San Francisco Becomes First US City To Ban E-Cigarettes – San Francisco has become the first US city to ban e-cigarette sales until their health effects are clearer. [bbc]
Trump Threatens ‘Obliteration’ After Iran Suggests He Has A ‘Mental Disorder’ – Hassan Rouhani and US president traded insults similar to 2017 clashes between US and North Korea while ramping up sanctions. [guardian]
State Capture: SAA Loses Out On 2-Million Litres Of Fuel A Month As Music Promoter Fails To Deliver – A little-known company that was awarded a multimillion-rand contract to supply fuel to SAA hasn’t delivered since October last year. [tlive]
Denmark’s Youngest Prime Minister To Lead New Government – Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said her minority government will rely on leftist parties for support. Their deal includes bold climate action and increases to welfare spending after years of austerity. [dw]
Robert Mueller To Testify Before House Judiciary And Intelligence Committees – The special counsel is set to testify in open session before Congress on July 17 about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections. [huff]
Melania Trump’s Chief Of Communications Stephanie Grisham Picked As Next White House Press Secretary And Communications Director – First lady Melania Trump’s chief spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, has been tapped to replace Sarah Huckabee Sanders as the next White House press secretary, the first lady announced Tuesday. [cnbc]
Daily Dish Just Made A Very Important Change – Mondays can be a drag, but getting your week’s worth of dinner delivered to the door really takes the edge off. Daily Dish’s latest switch has been a long time coming. [here]
Harry and Meghan’s New Home’s Renovations Cost Over $3M, Outraged British Public Discovers – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are under attack for extravagance on Tuesday after the annual publication of the royal accounts showed they have already spent £2.4m ($3m) of public money renovating their new home, Frogmore Cottage—and work on the property is still not complete. [beast]
Airbnb Launches $1,000+ Per Night Luxury Rental Tier – Penthouses and chateaux are a far cry from the sofas and spare rooms that launched vacation rental behemoth Airbnb. [cnn]
Grandmother, 92, ‘Arrested’ After Lifelong Ambition To ‘Know What It Was Like To Be Naughty’ – A 92-year-old great-great-grandmother was arrested by police at her own request because she “wanted to know what it was like to be naughty”. [tele]
The New Drug Highway: Pacific Islands At Centre Of Cocaine Trafficking Boom – Explosion in number of boats carrying cocaine and meth from Latin America to Australia is causing havoc for islands on the way. [guardian]
Instagram Head Says The App Does Not Eavesdrop To Show You Better Ads – For years, Instagram users have been wondering if the app uses your phone’s microphone to listen to private conversations. [mash]
England Lose To Australia In Cricket World Cup At Lord’s – England’s World Cup hopes hang in the balance after a demoralising defeat by Australia at Lord’s. [bbc]
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How To Party Sober When Everyone Else Is Getting Hammered – You may have given up the booze, but that doesn’t mean that you also have to give up on partying. [here]
Here’s How Mouse Support Could Change The Way You Use Your iPad – When Apple announced iPadOS earlier this month, no-one from the company made mention of a major new feature: mouse support. [verge]
Samuel L Jackson Unleashes His Fury Over Major Spider-Man: Far From Home Error – Why you would ever try and anger Samuel L Jackson, we do not know. But some marketing folk are gonna be shaking in their boots over this error. [metro]
Mysterious Caravaggio Painting Valued At $170m Snapped Up Before Auction – Italian specialists have doubts about ‘lost masterpiece’ but French expert insists canvas is Caravaggio’s Judith and Holofernes. [guardian]
Michael Jackson Kissed Me Passionately And Stripped Naked In Front Of Me When I Played His Girlfriend In Thriller – But now his estate has slashed my royalty payments, leaving me in poverty, former Playboy centerfold reveals. [dm]
Emma Stone ‘Broke Her Shoulder’ Dancing At Spice Girls Concert And Honestly What A Hero – Emma Stone slammed it to the left so hard at the Spice Girls Wembley concert the other week that she actually did herself a serious injury. [metro]
The Chilling Mystery Of High-Altitude Suicides – U.S. counties above 4,000 feet have twice the suicides as counties at 2,000 feet. Is it because there’s less oxygen in the air, or is something else going on? [vice]
Sheryl Crow: Universal Studios Fire Destroyed All My Master Tapes – Sheryl Crow says the original tapes of albums including Tuesday Night Music Club and The Globe Sessions went up in flames in a fire at Universal Studios. [bbc]
George Clooney To Direct And Star In ‘Good Morning, Midnight’ For Netflix – George Clooney has signed on to direct and star in “Good Morning, Midnight” for Netflix. It will be his first project with the streaming service. [cnn]
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