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Cape Town Is Getting Its Own Stock Exchange – With Seven Listed Companies – Alternative stock exchange 4 Africa Exchange (4AX), a rival to the JSE is rebranding to become the Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE), as the group will be relocating to a new head office in Cape Town. [businsider]

At Least 46 People Have Died After Floodwaters From Hurricane Ida’s Remnants Swamp US Cities – Dozens have died in six Eastern states – Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania – after the storm brought unprecedented rainfall. [cnn]

Afghanistan Panjshir: Fighting Intensifies Over Holdout Afghan Valley – Panjshir is the only province that has not fallen to the Islamist group and thousands of opposition fighters are believed to have massed there. [bbc]

Women Tourists Accuse A Hermanus Surf School And Guesthouse Owner Of Rape And Sexual Harassment – In the sleepy seaside town of Hermanus, a self-styled ‘surfing coach’ is being accused of sexual harassment and rape. [dailymav]

WhatsApp Slapped With R4 Billion Fine – Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp was ordered to pay a 225 million-euro (R4 billion) penalty for failing to be transparent about how it handled personal information. [mybb]

Discovery To Introduce Mandatory Vaccine Policy – Financial services firm Discovery plans to move to a mandatory vaccination policy from 1 January 2022. [bustech]

SA Records 418 Covid-19 Deaths And 9,203 Cases In 24 Hours – Of the new cases, KwaZulu-Natal remains the virus epicentre, with 2,691 cases. It was followed by the Western Cape with 1,796, and the Eastern Cape with 1,652 cases. [timeslive]

Inside South Korea’s Competitive Blind Dating Culture – From exclusive dating apps to matchmaking services for the crazy rich, single people turn to blind dates to find their perfect match. [vice]

Man Shot Dead In New Zealand After Injuring People In Supermarket, Police Say – Footage posted on social media showed people screaming and running from the Countdown supermarket in Auckland. [guardian]

Six Men Accused Of Stealing 18th Century Jewels Worth Nearly £100m From Dresden Museum – German prosecutors claimed they started a fire before the break-in to cut the power supply for street lights outside the museum and also set a car ablaze. [sky]

Inside A Florida Hospital Full Of Dying, Unvaxxed Thirtysomethings – “I’ve never bagged so many thirtysomething-year-olds, leaving behind young kids, pregnant wives,” one nurse said. [dbeast]

Crewless Cargo Ships Are A Thing Now – The Yara Birkeland isn’t your average cargo ship, with the potential for its movements to be powered entirely by three onshore data control centres. [here]

QAnon ‘Poster Boy’ For Capitol Riot Sent Back To Jail After Violating Court Order To Stay Off Internet – Douglas Jensen, 42, of Des Moines became one of the most recognized members of the mob that day when he was recorded on widely shared videos. [washpost]

Master Of Spin: Alan Turing Tried To Beat The Roulette Wheel Before He Helped Defeat The Nazis – Unearthed letters reveal how the man who famously cracked the Enigma code during the war first attempted to unravel the secret of gambling. [tele]

Proteas Fall Short Despite Aiden Markram’s Heroics In First ODI Against Sri Lanka – An untimely injury to captain Temba Bavuma, and a gutsy fightback by the home team’s bowlers gained Sri Lanka the advantage in the three-match series. [iol]

Ronaldo To Wear Man Utd’s Iconic No 7 Shirt – Edinson Cavani has agreed to swap to 21 — the number the veteran striker wears for Uruguay — so Ronaldo can reclaim his old jersey. [sport24]

R. Kelly Considered Self ‘Genius’ Who Could Act With Impunity – The singer said “genius” artists could behave as they pleased and compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis, who married a child. [enca]

Emily Ratajkowski Makes Runway Return In Savage X Fenty Bikini – Six months after giving birth to her first child, supermodel Emily Ratajkowski is back at work gracing a catwalk in a minuscule pink two-piece. [newsau]

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