Lindani Myeni: ‘Very Different Story’ Emerges As New Video Released Of SA Man’s Death In Hawaii – New unedited doorbell video footage has emerged in the investigation into the death of former South African rugby player, Lindani Myeni, in Hawaii in April. [news24]

Five Takeaways From The Summit Between Biden And Putin – President Joe Biden’s meeting Wednesday with his Russian counterpart came after months of diplomatic wrangling over the details. [cnn]

SA Records More Than 13,200 Covid-19 Cases In 24 Hours – The NICD said that 13,246 new cases had been recorded at a positivity rate of 21.7%. Gauteng was again at the forefront of the growing number of cases, with 7,859 of the infections recorded there. [timeslive]

Independent Media Demands Health Department Come Clean About Tembisa Decuplets, Stands By Piet Rampedi – The Tembisa 10 story is not fake news but a cover-up of mammoth proportions by Gauteng Health authorities, Independent Media says. [iol]

Botswana Diamond Could Be World’s Third Largest – The stone – weighing 1,098 carats – was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi, two weeks after the diamond firm, Debswana, unearthed it. [bbc]

Boris Johnson Called Matt Hancock ‘Totally F****** Hopeless’ In WhatsApp Message, Dominic Cummings Says – The former Number 10 adviser claims the PM sent an expletive-laden message about the health secretary. [sky]

The Perfect Chance To Broaden Your Brandy Horizons – I get it, you chose your favourite brandy many moons ago, and you’re set in your ways. It’s never too late to try something new, though. [here]

China Launches Its First Crewed Space Mission in Five Years – The two veteran astronauts and a newcomer making his first space flight are scheduled to stay three months in the Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony. [time]

Woman Allegedly Raped At New York Airbnb Received Secret $7m Settlement – Airbnb taskforce that ‘cleans up only after disaster strikes’ intervened after alleged attack, reports Bloomberg Businessweek. [guardian]

‘Worst Mayor’ In History Of Rio De Janeiro, Known As ‘The Calamity’, Appointed As SA Ambassador – What has SA done to deserve Brazil sending a racist figure such as Marcelo Crivella to serve as its ambassador to a supposedly key partner? [dailymav]

Ghislaine Maxwell Objects To Raw Sewage, Nosy Guards In NY Jail – She remains subjected to raw sewage, water deprivation, “hyper-surveillance” by overbearing guards and other unacceptable treatment in jail, according to her lawyer. [reuters]

Mrs SA Gets Ugly: Money, Bikinis And Lawyers’ Letters – The Mrs South Africa’s pageant says it offers a ‘life-transformation journey’ geared towards ‘becoming the very best version of yourself”, and claims to the contrary are malicious allegations. [citizen]

Windows 11 Leak Reveals New UI, Start Menu, And More – The next version of Windows has leaked online. [verge]

Viral TikTok Shows Sea Ray Seem To ‘Laugh’ While Being Tickled. Expert Says It Was ‘Suffocating To Death’ – The video has gained almost 100 million views in just over a week, but animal lovers are finding the action anything but a laughing matter. [businsider]

Remarkable Before And After Shots For New Skin Treatment – Profhilo Bio-Remodelling is a brand new, cutting edge treatment that will help bring back the elasticity and volume in your skin. [here]

Legendary Real Madrid Skipper Sergio Ramos To Quit Club – Real said there would be an “act of tribute and farewell” to Ramos on Thursday in the presence of club president Florentino Perez. [sport24]

Waitrose Renames K*ffir Lime Leaves After Complaints About Racist Connotations – Supermarket chain will use the label Makrut, after customers pointed out that the previous name was now considered offensive. [tele]

Emily Ratajkowski Flaunts ‘Phenomenal’ Figure In Plunging Crop Top – The 30-year-old was seen taking a stroll with husband Sebastian Bear-McClard in New York, wearing a minuscule blue crop top and low slung jeans. [newsau]

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