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David Mackenzie, School Coach Accused Of Inappropriate Behaviour, Drops Bid To Block News24 Investigation – He has been accused of widespread inappropriate behaviour with pupils under his care during his time as a teacher and coach at St Andrew’s College in Makhanda. [news24]

Top US General Says Afghan Collapse Can Be Traced To Trump-Taliban Deal – The Doha agreement, signed in February 2020, set a date for the US to fully withdraw troops by May 2021. [guardian]

Jamie Spears Suspended As Conservator Of Britney Spears – Mathew Rosengart, attorney for Britney Spears, described the elder Spears as a “cruel, toxic and abusive man,” adding his client wants him out “today.” [cnn]

‘Watershed Moment’ As Local Eateries Make World’s 100 Best List – Cape Town eateries Fyn and La Colombe have been lauded by the judges of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. [timeslive]

Will Agrizzi Book Reveal More Dirt? – Surviving The Beast – The Ugly Truths About State Capture and Why They Tried to Kill Me, is a sequel to Angelo Agrizzi’s bestseller, Inside the Belly of the Beast – The Real Bosasa Story. [citizen]

Leaked Facebook Docs Depict Kids As ‘Untapped’ Wealth – Another document cited by the paper, dated March 2021, notes that Facebook is struggling with “global teen penetration” and warns that “acquisition” of teen users “appears to be slowing down.” [gizmodo]

You’re Most Likely To Be Employed With A UCT Degree – Here’s Where Other SA Universities Rank – UCT has placed within the top 100 global Graduate Employability Rankings for the second consecutive time. [businsidersa]

FBI Hunting For Van-Life Fiancé’s Burner Phone, Report Says – Brian Laundrie, the 23-year-old fiancé of doomed van-lifer Gabby Petito, bought a prepaid burner phone at an AT&T store in Florida the same day he went missing. [dbeast]

Amazon Sent Us A 13-Page PDF To Prove Elon Musk Is As Litigious As Jeff Bezos – In response to the SpaceX CEO’s complaints about Amazon’s and Blue Origin’s legal fights. [verge]

YouTube To Remove All Anti-Vaccine Misinformation – Videos that say approved vaccines are dangerous and cause autism, cancer or infertility are among those that will be taken down, the company said. [bbc]

Reheating Your Coffee – Let’s Have That Chat – It’s time to get to the bottom of whether or not a microwave nuking sesh will affect your morning brew negatively. [here]

Climate Change: Greta Thunberg Accuses UK Government Of Being ‘Climate Villains’ – The Swedish activist said the UK, like many other countries, engages in what she called “creative carbon accounting”. [sky]

SA Born Lock Banned For 12 Weeks For Horror High Tackle – Castres lock Ryno Pieterse was on Wednesday banned for 12 weeks for a dangerous tackle last month against Bordeaux-Begles in the Top 14, the French National Rugby League (NRL) announced. [sport24]

Star Gymnast Simone Biles Says She Should Have Quit Before Tokyo Games – The 19-time world championship title holder told legislators earlier this month how the FBI and US gymnastic and Olympic officials failed to stop the sexual abuse that she and hundreds of other athletes suffered. [dailymav]

A Man Awoke To A Bat On His Neck And Declined A Vaccine. Weeks Later, He Died Of Rabies – While human rabies cases are preventable and rare, the disease is more than 99 percent fatal once contracted. [washpost]

The COVID-Denying, Tsar-Loving Russian ‘Cult’ That’s Too Extreme For Putin – A charismatic and rebellious monk built an ultra-religious commune at the very edge of Europe. Now he’s under arrest and his followers are left in limbo. [vice]

Shakira The High-Profile Target As Barcelona’s Boars Take Up Bag-Snatching – Superstar singer left bristling after encounter with group of aggressive hogs that attacked her and her family. [tele]

Bill Cosby Has Strong Opinions About R. Kelly’s Conviction – He feels Kelly “was screwed” and “wasn’t going to catch a break” during the monthlong trial. [huffpost]

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