Biden To Impose South Africa Travel Ban To Combat New COVID-19 Variant – CDC – President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-U.S. citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, a senior U.S. public health official told Reuters. [reuters]

COVID-19: South African Variant Could Reduce Vaccine Efficacy By Half – Sky News has obtained a video recording of a meeting on Tuesday where the health secretary made the remark. [sky]

Vaccine Delay ‘Means Third Killer Wave’, Warn Medical Experts – SA’s delayed Covid-19 vaccination programme means a third wave of the virus in three to four months will cut another swath through high-risk groups. [tlive]

Tse Chi Lop: Alleged Asian Drug Lord Arrested In Amsterdam – Police in the Netherlands have arrested the alleged head of one of the world’s biggest drugs gangs, on a warrant issued by Australia. [bbc]

Biden To Lift Restrictions on Transgender Military Service Members – Administration could act as soon as Monday to reverse former President Donald Trump’s directive. [wsj]

Larry King’s Sons Speak Out After His Death – ‘We Will Miss Him Every Single Day of Our Lives’ [people]

Italy Blocks TikTok For Certain Users After Death Of Girl Allegedly Playing ‘Choking’ Game – Probe launched after girl’s sister reportedly told parents she had been ‘playing the blackout game’ before her death. [guardian]

Trump Fumes In His First Weekend Out Of Office As Fauci Clowns On Him – In recent days, former President Donald Trump has watched from afar as one of his most popular rivals for public attention has been unleashed by the Biden administration to, in part, disparage Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. [beast]

Here’s The Most Tax-Effective Way To Jump-Start Your Property Portfolio – There’s a great deal of buzz around Section 12J of the Income Tax Act, and that’s worth a closer look. [here]

Government’s Plan To End South Africa’s ‘Downward Spiral’ – Including a shake-up for schools. [btech]

A Bill Gates Venture Aims To Spray Dust Into The Atmosphere To Block The Sun. What Could Go Wrong? – Microsoft’s billionaire founder Bill Gates is financially backing the development of sun-dimming technology that would potentially reflect sunlight out of Earth’s atmosphere, triggering a global cooling effect. [forbes]

Bruno Fernandes Stunner Seals FA Cup Win For Man United Over Liverpool – Manchester United added to Liverpool’s woes as Bruno Fernandes’s pinpoint free kick earned his side a 3-2 win in a blockbuster FA Cup fourth-round clash at Old Trafford on Sunday. [tlive]

Tom Brady Heading To 10th Super Bowl – Wife Gisele Bundchen and Fans React! [eto]

Bernie Sanders Turned His Inauguration Meme Into A Sweatshirt For Charity – Bernie Sanders’ campaign has turned the viral photo of him bundled up at Joe Biden’s inauguration into a new sweatshirt, with all proceeds going to charity. [rollsto]

Jim Haynes: A Man Who Invited The World Over For Dinner – Jim Haynes was both an icon and a relic of the Swinging Sixties, an American in Paris who was famous for inviting hundreds of thousands of strangers to dinner at his home. He died this month. [bbc]

Win A Month’s Supply Of Delicious Gingerade+ – It’s a firm favourite among the 2oceansvibe staff, and now Sir Fruit is giving 10 winners the opportunity to stock their fridge with an entire month’s worth of the good stuff. [here]

This Guy Bought A Ghost Town – When Brent Underwood bought an abandoned mining town, he didn’t anticipate moving there to ride out a pandemic. Or that it might actually be haunted. [vice]

‘I’d Rather Not Stand There Naked’ – Keira Knightley says she REFUSES to film sex scenes with a male director as they make her feel ‘very uncomfortable’ [dm]

Happy Birthday Princess Caroline Of Hanover: A Look Back At The Royal’s Life-Long Love Affair With Chanel – As she turns 64, Tatler revisits some of her greatest fashion moments. [tatler]

Friends Star Matthew Perry Makes Major Change Ahead Of Wedding – The Friends star and his fiancé welcomed a new family member into their home. [hello]

Kourtney Kardashian And Travis Barker Are Dating – Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are dating. The longtime friends have recently sparked a romance. [eto]

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