Snapchat Stops Promoting Donald Trump’s Account Due To ‘Racial Violence’ – As a result, it will no longer feature in the app’s Discover section. The firm said it would “not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice”. [bbc]

37,525 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In South Africa As Deaths Jump To 792 – Minister of health Dr Zweli Mkhize has announced that South Africa now has 37,525 confirmed cases of coronavirus. [btech]

Mexico And Brazil Hit Highest Daily Deaths As Germany Spends Big On Recovery – Mexico’s daily death toll is twice previous high; Angela Merkel launches €130bn stimulus: China to allow some foreign flights to resume. [guardian]

George Floyd Death: New Charges For All Four Sacked Officers – New charges have been announced against all of the sacked police officers present at the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis. [bbc]

Trump Claims He Went To Bunker For ‘Inspection’ Amid Violent Protests – President Donald Trump sought to explain his presence in an underground White House bunker during clashes outside the residence on Friday as an “inspection,” rather than a retreat for his own safety, telling a radio interviewer Wednesday he was only in the safe room for a “tiny” amount of time. [cnn]

Former Facebook Employees Forcefully Join The Chorus Against Mark Zuckerberg – A new open letter makes one of the clearest cases for taking action against President Trump. [verge]

Load Shedding Is Still Likely In July, Eskom Says – But That’s Better Than Having It In Summer – Thanks to the maintenance it got in during lockdown, there should be only a couple of days of load shedding this winter, Eskom told Parliament on Wednesday – down from the around a month of electricity interruptions it projected before the coronavirus arrived. [busins]

These Guys Offer Same-Day Booze Delivery Across Cape Town – There are many booze delivery apps and services out there, but same-day delivery is pretty darn impressive. [here]

Warner Music Strikes A Chord As Shares Pop On Nasdaq Debut – Warner Music Group Corp’s WMG.O stock popped 8% on its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, after the world’s third-largest recording label sold shares in its $1.9-billion initial public offering towards the higher end of its target. [reuters]

North Korea Threatens To Halt Military Agreement Over Anti-Pyongyang Leaflets Sent By Defectors – North Korea threatened on Thursday to end an inter-Korean military agreement reached in 2018 to reduce tensions if the South fails to prevent activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border. [time]

Gun-Toting Members Of The Boogaloo Movement Are Showing Up At Protests – Benjamin Ryan Teeter was at his home in Hampstead, N.C., when the call to action came. [cnn]

Trump’s Own Former Defense Secretary Just Compared Him To The Nazis – James “Mad Dog” Mattis just slammed the president as a threat to America’s Constitution. [vice]

Kylie Jenner’s Incoming Cosmetics CEO Stepped Down Before He Officially Started The Job – Kylie Jenner’s company is doing some reorganizing. On Tuesday, the beauty conglomerate Coty revealed that Christoph Honnefelder, the incoming CEO of Kylie Cosmetics, is leaving the company, before he even officially assumed his position. [nweek]

U.S. HR Execs See Working From Home As Part Of New Normal – Survey – More than three out of four U.S. human resource executives think more employees will continue to work from home even after the threat of the novel coronavirus subsides, according to a survey by a large business association released on Wednesday. [mav]

Pandemic Is Chance To Reset Global Economy, Says Prince Charles – Prince of Wales unveils a five-point plan to stimulate sustainable economic growth. [guardian]

These Butler’s Pizza Branches Have Started Delivering – It was terribly exciting to hear that liquor stores opened this week, although this did little (nothing) to address the elephant in the room – when exactly will Butler’s Pizza be reopening? [here]

Australian Star Margot Robbie Is Officially Hollywood’s Hardest Working Actress – Margot Robbie worked on 19 films in the past five years, making her Hollywood’s hardest working actress. [dm]

‘They’re On Different Pages’: Kim Kardashian West And Kanye West Not Seeing Eye To Eye In Lockdown – The couple have both been spending time at home with their four children – North, six, Saint, four, Chicago, two, and Psalm, 12 months – ever since the US imposed lockdown restrictions as a result of the health crisis, but have not always seen eye to eye, as they are both tackling their newly found free time in different ways. [usw]

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