Obituary | Sol Kerzner, A Perfectionist With A Short Fuse – The 84-year old Sol Kerzner died in Cape Town on Saturday, after a sometimes controversial career developing some of the world’s most spectacular resorts. [busins]
Country Singer Kenny Rogers Dies At 81 – Country singer Kenny Rogers (pictured), 81, has died, Variety reported on Saturday. [stan]
Americans Are Turning To One Of Africa’s Most Common Prescribed Drugs To Battle Coronavirus – US president Donald Trump surprised some observers in the medical sciences world when he revealed the US Food and Drugs Administration had approved the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of the coronavirus in patients. [qz]
12 People Over Age Of 71 Test Positive For Covid-19 As SA Infections Rise – The elderly and young children are testing positive for the coronavirus as SA’s infection rate climbed to 274 cases on Sunday. [tlive]
Jailed Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus: Report – Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus while in prison for rape and sexual assault, a local newspaper reported. [beast]
Teenager, 18, Becomes UK’s Youngest Coronavirus Victim – Thirty-seven people – aged between 18 and 102 – have died after testing positive for coronavirus in England bringing the total there to 257, NHS England said. [metro]
New York State Accounts For 5% Of Global Cases – The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly sweeping through New York State, where there have been more than 15,700 cases and 117 deaths. [sky]
Germany Tightens Curbs And Bans Meetings Of More Than Two – Germany has expanded curbs on social interactions to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak, banning public gatherings of more than two people. [bbc]
Canadian Athletes Will Not Compete At Tokyo 2020 Games Due To COVID-19 Risks – Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees call for 1-year postponement. [cbc]
Standard Bank Unveils 90 Day Payment Holiday For Small Businesses To Soften Coronavirus Impact – Standard Bank has announced a 90 day loan repayment holiday for South Africa small and medium-sized businesses in a bid to soften the economic impact of the coronavirus. [f24]
Is Going To The Beach OK? What About Hiking? – Travel bans and closed borders have put wanderlust on hold, and as the United States and other countries grapple with a surge in coronavirus cases, even domestic travel is increasingly unlikely. [cnn]
Amazon And Apple Are Reducing Streaming Quality To Lessen Broadband Strain In Europe – Following in Netflix and YouTube’s footsteps. [verge]
Idris Elba Thinks Coronavirus Is Planet’s Response To Humanity’s ‘Damage’ – Idris Elba has shared his thoughts the coronavirus pandemic is the planet’s response to humanity’s ‘damage’, days after revealing he’s tested positive for the Covid-19 condition. [metro]
Husband Contracts Coronavirus After Faking A Business Trip To Holiday With His Girlfriend In Italy – A man has put his family in severe danger after he contracted the deadly coronavirus while on vacation with his girlfriend in Italy. [w24]
How To Use Houseparty – the app surging in popularity as the world social distances. [busins]
Did Disney’s ‘Tangled’ Predict The Coronavirus Pandemic? – The similarity between Rapunzel’s plight in “Tangled” and the coronavirus lockdowns will make your hair stand on end. [nyp]
The World After This – We’re not going back to “normal” after the coronavirus. Here is exactly how things need to change for good, and for the better. [vice]
The 100 Best Movies On Netflix Right Now – With thousands of movies to choose from, and a navigation system and algorithm that don’t always make the right choice easy to find, it can be difficult to know what to watch on Netflix. [vult]
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