Pope Endorses Civil Union Laws For Same-Sex Couples – Pope Francis has declared support for civil unions for same-sex couples for the first time, according to the Catholic News Agency. [cnn]

Warning Of Tens Of Thousands Of Deaths In England From Covid-19 Second Wave – Tiered lockdown system not adequate for preventing high rate of virus infections daily, epidemiologist tells MPs. [guardian]

U.S. Reports About 300,000 More Deaths During Pandemic Than In Typical Year – Nearly 300,000 more people have died in the United States in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic than would be expected based on historical trends, with at least two-thirds due to COVID-19, a government report released on Tuesday showed, adding that COVID deaths likely were undercounted. [mav]

Obama Delivers Fiery Rebuke Of Trump – Former president Barack Obama on Wednesday unleashed a brutal takedown of President Trump in Philadelphia in his first in-person campaign appearance on behalf of Democratic nominee Joe Biden. [washpo]

Kanye Has Spent A Huge Amount Of His Own Money On His Presidential Campaign – At this stage in Kanye West’s presidential campaign, it’s already been established that he’s not the most canny political operator. [vice]

Denel Needs Money – And Warns Over South Africa’s Ability To Defend Itself – State arms firm Denel says it is facing a funding gap of around R2.75 billion over the next five years for key capabilities such as ammunition production and aircraft maintenance. [btech] OMG! Are we, like, under attack?

Australia Aged Care: Inquiry Hears 50 Sexual Assaults Happen Each Week – An estimated 50 sexual assaults occur each week across Australia’s aged care sector, a national inquiry has heard. [bbc]

PayPal To Allow Customers To Buy And Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, And Other Cryptocurrencies – For a long time, PayPal didn’t want much to do with cryptocurrencies. (At least not the widely popular ones; the company initially backed Facebook’s Libra project before pulling out in October last year.) [mash]

Facebook Launches Its Own Dating App In The UK To Rival Tinder And Hinge – The dating feature is launching in the UK and Europe and already operates in 20 other countries. [sky] I thought Facebook was a dating app?

Llamas May Have Been Buried Alive In Ritual Sacrifice By The Incas – The remains of five llamas that may have been ritually sacrificed by Incas have been found in Peru. [newsci] Those Incas, hey?

McAfee’s IPO Raises $740 Million In Return To Public Market – McAfee Corp. and its shareholders raised $740 million in an initial public offering priced within a targeted range as the cybersecurity software provider returns to the stock market. [bloom]

These Are The 10 Best Job Skills To Have In South Africa – And The 10 Worst – The World Economic Forum has published its 2020 Future of Jobs report, looking at how demand for certain job types are expected to change over the next few years. [btech]

Coffee Before Or After Brekkie? This Study Might Change Your Mind – Smashing a cup of coffee first thing in the morning is how most of us get going, but should that wait until after brekkie? [here]

Little Richard Made Millions. It All Went To His Label – Fast forward 65 years, and that kind of egregious exploitation of a Black artist might seem unthinkable. But not much has changed. [vice]

Kim Kardashian West At 40: How The Queen Of Social Media Changed The World – By exchanging her privacy for eyewatering wealth, Kardashian West defines our time like no one else. Now, she has dialled back the nudity, presented a family-oriented image – and even appealed to Donald Trump’s compassionate side. [guardian]

‘Borat’ Sequel Somehow Still Manages To Serve Up Audacious Surprises – Somehow, Sacha Baron Cohen hasn’t lost the power to deliver audacious surprises, with enough explosive, not-suitable-for-anywhere laughs to power through the flatter patches this sort of exercise inevitably yields. [cnn]

Kim Kardashian’s Husband Kanye West Takes To Twitter To Wish His Wife A Happy 40th Birthday – It was a surprise to see the 43-year-old rapper profess his love for the reality TV queen on her 40th birthday on Wednesday via Twitter. [dm]

Inside Bob Dylan’s Lost Interviews And Unseen Letters – As Bob Dylan’s career blossomed, he kept in close touch with his friend Tony Glover. The pair’s conversations and letters — published here for the first time — show a Dylan that few people knew. [rollsto]

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