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SPCA Offers R5 000 Reward For Information After Busting Illegal Dogfighting In Cape Town – Members of the public alerted the SPCA to brutal scenes at a Tafelsig residence, where two pit bulls were involved in a vicious dogfight. [news24]
Boris Johnson Sang ‘I Will Survive’ To New Communications Chief Guto Harri – Johnson told his new director of communications Guto Harri, “I will survive”, by singing him lines from the Gloria Gaynor song as he appointed him to the post. [bbc]
Terrorism-Accused Thulsie Twins Sentenced After Plea Deal With The State – They were accused of conspiracy‚ incitement to commit the crime of terrorism, and conspiring and attempting to commit acts associated with terrorist activities after plotting to blow up the US Embassy and Jewish institutions in SA. [timeslive]
Kim Jong Un Keeps Aiming Missiles At His ‘Most Hated Rock’ — A Barren Outcrop Called ‘No Man’s Land’ – Military expert Joseph Dempsey said the rocky outcrop is likely used by Kim as proof that North Korea can strike well-defined targets. [businsider]
Paralysed Man Walks Again Thanks To Electrodes In His Spine – Michel Roccati lost all feeling and movement in his legs after the crash that severed his spinal cord, but can stand and walk with electrical stimulation that is controlled wirelessly from a tablet. [guardian]
Julius Malema: The One Man Who Can Bring Down The Republic – Malema’s end-game is the overthrow of the democratic order that was established after 1994 and the application of the politics of revenge in the place of reconciliation, stability and shared prosperity. [dailymav]
No, The ‘Alien Figure’ In NASA Mars Rover Image Is Not Proof Of Life – Scott Waring, who runs a UFO-focused site, highlighted a rover view with a flat rock with a shape on top of it, suggesting it was proof of life on the red planet. [cnet]
Inside The $128 Million Heist That Shocked The World — And The Police Chase That Followed – It was November 25, 2019, and in the space of a few short minutes, some of the world’s most valuable historic jewels had vanished. [cnn]
“Kind Of A ‘Squid Game’ Vibe”: We Spoke To Olympians About Life Inside The Beijing Bubble – Those living inside China’s Winter Olympics bubble describe shopping malls for athletes and being served by robot waiters. [vice]
End Of The Road In Colombia For Escobar’s ‘Cocaine’ Hippos? – More than 100 African hippos descended from fewer than a handful imported as exotic pets by drug lord Pablo Escobar, face an uncertain future in Colombia. [enca]
Off-The-Grid Living Container Homes Proving Popular – The ‘tiny living’ movement, where homes are usually constructed using old shipping containers, has been growing in South Africa for the best part of three years. [here]
Would NASA Really Be Able To Save Earth From Global Annihilation? – Movies like “Moonfall” suggest our only hope for salvation from a world-ending threat is NASA, but the truth is more complicated than that. [dbeast]
Court Blocks Searcher’s Seismic Survey Off West Coast – For Now – West Coast fisheries and residents as well as civil society organisations had in January filed an urgent court application to interdict the seismic survey by an Australian geoscience data supplier. [fin24]
Daily Paracetamol Use Increases Heart Attack Risk, Researchers Warn – University of Edinburgh finds that daily use of the drug may need to be reconsidered, especially for sufferers of chronic pain. [tele]
Nike Terminates Manchester United Striker Mason Greenwood’s Contract – The forward was arrested on suspicion of rape and assault of a woman. The player was later also arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and making threats to kill. [iol]
Original ‘Fight Club’ Ending Restored In China After Censorship Backlash – In a rare censorship reversal, Chinese streamer Tencent Video has undone its mangled cuts to the conclusion of David Fincher’s 1999 cult classic. [hwoodreporter]
‘I’m Going Down Swinging’: Jimmy Carr Responds To Holocaust Joke Controversy At Gig – The comedian, who is embroiled in a row after joking about the Holocaust, complains that cancel culture is killing comedy. [sky]
Jennifer Lopez Goes Shirt Free To Show Off Her Chest In Plunging Tuxedo Leotard – She talks breaking the rules during climb to the top: ‘I said f**k it’. [dmail]
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