Phil Mickelson Lost $40 Million Gambling In Four Years: Biographer – Phil Mickelson suffered a staggering $40 million gambling loss between 2010 and 2014, according to his biographer. [nyp]

EU Plans To Put Putin’s Rumoured Girlfriend On Sanctions List – Alina Kabaeva likely to join Patriarch Kirill, who supports war in Ukraine, on draft document of travel bans and asset freezes. [guardian]

Fiji Gives The US Permission To Seize A Superyacht Reportedly Owned By A Russian Billionaire – Suleiman Kerimov is said to be the owner of the $325 million “Amadea.” [rr]

Over 500 kg Of Cocaine Found In Coffee Delivery For Nespresso – Over 500 kg (1,102 lb) of cocaine estimated to be worth more than 50 million Swiss francs ($50.65 million) have been found in a container of coffee bean bags for Nestle’s (NESN.S) Nespresso factory in Romont in western Switzerland, the cantonal police said on Thursday. [reuters]

Bill Gates Doubts Musk’s Twitter Buy, Says Draft SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe Is ‘Pretty Disappointing’ – Bill Gates sounded a note of caution this week on Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, saying the Tesla CEO “actually could make it worse” despite a strong track record with his other business ventures. [cnn]

These Are The Cape Town Suburbs In Line For CCTV Expansion – The City of Cape Town hopes to extend its CCTV coverage and monitoring to Delft, Kraaifontein, Nyanga, Mfuleni and Mitchells Plain, it announced on Thursday. [n24]

FlySafair Offered 30,000 Tickets At R8. A Million People Showed Up. Some Of Them Are A Bit Angry – Low-cost airline FlySafair’s R8 ticket sale dominated headlines and social media on Wednesday, with a million people trying to get their hands on the cheapest fares in South Africa. Some of the unlucky ones are angry, but the airline says it’s made peace with those negative reactions. [busins]

‘Vladimir Putin’s Yacht’ Back In The Water And May Flee Italian Port – Police are still investigating the ownership of the Scheherazade, which means that it’s free to leave at any time. [tele]

As F1 Renews With Netflix’s ‘Drive To Survive’ For Seasons 5 And 6, It Must Stop Overdramatization – On Thursday ahead of the inaugural Miami Grand Prix, Formula 1 announced that it had renewed the popular Netflix NFLX -7.7% docuseries Drive To Survive for seasons 5 and 6. [forbes]

Saudi Prince And Crypto Billionaire Invest In Elon Musk’s Vision For Twitter – 18 investors pooled together $7 billion in funding to help Musk take Twitter private. [vice]

Great News As Drinking Red Wine Is Linked To Less Belly Fat – The study participants’ consumption of various alcohols – white wine, red wine, beer, and spirits – was monitored and analysed. [here]

‘Paparazzo Extraordinaire’: Ron Galella – A Life In Pictures – Ron Galella, nicknamed the Godfather of US paparazzi, has died at his New Jersey home aged 91. The photographer gained notoriety for his candid shots and celebrity feuds, including with Jackie Onassis and Marlon Brando – who punched him outside a New York restaurant and broke his jaw. [guardian]

Beyoncé, Jay-Z And Elon Musk Were In Front Row During Dave Chappelle Attack – Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and Elon Musk were just yards from the stage at Dave Chappelle’s show as a violent attack took place. [p6]

Drone Swarms That Can Navigate Dense Forest Burst Out Of Science Fiction Into Real World – Chinese scientists have proven that aerial robots can work together, navigate obstacles and, perhaps worryingly, track humans out of sight. [tele]

‘I Didn’t Know If the Bottle He Had Inside Me Was Broken’ – Amber Heard Details Multiple Johnny Depp Assaults. [rollsto]

Woman Who Secretly Poked Holes In Partner’s Condoms In Bid To Fall Pregnant – Is given six-month jail term for ‘stealthing’ in Germany. [dm]

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