Regulator Approves Pfizer Vaccine For Children Over 12 In South Africa – South Africa approved Pfizer’s vaccine for use for children over the age of 12, a boost to the country’s immunisation program. [btech]

Ramaphosa’s Address To The Nation: Move To Level 2, Vaccine Safety And Efficacy And Elections – While President Cyril Ramaphosa used his address to the nation to announce a move to Level 2 lockdown, he spent much of his speech focusing on Covid-19 vaccines and their safety and efficacy. [n24]

Pfizer Initially Rejected Covid Vaccine As It Didn’t Think Virus Would Amount To Much – Couple who pioneered jab given to millions around world tell how pharmaceutical giant wrongly assumed outbreak would be quickly contained. [tele]

Apple Mostly Wins In Epic Games Fortnite Trial, But Must Ease Payment Rules – Apple defended its tight control over the iPhone and its App Store in one of the biggest legal fights of the digital age. [cnet]

Salesforce Offers To Relocate Employees And Their Families After Texas Abortion Law Goes Into Effect – Salesforce told thousands of employees in a Slack message on Friday that if they and their families are concerned about the ability to access reproductive care in the wake of Texas’ aggressive anti-abortion law, the company will help them relocate. [cnbc]

North Korea Says It Successfully Tested Long-Range Missiles – North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months, underscoring how it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the United States. [npr]

Virgin Galactic Sees Delay To Space Mission With Italian Air Force – Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc on Friday flagged a delay to its first commercial research mission with the Italian Air Force to mid-October due to a potential manufacturing defect. [reuters]

Afghanistan: Taliban Announce New Rules For Female Students – Afghan universities will be segregated by gender, and a new dress code will be introduced, the Taliban has said. [bbc]

Venice Film Festival 2021 – In pictures. [guardian]

LinkedIn Co-Founder Describes Young Mark Zuckerberg’s Awkward Silences, And Why He Invested In Facebook – Linkedin co-founder Reid Hoffman said young Mark Zuckerberg had a quiet demeanor that led to “minutes-long pauses in conversation” on Bloomberg’s The David Rubenstein Show. [busins]

The Falling Man – Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day. [esquire]

2021 MTV VMA Winners: See The Full List – The MTV Video Music Awards took place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Sunday night, with Doja Cat hosting the ceremony and music’s biggest stars vying for those famed Moonperson statues. [ew]

Daniil Medvedev Ends Novak Djokovic’s Calendar Slam Dream In US Open Final – As Daniil Medvedev stood in the tunnel of Arthur Ashe Stadium before the US Open final, the last man standing in front of Novak Djokovic’s historic grand slam attempt, he was asked in his pre-match interview exactly what he learned from losing to Djokovic in the Australian Open final in February. [guardian]

Solana Gains +6 900% To Become World’s Sixth Biggest Cryptocurrency – Is this Solana rally underpinned by fundamentals, or is it just riding the crypto market hype? [here]

Britney Spears And Sam Asghari Are Engaged – The pop star showed off her new engagement ring in a surprise Instagram post. [harpers]

How Much It Costs To Open Your Own Vida E, Mugg & Bean, Or Bootlegger Coffee Shop – Only a few brands dominate the coffee shop franchise industry in South Africa, with Vida E Caffè, Mugg & Bean, and Bootlegger Coffee Company holding the majority. [busins]

It’s Kinky Kim Kardashian! – Reality star shocks in fetish mask with zips and head to toe leather look as she arrives in NYC with the Kardashian clan ahead of the Met Gala. [dm]

Miley Cyrus Singing ‘Nothing Else Matters’ With Metallica Is All Chills – When Miley rocks out, we all win. [mash]

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