Brittney Griner: WNBA Club Phoenix Mercury Concerned For Player Detained In Russia – The Olympic gold medal-winning American was reportedly taken into custody at a Moscow airport in February after cannabis oil was found in her luggage. [bbc]
Shane Warne Had Completed ‘Ridiculous’ 14-Day Diet Just Before His Death In Thailand – Agent reveals new details about the build-up to the former Australia spinner’s shock death at the age of 52 as his body is taken for autopsy. [tele]
Visa And Mastercard Will Both Suspend Operations In Russia – Transactions to be cut off after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged companies to take action. [guardian]
Russia Blocks Access To Facebook Amid Broad Media Crackdown – Reports of limited access to Twitter and YouTube also surfaced Friday. [huff]
Ukrainian And Russian Pornhub Performers Protest The War – Ukrainians are posting videos of the Russian invasion to Pornhub, while Russians are using one of the last online spaces they have to speak against the war. [vice]
From Hermès To Louis Vuitton, Luxury’s Leading Brands Are Closing Their Boutiques In Russia – Chanel, LVMH, Kering and more have joined the call to close their Russian retail locations in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine invasion. [rr]
Cryptic ‘Just Landed In Ukraine’ Mbalula Tweet Has People Guessing, Speculating – Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula dropped a cryptic tweet – “Just landed in Ukraine” – to his 2.7 million followers on Saturday morning, and then went into radio silence. [n24]
One More ‘Family Meeting’ On Lockdown Restrictions For South Africa: Report – After two years of lockdown, and several lockdown revisions and announcements, president Cyril Ramaphosa’s next family meeting on lockdown restrictions is likely to be the last, the Sunday Times reports. [btech]
Prince Charles ‘Is Set To Loan Prince Andrew Up To £7m – To help bankroll multi-million sex abuse payout to Virginia Roberts’. [dm]
Vladimir Putin: A Miracle Defender Of Christianity Or The Most Evil Man? – With Russia invading Ukraine, its president, Vladimir Putin, has been painted by many in the western media as the most evil man in the world. [guardian]
Russia’s Second-Largest Internet Provider Cuts Off Russian Websites – For better or worse, Russia’s internet just got kneecapped. [mash]
War In Ukraine Empties Out NYC’s Russian Tea Room – The opulent eatery on West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan — a mecca in its heyday for A-listers like Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch and Liza Minelli — stood nearly empty on Tuesday. [nyp]
Shopkeeper Who Told Deaf 81-Year-Old His EuroMillions Ticket Was A Loser So She Could Steal His £130,000 Win Is Jailed For 28 Months – Narendra Gill, 52, swiped the lucky dip ticket from retired delivery man Frank Gowland, 81, after checking it at her shop in Leeds, West Yorkshire. [dm]
Mark Zuckerberg Says He Is ‘Aware’ He Will Die Someday, Discusses Meaning Of Life – “I do a fair amount of like, extreme sport-type stuff, so like, so I’m definitely aware of it.” [vice]
Why Gold Is Melting Hot Right Now: How To Invest Fee-Free – Gold has outperformed Bitcoin and the S&P 500 by over 5% this year. [here]
Exclusive Credit Cards For The Super Rich – Credit cards catering to the ultra-rich offer insane rewards and lavish perks, with the Centurion Card from American Express seen as perhaps the most desirable piece of plastic. [btech]
Kim Kardashian Flaunts Curves In Balenciaga Catsuit Made Out Of Tape – Caution: Kim Kardashian is legally single and living her best life. [p6]
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