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How Not To Catch A Thief: The Glamorous History Of Cannes Jewellery Heists – Another high-profile theft has cast a shadow over this year’s film festival. It’s hard to separate fact from fiction. [telegraph]

Tembisa Community Use Their Bodies As Shields To Protect Mall From Looters – “We are here to protect what is ours,” said community members wearing reflective clothing and armed with traditional weapons. [citypress]

Twitter ‘Temporarily’ Suspends Julius Malema For Breaking Its Rules – Twitter limited Malema’s account to sending direct messages to his followers. He is prohibited from tweeting, retweeting, following accounts and liking posts. [timeslive]

Trump Said Whoever ‘Leaked’ Info On His White House Bunker Stay Should Be ‘Executed’ – Trump, along with Melania and Barron, were taken to the underground bunker for a period of time during the protests spurred by the police killing of George Floyd. [cnn]

SAB, Heineken Facilities Looted And Torched, And More May Be Targeted, Says Beer Association – Even couriers carrying malt have been attacked, and the brewers believe their other facilities are under threat. [businsidersa]

Palm Springs: California City Is Facing Record-Breaking Heat –  It has recorded its hottest June ever, multiple days in the mid-to-high 40s Celsius and equalled its record high of 50C (122F). [sky]

South African Freediving Champion Reaches New Depths – South African freediving record holder Natalie Rudman has already added a list of accolades to her repertoire this year, and now has a whopping 11 world records to her name. [getaway]

Capitol Rioter Who Thought He Was At The White House Released On Home Detention – A judge found that Doug Jensen, a QAnon believer and Trump supporter, couldn’t have preplanned his actions because he “didn’t even know where he was.” [huffpost]

Mark Zuckerberg Has Sold Facebook Stock Almost Every Weekday This Year – After a year during which he didn’t let go of any Facebook stock, Mark Zuckerberg is back to his selling ways. [forbes]

Cuba: Man Confirmed Killed In Anti-Government Unrest – Thousands took to the streets to demonstrate over the collapse of the economy, food and medicine shortages, price hikes and the government’s handling of the Covid-19 epidemic. [bbc]

‘They Got Out Of Hand’: Auckland Street Wrestles With Fate Of 400 Pet Rabbits – After years of complaints from neighbours and concerns about house prices, hundreds of rabbits in a suburban garden had to go ‘by any means necessary’. [guardian]

6 Surreal Views Of New And Rare Deep Sea Creatures – In early June, a team of marine scientists with the Schmidt Ocean Institute boarded a research vessel called R/V Falkor and sailed out to the remote Phoenix Islands Archipelago. [gizmodo]

Hackers Move To Extort Gaming Giant EA – After trying to sell a cache of stolen data, hackers are now dumping some of the information publicly in the hopes of forcing EA to pay a ransom. [vice]

We Could All Use A List Of Stress-Relieving Toys – What a week so far, and Friday is but a blip on the horizon. If toys provide you with a sense of stress relief, these may be worth considering. [here]

Proteas Skipper Bavuma After Shocking Ireland Loss: ‘We Were Totally Outplayed’ – The South Africans now stare a series defeat in the face ahead of Friday’s third and final encounter, after the first ODI was abandoned due to rain. [sport24]

Roger Federer Withdraws From Tokyo Olympics After Knee Injury ‘Setback’ – The 39-year-old Federer, who has never won an Olympic singles gold medal, underwent two surgeries on his right knee in 2020. [iol]

Millie Bobby Brown’s Reps Blast TikToker’s ‘Hateful’ Comments About Grooming The Teen Star – TikTok star Hunter Ecimovic sparked disgust by saying he’d “groomed” 17-year-old actress Millie Bobby Brown. [dbeast]

Britney Spears References Emotional Court Testimony In Deleted Instagram Post – Posing in a revealing black and yellow outfit, Spears wrote, “Like I said … my maids may have been able to get their nails done during COVID… at least my maid outfit was the hottest”. [newsau]

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