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Social Welfare Knocks On Die Antwoord’s Door – The rap-rave duo Die Antwoord has been visited by social workers to establish the safety of their 17-year-old biological child in Cape Town. [news24]

More Than 10,000 New Covid-19 Cases In SA In One Day – The majority of new cases are from Gauteng at 3,946 or 39%, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, at 2,092 (21%). The Western Cape accounted for 1,749 cases at 17%. [timeslive]

Video Shows Russian Soldiers Killing 2 Civilians Before They Ransack A Business – Both civilians died after the heartless shooting that goes against the so-called rules of war that outlaw the targeting of civilians. [cnn]

Roe V Wade: Attempt To Protect Abortion Rights With New US Law Fails – At the US Senate on Wednesday, the move was blocked by Republicans – a stark demonstration of America’s partisan divide on the issue. [sky]

Saudi Aramco Overtakes Apple As The World’s Most Valuable Company – Aramco traded near its highest level on record on Wednesday, with a market capitalisation of about $2.43-trillion, surpassing that of Apple for the first time since 2020. [busday]

This South African Diamond Just Sold For R300 Million – That’s Considered A Bargain – As the largest white diamond to ever be sold at auction, “The Rock” was expected to fetch between R305 million and R481 million. [businsidersa]

Kim Orders Lockdown After North Korea Reports First Covid Case – The case of Omicron was detected in Pyongyang, the capital, and leader Kim Jong Un has since ordered all cities and counties to go into lockdown. [bloomberg]

Lufthansa Apologises After Barring Orthodox Jewish Travellers From Flight – Entire group not allowed to board flight to Budapest after some allegedly refused to wear a face mask. [guardian]

Never Mind Winter, Load Shedding Is Likely To Get Much Worse From September – While outages ought to improve in the coming months and planned maintenance is deliberately reduced to levels below 3 000MW, it is not likely that the base case is realistic for the whole of winter. [moneyweb]

Judgment Reserved In Hate Speech Case Over Old South African Flag – In court, AfriForum’s lawyer, advocate Mark Oppenheimer, referred to the Black Monday protests against farm murders. [iol]

Netflix Plans To Introduce Ads And Password Sharing Fees – The note also stated that although the service has over 222 million subscribers, 100 million of them access the app through someone else’s account. [ewn]

Reviews For The Latest iPad Air Say The Same Thing – The iPad Air 2022 (or fifth-generation) comes packing a serious punch with the fabled M1 chip leading the charge. [here]

Mount Everest Is Growing Taller Every Year, But For How Much Longer? – Take out the old atlas on your bookshelf or have a look at an old map, and Mount Everest will be listed at 8 848 metres tall. Now, type it into google, and will come up as 8 849 m. [getaway]

McCullum Joins SA’s Kirsten In Race To Be England Cricket Coach – South Africa’s Gary Kirsten had been regarded initially as the leading contender, having led India to the 2011 50-over World Cup. [citizen]

Plea Hearing Goes Off The Rails For Far-Right Rioter ‘Baked Alaska’ – “I believe I’m innocent,” Anthime Gionet said at a plea hearing in which he was expected to plead guilty. [dbeast]

Man Accused Of Killing Rich Grandfather For Inheritance, Then Mom At Sea When Cash Ran Low – Prosecutors say a 28-year-old Vermont man killed his grandfather for his cut of his inheritance and then killed his mother when that money ran out three years later. [vice]

Paris Hilton Reveals Details Of Alleged Sex Abuse At Utah Boarding School – In an op-ed for USA Today, Hilton described being forced to frequent gynecological exams only in “the middle of the night.” [huffpost]

Madonna Selling 3D Model Of Her Vagina In NFT Graphic Auction – The 63-year-old singer teamed up with nonfungible token extraordinaire Beeple to create a series of X-rated graphics showing her fully nude and giving birth to butterflies, insects and trees. [newsau]

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