Bitcoin Climbs Above $7,000 As Cryptocurrency Rally Extends – Bitcoin climbed to the highest since September, briefly surpassing $7,000, as a rally in cryptocurrencies gathered pace in trading over the weekend. [bloom]
Rihanna Disrupts Luxury Fashion World, Joining LVMH With ‘Fenty’ Brand – Already a bold trendsetter on the pop stage, Rihanna is also breaking barriers in the makeup and fashion industries. [npr]
Trump May Provoke Impeachment By Obstructing Investigations, Says Schiff – Democrats are reluctant to impeach Donald Trump but he may provoke such a move by continuing to obstruct congressional efforts to oversee his administration, a senior lawmaker said on Sunday. [guardian]
Harvard Not Renewing Harvey Weinstein Lawyer As Dean – A bruising, semester-long controversy at Harvard University over a law professor’s pending criminal defense of accused rapist Harvey Weinstein ended abruptly Saturday with an announcement that Harvard Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. is losing his position as head of Winthrop House. [bglobe]
Myanmar Pilot Safely Lands Plane On Its Nose After Landing Gear Failure – A Myanmar pilot safely landed a passenger jet without its front wheels on Sunday, after landing gear on the Myanmar National Airlines plane failed to deploy, the airline and an official said. [reuters]
Wrestler And Star Of Film Nacho Libre Dies After Collapsing During Show At Camden Roundhouse – A former WCW wrestler who starred in a film alongside Jack Black has died after collapsing during a show in London. [evestan]
How To Prevent Your Skin From Taking A Beating This Winter – The winter months bring with them a new set of challenges for your skin, which means you need a new set of solutions. [here]
ANC Factional Jockeying Starts Around Cabinet And Parliament, DA Assesses Dip, EFF & FF+ Celebrate Gains – The 2019 elections are done and dusted, but the contestation within political parties is not. The ANC top six meets on Monday in what could become the start of a factional face-off over Cabinet positions and chairs of parliamentary committees. For the DA, Monday’s federal executive committee will dissect why the party dropped one-and-a-half percentage points to 20.77% of the vote. [dmav]
Manchester City Crowned Champions Of England – Manchester City retained the Premier League title in style on Sunday, holding their nerve to come from behind against Brighton and see off a charging Liverpool after a thrilling campaign. [s24]
Spanish GP: Hamilton Beats Bottas In Spain – Lewis Hamilton led Valtteri Bottas to the fifth consecutive Mercedes one-two at the start of this season after dominating the Spanish Grand Prix. [bbc]
Michael Schumacher Documentary Film To Tell Formula One Racing Legend’s Story – The first official feature documentary about Formula One racing legend Michael Schumacher is in the final stages of production, with award-winning German filmmakers Michael Wech and Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns directing. Rocket Science will launch sales at Cannes. [variety]
Pick n Pay Confirms That A Man Pretended To ‘Cut Off’ A Customer’s Ponytail, Apparently As Part Of A Bizarre Global Prank – A man pretended to cut off a woman’s ponytail at a Pick n Pay branch in Cavendish, Cape Town, on Thursday afternoon in a prank, the retailer confirmed. [busins]
Swimming, Surfing And Fishing Banned In Durban Due To Raw Sewage In Water – Swimming, surfing and fishing have been banned in Durban due to raw sewage in the water. Hundreds of thousands of litres of raw sewage is flowing into the port every hour. [dmav]
A £9bn Lie – Blood testing company boss Elizabeth Holmes was the mesmerising beauty who became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire backed by the likes of Bill Clinton – but now faces 20 years behind bars [dm]
Here’s How Much It Costs To Open A McDonald’s, Wimpy, Steers, Or RocoMama’s Restaurant – Burgers in South Africa are big business. In 2017, three of the top six franchise fast food brands that produced the most revenue in the country dealt primarily in hamburgers. [busins]
Teens Accused In Plot To Lure Men In On Tinder And Then Rob Them At Gunpoint – Five teens have been arrested for a string of armed robberies against men who believed they were meeting up with a woman they had met on Tinder, police said. [cnn]
A Thousand Guns Were Found In An LA Mansion. Then The Mystery Deepened – Police seized an arsenal from a posh estate, deemed a ‘hoarder’s paradise’. The occupant had ties to the wealthy Getty family. [guardian]
Here’s A Cool Karl Lagerfeld Tribute We Can Get Behind – It’s been almost three months since Karl passed away, but the legendary designer’s legacy will live on for generations. [here]
Helena Christensen, 50, Showcases Her Supermodel Figure – In a deep violet skintight swimsuit as she frolics on the beach. [dm]
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