21-Year-Old Hiker Fell 700 Feet And Died While Taking A Selfie – Richard Jacobson was camping in the Superstition Mountains, east of downtown Phoenix, before he fell while attempting to take a selfie with the skyline. [vice]

Emirates Confirms That South Africans Can Finally Travel To Dubai From Saturday – South African fans of the oasis in the desert, Dubai, can heave a huge sigh of relief as they will finally be allowed to enter the country again. [iol]

Absa Engineer Accused Of Stealing Over R100m From Bank Appears In Dock With Lover – The romantic partner of  Xolela Masebeni, who is accused of stealing over R100 million from Absa, has been added as a co-accused to his money laundering and theft case. [n24]

Apple Is Back On Top In Smartphone Sales Worldwide After A Record Win In China – Apple has once again become the top-selling smartphone brand in top market China, along with the rest of the world. [cnn]

Boris Johnson Vows To Publish Sue Gray ‘Partygate’ Report In Full – Boris Johnson has pledged he will “of course” publish Sue Gray’s report into alleged Covid rule-breaking parties at Downing Street in full. [tele]

Indians Want Those Who Profited From The Pandemic To Pay A Covid Surcharge – A new survey of more than 3,200 people in 24 states finds that more than 80% of Indians support a “covid surcharge” on those earning more than Rs2 crore ($266,000) per year. [qz]

Kanye West Announces That ‘Donda 2’ Is Arriving On 2.22.22 — We’ll See – Kanye West has announced a once-a-century, numerology-pleasing release date for his Donda 2: Feb. 2, or 2.22.22. [rollsto]

Italian Sexism Row Over Job Advert Asking For Bathing Suit Image – Outrage over ad for receptionist role insists applicants are under 30 and provide bathing costume photo. [guardian]

Six Ridiculous Jobs That Only The Rich And Famous Need Help With – This is officially the time of year to Sort Everything Out. If you’re rich, you’ll get somebody else to do it. For the rest of us, DIY it. [tele]

Orcas Found To Kill Blue Whales, The Largest Animals On Earth, For First Time – It begins with a chase: Twelve orcas swimming down their quarry until it grows tired. [natgeo]

Ferrari Drivers Return To F1 Track Action At Fiorano – Ferrari intended to carry out a four-day test with its 2021-spec SF21 but was forced to rearrange its schedule amid uncertainty over the use of historic machinery. [msw]

Novak Djokovic Set For Return To Action In Dubai After Missing Australian Open – World number one Novak Djokovic is set to make his return to action in Dubai next month. [bbc]

Apple Is Turning iPhones Into Payment Terminals – Apple Inc is planning a new service that will let small businesses accept payments directly on their iPhones without any extra hardware, according to people with knowledge of the matter. [btech]

After The Bitcoin Crash, El Salvador Is Betting Its Economy On Buying The Dip – The price of Bitcoin has fallen 43% from its high in November 2021. El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele is buying the dip. [qz]

7 Tips And Tricks To Better Organize Your Notes App – What did we do before the Notes app on our iPhones? How did we make grocery lists? How did we jot down that one thing we need to remember? How did celebrities apologize for the latest PR disaster? [mash]

Got A Spare R35 Million Knocking About? This Camps Bay House Has Quite A View – Assuming you do have R35 million burning a hole in your pocket, we thought we’d find ourselves a place with a cracking beach view. [here]

Kiefer Sutherland: ‘I said: I Can Do A Really Good Donald Sutherland For Half The Money’ – Answering readers’ questions, the actor and musician talks about how he tried stealing a job off his father, his favourite item from Greggs and his Mickey Mouse tattoo. [guardian]

The NFT Art World Wouldn’t Be The Same Without This Woman’s ‘Wide-Awake Hallucinations’ – The Bored Ape Yacht Club lit up the internet — but its lead designer, Seneca, has been watching from the shadows. [rollsto]

Kourtney Unfiltered! – Eldest Kardashian, 42, shows off her curves in bottom-flashing sheer mini dress – complete with nipple accessory and skimpy red thong bodysuit for lingerie shoot. [dm]

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