Kim Jong Un Reportedly In A Coma As His Sister Kim Yo Jong Takes Control – North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has fallen into a coma, a former South Korean official is claiming on the heels of reports that the northern leader has ceded over some of his power to his younger sister. [nyp]

Trouble For Trump As Fox News Praises ‘Enormously Effective’ Biden Speech – Republican pundits accept success of Biden’s convention address as Trump’s bid to portray Democratic rival as radical leftist falls flat. [guardian]

Trump Warns U.S. May ‘Never’ Know The Results Of The Presidential Election – He falsely claimed that if the “fraudulent” “mail-in ballot deal” isn’t cleared up by the end of the year, he could be replaced by Nancy Pelosi. [huff]

F.D.A. Allows Expanded Use Of Plasma To Treat Coronavirus Patients – The move came on the eve of the Republican convention and after President Trump pressed the agency to move faster to address the pandemic. [nyt]

Kellyanne Conway To Leave The White House At The End Of The Month – Citing the need to focus on her family. [washpo]

Tata To Launch Super App Covering Range Of Digital Services – Indian conglomerate set to take on rival Reliance in tech push to revamp consumer businesses. [ft]

The ANC Goes Into Battle Against Graft – And A Battle Within Itself – In a seven-page letter, President Cyril Ramaphosa read the riot act to rank-and-file ANC members about corruption on 23 August. [mav]

Golden State Killer Sentenced To Life In Prison – Joseph DeAngelo, the man known as the Golden State Killer, has been sentenced to life in prison. [bbc] We highly recommend the podcast about this guy – Man In The Window [here]

The British Actress Tearing Hollywood Apart – Illicit affairs, claims of blackmail, two married studio bosses out of a job… and how an electrician’s daughter from Kent is at the heart of Tinseltown’s raciest drama. [dm]

What Is QAnon, The Viral Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory? – Explaining the “big tent conspiracy theory” that falsely claims that President Trump is facing down a shadowy cabal of Democratic pedophiles. [nyt]

Donald Trump Was Finally Asked About Sarah Cooper’s Viral Impersonations Of Him – Her TikTok fame got her a gig filling in for Jimmy Kimmel earlier this month, and she has a Netflix special coming out in the fall. [cnn]

Donald Trump Ordered To Pay $44,100 In Stormy Daniels Legal Fees – The order in Superior Court in Los Angeles determined Stormy Daniels won her lawsuit against Trump over the agreement that was signed 11 days before the 2016 presidential election. [htim]

The Inside Story Of Robinhood’s Billionaire Founders, Option Kid Cowboys And The Wall Street Sharks That Feed On Them – The perfect stock trading app for the videogame generation was supposed to “democratize finance” with zero-commission trades. But the primary plan was to get rich by selling customer trades to the market’s most notorious operators. [forbes]

You Can Fit This High-Tech Facial In Over Your Lunch Break – Skincare specialists recommend a professional facial reasonably regularly, but it’s not always easy to find the time. [here]

WeChat Users Group Sues Trump Administration Over Ban It Says Is Unconstitutional – The president’s executive order barred all transactions with WeChat. [verge]

AKA: I Am The Greatest Rapper In SA, Dead Or Alive, And Probs The Best Hip-Hop Producer Too – AKA left social media in “freak out mode” this week when he took to Twitter to claim he was the greatest SA hip-hop artist of all time. [tlive]

Take It From Me, Microsoft Flight Simulator Captures The Joy Of Real Flying – For four decades the game has tried to recreate how it feels to fly. Now, writes qualified pilot Oliver Holmes, it has succeeded. [guardian]

Best Star Snaps Of The Week – Adam Sandler and Bella Hadid with goats. [p6]

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