentor Says Privacy Manifesto Is A PR Stunt – One of Mark Zuckerberg’s earliest allies in Silicon Valley says the Facebook CEO’s recent privacy manifesto is little more than a PR stunt that won’t solve the company’s most serious problems. [mash]
Video Clip Of Groom Slapping Bride On Wedding Day Leaves Online Community Outraged – The video that surfaced a few weeks ago has been doing the rounds on social media. [w24]
LEAKED: Apple Is Working On Some Very Important iPhone Upgrades – Rumour has it that Apple are seriously upping their game with what’s to come in the iPhone range this year. [here]
R. Kelly Released From Jail After Child Support Paid – R. Kelly has been released from jail in Chicago after the $161,000 (£122,000) he owed in child support was paid. [bbc]
Mark Zuckerberg May Have A Secret Escape Passageway, Report Says – The rollercoaster of Facebook’s successes and scandals means CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s security measures have grown in a big way over the years, but one rumor suggests there’s a pretty drastic one. [cnet]
Woman Charged With Kim Jong Nam’s Killing Freed In Shock Ruling – The Indonesian woman accused of using a lethal nerve agent to kill Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has been freed after Malaysian prosecutors declined to move forward with their case against her. [cnn]
Spotify Swept Into India With Dirt Cheap Subscriptions, And It Already Has 1 Million Users Just Days After Launch – Within just a week of being launched in India, Spotify has apparently garnered a million users — in spite of legal troubles with Warner Music Group. [busins]
Oldest Person In The World Gets Emotional – 116-year-old Kana Tanaka found the excitement of becoming the Guinness World Records’ oldest person in the world overwhelming. [sky]
You’ll Definitely Recognise Some Of The Locations In ‘The Bachelor UK’ – Great news for fans of The Bachelor. It looks like the UK edition was filmed in part on SA soil, with some familiar landmarks standing out. [here]
A Woman Climbed A Barrier At An Arizona Zoo To Get A Selfie. Then A Jaguar Attacked – A woman who was visiting the Wildlife World Zoo near Phoenix, Arizona appears to have been unsatisfied with the angles available for a selfie with a jaguar. [slate]
South Africa’s Military Strength Vs The Rest Of The World In 2019 – Military website, Global Firepower, has released its military strength ranking for 2019. [bustech]
Rupert Murdoch Is Worth $19 Billion And Has Been Married 4 Times – Here’s how he went from operating a small Australian paper to helming one of the biggest networks in the world. [busins]
Jennifer Lopez And Alex Rodriguez Are Engaged! See Her Stunning Ring – A source tells PEOPLE Alex Rodriguez popped the question during the couple’s getaway in the Bahamas. [people]
Playboy James Stunt ‘Has £1MILLION Gambling Debt – That he plans to settle using a Picasso that he lent to Prince Charles for display at Dumfries House’ as City trading firm pursues the self-styled billionaire. [dm]
‘Captain Marvel’ Smashes The Box Office With A $153 Million Opening, The Biggest Of 2019 – Captain Marvel is a hit. [mash]
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