Emirates To Resume Flights To SA – In a short statement on Sunday, the Middle Eastern airline said it “welcomes the latest protocols and measures announced by Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management to allow the safe resumption of passenger travel from South Africa, Nigeria and India to Dubai and onwards”. [n24]

UPDATED: This morning, Emirates announced that flights from South Africa will remain suspended until July 6, 2021. More here.

Trump Wishes ‘RINOs’ And ‘Losers Of The World’ Happy Father’s Day In Bizarre Statement – Former President Donald Trump sent out a bizarre Father’s Day message, taking aim at his political opponents and critics in a backhanded message marking the holiday. [nw]

Ladysmith ‘Diamonds’ Are Quartz Crystals – Experts – Mining experts have determined that stones found in KwaHlati in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal are quartz crystals, not diamonds. [enca]

Protesters Call For Brazil’s President To Resign As Experts Fear Up To 800,000 Will Die From Coronavirus – An expert has warned the number could rise to 800,000 before the country sees the effects of its vaccination programme. [sky]

Why Section 12J Investors Should Shop Carefully These Final Two Weeks – On June 30, 2021, South Africans can wave the Section 12J tax incentive goodbye. There’s a reason so many shrewd investors are very sad to see the tax break bowing out. [here]

Witness Tells Of Horror As Truck Rams Into Arizona Bike Race – Bicyclist Tony Quinones had only just shaken hands with a fellow cyclist and wished him good luck in this weekend’s community race in an Arizona mountain town when a truck sped into a crowd of bike riders. [ap]

Doctor Fired For Forging Prescriptions After Clicks Pharmacist Blows Whistle – A doctor was fired halfway through a two-year internship after forging prescriptions and using them to obtain addictive drugs. [tlive]

Usain Bolt Welcomes Newborn Twin Sons Thunder And Saint Leo – Sprinter Usain Bolt has had twin boys, named Thunder Bolt and Saint Leo Bolt. [bbc]

Meghan Markle’s Friend Omid Scobie Makes Fresh Royal Racism Claims – That family had ‘not one but several conversations about Archie’s skin colour’ – as he reveals Duchess will return to the UK next year for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. [dm]

Golden Globes: Two Members Resign From ‘Toxic’ Hollywood Foreign Press Association – Wenting Xu and Diederik van Hoogstraten cite resistance to change, watered down diversity rules and a culture of fear. [guardian]

Jon Rahm Wins US Open At Torrey Pines On His First Father’s Day – Jon Rahm won the 121st US Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California, on Sunday. [cnn]

French Grand Prix: Did Mercedes Lose It Or Red Bull Win It? – This Formula 1 season just keeps on delivering, after Max Verstappen took a brilliant victory in a French Grand Prix that left Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes ruing a costly error. [bbc]

Russell Brand ‘Devastated’ After His Dog Mauls Wallaby To Death Near His Oxfordshire Home – Russell Brand has been left “devastated” after his German Shepherd mauled a wallaby to death, according to reports. [stan]

SA Man Jailed, Tortured In Equatorial Guinea Prison Gets R39m In Damages – Seven years after Daniel Janse van Rensburg was jailed and tortured in Equatorial Guinea’s Black Beach prison, the Western Cape High Court has ordered the country’s vice-president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, to pay him more than R39 million in damages. [n24]

Electric Car Revolution Risks Mountain Of Toxic Battery Waste – Gigafactories’ green push towards net zero emissions could create millions of tonnes of hazardous junk. [tele]

Italy Imposes Five-Day Quarantine For British Visitors From Monday Over Delta Variant Fears – Italy is relaxing curbs on travellers from other countries, despite imposing the new mandatory quarantine period on UK visitors. [sky] Oh yes, the old Delta variant..

Murder Of Film Producer In Small Irish Town Remains Shrouded In Mystery – “That’s what interested me – the fact that no one is talking about it.” [fr24]

Rebekah Vardy ‘Benefitted Financially After Leaking Stories About Coleen Rooney’, Court Hears – Wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is suing former friend for libel over claims she sold ‘false stories’ to tabloid. [ind]

All Of The Photos Of Queen Elizabeth At Royal Ascot – The British monarch returned to the horse race after the pandemic forced her to skip last year’s event. [tc]

Kim Kardashian Flaunts A Makeup-Free Glow – While letting her curves spill out of a tiny tan bikini… after denying Van Jones AND Maluma dating rumors. [dm]

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