Microplastics Found In Freshly Fallen Antarctic Snow For First Time – New Zealand researchers identified tiny plastics, which can be toxic to plants and animals, in 19 snow samples. [guardian] Bravo, humans!

Cyril’s Alleged Cash Thief ‘Sought Protection’ From Cape Town Underworld – Former spy boss Arthur Fraser is said to have met a prominent underworld figure who spoke of the man’s ‘spending spree’ [tlive]

Berlin: Teacher Dead And Pupils Hurt As Car Hits Crowd – A teacher was killed and 14 schoolchildren were injured after a car hit a crowd on a busy street in the German capital, Berlin. [bbc]

Harvey Weinstein Facing Criminal Charges For Alleged 1996 Assault In London – The Crown Prosecution Service did not reveal the name of the woman accusing Weinstein of sexual assault. [huff]

Cape Town Is Ready To Drop All Covid Restrictions – Western Cape premier Alan Winde says South Africa is now at a point where it can end all Covid-19 restrictions on mask-wearing and gatherings. [btech]

Why Johnny Depp Was Helped Out Of Birmingham Hotel – Security escorted Johnny Depp out of a hotel Monday to protect him from the hordes of fans who have been following him since his trial ended last week. [p6]

South African Boxer Dies After Ending Bout Punching ‘Invisible Opponent’ – South African lightweight Simiso Buthelezi has died after suffering bleeding on the brain following a boxing bout at the weekend in Durban. [bbc]

Instagram Seems To Have Completely Stopped Caring About Its Users – Wait, Instagram has content that’s not ads? [mash]

Denver Broncos Sold For Record $4.65 Billion To Walmart Heir Rob Walton – The Broncos announced Tuesday night that they had entered an agreement with Rob Walton, the eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, and his Walton-Penner Group, which is headlined by his daughter Carrie Walton Penner and son-in-law Greg Penner. [nyp] Cheap at the price! God, he must be over the moon!

These Flight Routes Are Under Strain In South Africa Right Now After Comair Grounding – South African airlines are struggling to make up for the 40% loss in domestic seat capacity since local airline Comair grounded flights at the start of June, with no short-term solution on the horizon. [btech]

Apple’s Kind Of A Bank Now – It’ll handle the financial side of its new Pay Later service. [verge]

Simone Biles And Dozens Of Nassar Victims Are Suing The FBI For $1 Billion – “My fellow survivors and I were betrayed by every institution that was supposed to protect us,” said Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney. [vice]

The Best Games Of 2022 So Far – From racing round the Nürburgring and cerebral androids on the run, to compiling the first Pokédex and tackling robot dinosaurs, here are the best games of the year so far. [guardian]

I Met A Hot Girl Online – We Fell In Love But Turns Out I Was Catfished By My Ex – A man has revealed how he was catfished in a bitter act of revenge by his ex-girlfriend. [nyp] Sucks.

Johnny Depp’s Lawyers Say He Might WAIVE Amber Heard’s $8Million Judgement – Now that his reputation has been restored as they slam her claims the trial was unfair and say jury didn’t like her because she had ‘an answer for everything’. [dm]

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