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Trump Asked Whether Covid-Infected Americans Abroad Could Be Sent To Guantánamo Bay, Book Says – “Don’t we have an island that we own?” Trump queried officials assembled in the Situation Room in February 2020. [businsider]

Covid-19: Gauteng Records 69% Of New Cases In The Country – Almost a quarter of the 36 858 Covid-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours were positive, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Monday. [news24]

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven Ousted In No-Confidence vote – The Social Democrat leader has a week to resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government, or call a snap election. [cnn]

The Name ‘Smuts Hall’ Is No More, Decides UCT Council – Effective from Saturday, Smuts Hall was renamed to Upper Campus Residence, as a placeholder name until a new name is decided upon. [timeslive]

Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccines For Workers In South Africa – What The Law Actually Says – Under the directions, an employer has until 2 July 2021 to undertake a risk assessment to determine whether it will make the vaccination of employees mandatory. [bustech]

We’re In For A Cracking 2021 Wine Harvest – Thanks to cool temperatures, unusually high rainfall, and a late harvest, this year’s wine will be of “exceptional” quality. [here]

Man With Alzheimer’s Forgot He Was Married To His Wife – He proposed, and they wed again: ‘There wasn’t a dry eye.’ [washpost]

Major Cryptocurrencies—Including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin—Plummet As China Widens Crackdown – China is the source of the majority of the world’s cryptocurrency trade, accounting for nearly 80% of global bitcoin operations. [forbes]

State Plans Separate Trial For Gupta Accused In Free State Criminal Case – The NPA seemingly has no intention of allowing delays that may be caused by efforts to extradite the Guptas to affect the start of a R24-million criminal case in the Free State. [dailymav]

‘It’s Going To Come As A Big Shock’: UFO Experts Await Pentagon Report – Nearly 75 years after Roswell, the possibility that we are not alone in the universe is once again the talk of mainstream politics. [guardian]

Las Vegas Raiders’ Carl Nassib Becomes First Active NFL Player To Say He Is Gay – The 28-year-old defensive end says he wants to “cultivate a culture that is accepting and compassionate”. [sky]

Manchester City Put Together £100m Opening Offer For Harry Kane – The players who City are willing to sell this summer are thought to include Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Aymeric Laporte and Gabriel Jesus. [telegraph]

2oceansvibe Weekend Sports Wrap – Louis Oosthuizen falls just short once more, Germany and Portugal put on a show, the Proteas batting wobbles, and Wayde’s going to Tokyo. [here]

The 5-Year Mystery Of The ‘Evil Farming Game’ Has Been Solved – An errant comment from a YouTuber set Redditors on a five-year journey to find a lost farming game. [vice]

James Michael Tyler: Friends’ Gunther Reveals Cancer Diagnosis – The cancer has since spread to the actor’s bones and he can no longer walk. He is undergoing chemotherapy. [bbc]

How Nick Cannon Fathered Four Children In One Year – That brings his total up to four babies in 2021 and seven children overall but just how did Cannon get here? [citizen]

Nicole Scherzinger Shows Off Her Incredible Physique In A Skimpy Bikini – Sizzling snaps with hunky beau Thom Evans. [dmail]

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