Teen Welcomes Trump To The UK By Mowing A Giant Penis Into His Lawn – With Trump visiting London on Monday to hobnob with the queen, one industrious, climate-minded teen decided he knew just how he wanted to welcome the president: with a giant penis. [mash]
At Least 4 Killed And “Multiple Crime Scenes” After Shooting In Australia – A man who was out on parole was arrested after fatally shooting four men and wounding a woman in an hour-long downtown rampage Tuesday in the northern Australian city of Darwin, police said. Police did not reveal a motive for the shotgun attack, but ruled out terrorism. [cbs]
Standard Bank Is Closing More Than 100 Branches – Here’s The Full List – On Monday, Standard Bank announced the full list of branch closures – and more branches than expected will close down. [busins]
Trump Praises ‘Extraordinary’ US-UK Alliance On State Visit – US President Donald Trump has said the US and UK have the “greatest alliance the world has ever known”. [bbc]
Michael Cohen ‘Treated Like A Celebrity’ In Prison – Inmates want to know about Trump and Stormy Daniels and ask for legal advice in the same joint that holds Billy McFarland and The Situation. [beast]
Striking French Workers Block World’s Biggest Nutella Plant – A plant in northern France that makes a quarter of the world’s Nutella has been blockaded for a week by workers striking for more pay, unions said Monday, in troubling news for consumers of the cocoa and hazelnut spread. [f24]
Three Easy Ways To Prep For Tax Season 2019 – With less than a month to go until tax season starts once again, here’s everything you need to know to get ahead of the game. [here]
Farm Attacks On The Increase In Western Cape – AfriForum – While announcing that 184 farm attacks and 20 farm murders had taken place in South Africa since the start of the year, lobby group AfriForum has cautioned against making one dimensional conclusions about why farm attacks are committed. [n24]
YouTube Star Who Humiliated Homeless Man Given Prison Term – ReSet posted footage of man eating Oreos filled with toothpaste in Barcelona. [guardian]
France To Ban Unsold Clothes And Electronics From Being Destroyed In ‘World First’ – France is to pass legislation banning supermarkets and producers from destroying unsold non-food items in a “world first”, according to Edouard Philippe, the prime minister. [tele]
Elton John Issues A Defiant Statement After ‘Rocketman’ Is Censored In Russia – The Russian release of Rocketman is missing a number of scenes, including those that depict drug use and gay relations between two men. Elton John, the subject of the critically hailed new biopic, is not pleased. [mash]
Witness Claims Atul Gupta Told Him: ‘I Have The Government In My Pocket’ – With friends in high places, the Guptas had no trouble reassuring foreign staff about negative publicity, concerns over illegal work permits or cushy business dealings with the SABC. [dmav] Shock! Horror!
Trump Briefly Swapped His Trademark Hairdo For A Slicked-Back Style That Makes Him Look Totally Different – President Donald Trump showed off an unfamiliar look on Sunday – swapping his trademark swept-back style for a slicked-back look which caught many by surprise. [busins]
If You Earn Less Than R500,000 You No Longer Have To Submit Tax Returns – SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter presented his plans for the 2019 tax season on Tuesday morning (4 June), including the announcement that taxpayers earning below R500,000 are now no longer required to submit returns. [btech]
Boris Johnson Blanks Trump Meeting On Day Of Extraordinary Snubs For The President – Trump kept on touting him as his pick for Britain’s next PM, but the Brexit champion nixed the chance to meet the president, joining opposition pols and royals in snubbing him. [beast]
Ikea Is Introducing Robotic Furniture For People Who Live In Small Spaces – Ikea is launching a new robotic furniture system called Rognan, developed in collaboration with American furniture startup Ori Living. [verge]
Game-Changing Heart Patches Set For Human Trials – The patch could one day cure heart failure, which is on the rise as more people survive heart attacks, scientists say. [alja]
CONFIRMED: Dale Steyn Ruled Out Of World Cup – Proteas speedster Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the Cricket World Cup and will be replaced by Beuran Hendricks. [s24]
‘My Next Opponent Is Not Too Bad.’ Roger Federer To Play Rafael Nadal In French Open Semifinal – Roger Federer kept accumulating break points and then frittering them away against Stan Wawrinka in the French Open quarterfinals, failing to convert 16 of his initial 17 chances. [time]
Dominic Thiem Says Serena Williams Has ‘Bad Personality’ After Press Conference Diss – Serena Williams’ third-round loss at the French Open also had a big impact on Dominic Thiem. [nyp]
This Rubbish Dump Is Set To Outgrow The Taj Mahal! [Video] – Ghazipur landfill takes up the are of more than 40 football pitches and is on course to be bigger than the Taj Mahal in the next year. [n24]
Everything We Know About Apple’s Exciting iOS 13 Update – The new iPhone iOS 13 comes with some very cool features, including refreshed apps, dark mode, and ‘memojis’. [here]
Why Do Airlines Still Mislay 25 Million Bags A Year? – The airline industry claims it’s getting better at not losing our luggage, partly through improved tracking technology. But tens of millions of bags still go astray every year. So is it doing enough? [bbc]
Star Wars Trolls To Blame For Solo’s Box-Office Failure, Says Ron Howard – Director says ‘aggressive’ campaign staged via review aggregator sites was a major factor in spin-off film’s meagre ticket sales. [guardian]
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