Prince Harry Says Growing Up Royal Was Mix Of ‘Truman Show’ And ‘Being In A Zoo’ – “The biggest issue for me was that being born into it you inherit the risk.” [today]
Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Announce Multi-Year Deal With Giant Procter & Gamble – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have just announced a multi-year global deal with consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble. [n24]
EU Citizens Arriving In UK Being Locked Up And Expelled – Europeans with job interviews tell of detentions and expulsions despite rules allowing non-visa holders to attend interviews. [guardian]
Tesla’s China Sales Tumble 27% In April From March – The U.S.-based electric car company sold 25,845 made-in-China vehicles last month, down 27% from 35,478 in March, according to figures released Tuesday by the China Passenger Car Association. [cnbc]
US Relaxes Mask Rules For Fully Vaccinated People – Health officials recommend that fully vaccinated people will not have to wear masks outside, even in large crowds. The US has seen a dramatic drop in new cases and deaths since providing immunizations. [dw]
US: Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million In Ransom – Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on Friday, contradicting reports earlier this week that the company had no intention of paying an extortion fee to help restore the country’s largest fuel pipeline, according to two people familiar with the transaction. [bloom]
SA Records 44 New Deaths As Total Cases Exceed 1,6 Million – For the first time in more than three months, more than 3,000 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in SA in 24 hours. [tlive]
Crypto Genius Gives A Billion Dollars Worth Of Joke Coin For India Covid Relief – Vitalik Buterin, the 27-year-old founder of Ethereum, on Wednesday donated cryptocurrency worth $1 billion to support covid-19 relief work in India, possibly the single-largest philanthropic contribution to help covid-stricken Indians from any country or individual. [mint]
Giuliani’s Son Tells Russian State TV People Don’t Want To Live In America After FBI Raided His Dad – The son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani went on Russian TV to push conspiracy theories about the federal investigation of his father. [raw]
Da Vinci’s ‘Head of Bear’ Drawing Seen Fetching Up To $16m – A drawing of a bear’s head by Leonardo da Vinci is seen fetching up to $16.7 million, potentially setting a record, when it heads to auction in July, Christie’s said on Saturday. [reuters]
Sun International Begins Construction Of R500m Mall – While some market watchers predict the doom of big malls after Covid-19 introduced more people to online shopping, a subsidiary of Sun International just started building a R500-million shopping centre in Gqeberha, previously known as Port Elizabeth. [n24]
Cape Town Wants You To Register Most – But Not All – Of Your Pets, By Law – Although this may be news to most Capetonian pet owners, a Cape Town bylaw has required the registration of dogs and horses for nearly 10 years. [busins]
Cash-In-Transit Guard Bust After ‘Loading Millions Into Car Boot’ – A Fidelity security guard who allegedly loaded millions of rand into the boot of his car and never returned to work was expected to appear in court for theft on Monday. [tlive]
These Guys Call Themselves ‘The Tesla Of Coffee’ – Tesla has done just fine over the past few years, so if you’re calling yourself ‘the Tesla of coffee’ you better deliver the goods. [here]
Oprah Reveals The ‘Inappropriate Question’ She Once Asked That Makes Her Cringe – Oprah Winfrey is revealing that she once asked a celebrity a question that now makes her cringe. [cnn]
‘Fuck This Court’: We Obtained Larry Flynt’s FBI File And It’s Pretty Wild – The 322-page file contains a litany of events from John DeLorean’s cocaine bust to an alleged effort by Flynt to blow himself up in front of the Supreme Court. [vice]
Ohio Wants To Make 5 People Millionaires — If They’re Vaccinated – Amid dropping vaccine demand in Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine announced five, weekly drawings of $1 million open to residents who’ve received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. A similar lottery for teenagers will provide the lucky names with a full, four-year scholarship to a public university in Ohio – room and board included. [npr]
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