America’s Fastest Woman Hit With 100m Olympic Ban For Cannabis – Sprint star Sha’Carri Richardson will miss the 100m under anti-doping rules. But the evidence to show weed enhances performance is wafer-thin. [vice]

Zuma Provokes ConCourt In Last-Ditch Bid To Avoid Jail While Armed Supporters At Nkandla Defy Lockdown – As armed Zulu regiments marched alongside Jacob Zuma at his homestead in Nkandla on Saturday afternoon, legal minds elsewhere were somewhat flummoxed following the former president’s challenge to a ruling from the highest court in the land. [dmav]

Amazon CEO-In-Waiting Andy Jassy Gets $214M Stock Grant As He Gets Set To Replace Founder Jeff Bezos In Top Job – Amazon has awarded veteran exec Andy Jassy more than $214 million in stock grants, which will vest over a 10-year period, as he gets set to replace Jeff Bezos as CEO. [deadline]

China Regulator Orders Didi Ride-Hailing App Removed From Stores – The regulator says the company illegally collected users’ personal information. [verge]

Ekurhuleni Mayor’s Tweet About Mugg & Bean Closing Labelled As ‘Fake News’ – Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina tweeted on Sunday morning that Mugg & Bean was shutting its doors across the country. His tweet has since been deleted as the restaurant chain said this was ‘fake news’. [tlive]

The New Circus Comes To Town: Fiery Support For Donald Trump At Rain-Soaked Florida Rally – Fireworks, a Trump impersonator and undying belief in the former president at his second rally after leaving office. [guardian]

What Bill Cosby’s Release Means For Harvey Weinstein – Since Bill Cosby walked out of prison a free man after a court overturned his sexual assault conviction, observers have found themselves wondering: Could Harvey Weinstein be next? [cnn]

SA’s ‘Fake Billionaire’ Is Back, Now Selling Shares On Special To Somizi’s Followers – Fake billionaire Mandla Lamba is back with a bang, attempting to sell shares in his latest venture to the 4.1 million Instagram followers of TV personality Somizi Mhlongo. [n24]

The Taliban Are Making Gains In Afghanistan – And Showing Off Their Progress To The World – The group continually emphasises how it has progressed and how it’s not the same regime toppled by the US-led invasion in 2001. [sky]

Military Plane Crashes In The Philippines, Killing 50 People – The C-130, which crashed on Jolo, had 96 people on board, mostly young soldiers on their first deployment. [alja]

Boris Johnson To Set Out England’s Final Covid Lockdown Easing – Boris Johnson is preparing to set out details of the final step of England’s roadmap out of lockdown. [bbc]

Where Elon Musk Lives Since He Pledged To Ditch ‘Almost All Physical Possessions’ – After promising to sell nearly everything he owned last year including six mansions in California, Tesla’s billionaire CEO has taken up residence in a studio-apartment sized rental – here’s what it looks like inside and out. [forbes]

Verstappen Waltzes To Second Win In A Row At Red Bull Ring, As Bottas Beats Norris To P2 – For the second time is as many weeks, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen enjoyed a serene drive to victory at the Red Bull Ring, leading every lap of the Austrian Grand Prix from pole position – much to the delight of the thousands of orange clad fans who flocked to cheer him to a third victory in a row. [f1]

Escaping A Serial Killer – And Moving On – In 2002, 15-year-old Kara Chamberlain was kidnapped at gunpoint, held for 18 hours, drugged and assaulted. After her escape, police discovered her kidnapper had been involved in the murder of at least three other people in Virginia, US. [bbc]

Porsche Recalls Taycans Over Sudden Power Loss Problem – Porsche is recalling its first EV, the Taycan, to fix an issue where some cars suddenly lose power while in motion. [verge]

PUMA’s Massive Mid-Season Sale Is Upon Us – Congratulations on officially making it halfway through the year. As a reward for your perseverance, PUMA has more than 1 100 items on sale. [here]

Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest 2021: Joey Chestnut Wins For 14th Time – Defending world champion Joey Chestnut broke his own world record Sunday, devouring 76 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes during Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. [cnn]

You Can Now Build Your Dream Ferrari 296 GTB Using This Configurator Tool – Just in case you have a spare $300,000 lying around. [robb]

Amelia Gray Hamlin, 20, Goes Topless – To model a pair of chic lilac slacks as she jokes that her ‘top is m.i.a.’ [dm]

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