IT’S OFFICIAL: Face Masks Are Gone, Border Checks And Gatherings Ban Dropped – As of Wednesday, South Africans no longer need to wear masks indoors in public settings. Limits on gatherings, and border checks – including for vaccination status – have also been dropped. [businsider]

What’s In It? 9 Stories About The Final State Capture Report You Need To Read – The fifth and final instalment of the state capture report was released on Wednesday evening, with several high-profile politicians and business people implicated. [timeslive]

Afghanistan Reels From Deadly Earthquake As Crisis-Hit Country Struggles For Aid – An earthquake killed more than 1,000 people. At least 1,500 people have been reported injured — but officials warn the toll is likely to rise as many families were sleeping in flimsy housing structures when the quake hit. [cnn]

Uvalde School Shooting: Embattled Police Chief Is Put On Leave – Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, head of the school district police force, has been blamed for law enforcement delays in confronting the gunman. [bbc]

UK Health Officials Find Rare Polio Virus In London Sewage, Warn It May Have Spread To A Few People – The find is raising concern that polio may have spread “between closely-linked individuals” in North and East London. [businsider]

Prosecutors Want Ghislaine Maxwell Behind Bars For At Least 30 Years – In a sentencing memorandum filed in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors called Maxwell’s conduct “shockingly predatory.” [reuters]

Russia Nears ‘Tactical’ Victory In Severodonetsk As Villages Fall – Losses are ‘clear setback’ for Ukrainians, but experts say that Kremlin troops could still face protracted battles to capture key cities. [telegraph]

Mites That Mate On Our Faces At Night Face Extinction Threat – Gliding through grease, and protected by our pores, tiny Demodex folliculorum mites lead a secretive life within our skin, only emerging at night to mate on our foreheads, noses and nipples. [guardian]

‘We Have A 50% Likelihood Of A Recession Globally’: Deutsche Bank Chief Predicts A Coin Toss For The World Economy – Inflation needs to be reined in, no matter the cost, and bankers are now saying that a global economic downturn is increasingly likely. [fortune]

Not A Banana Republic – SA Immigration Officials Stand Their Ground Against Billionaire Pressure – Billionaire entrepreneur and private investor Rob Hersov’s “Hersov 100” bash (he turned 60 and his New-Zealand-born wife Katie 40) took place at several venues in Cape Town over three days of the first weekend in May. [dailymav]

NASA’s Dust-Choked InSight Lander Likely Won’t Make It To The End Of The Year – By pushing the lander’s scientific agenda, its solar-powered batteries will discharge sooner. That means InSight’s death knell will come sooner than the end of the year. [gizmodo]

Financial Advisor Says You Should Teach Your Children These Five Money Tips – Go ahead and tick off life advice and guidance and impart a strong sense of right and wrong and all that. At the same time, it’s worth passing on a few financial words of wisdom as well. [here]

Trumpet The Bloodhound Wins Best In Show At Westminster Dog Show – Trumpet was the winner of the hound category, strutting his facial folds and floppy ears as he bested other hounds, soaking up the spotlight and cheers. [washpost]

Five Things The Boks Need To Avoid Ahead Of Wales Exam – The Springboks, who will be playing in front of a home crowd for the first time at Loftus Versfeld next week, should see off the Dragons. [sport24]

Maradona: Eight Doctors And Nurses Who Cared For Footballer Face Homicide Charges – The star, who underwent surgery for a subdural haematoma a few weeks prior to his death, died due to cardiac arrest. [sky]

Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Hall Divorcing After Six Years Of Marriage – The 91-year-old media mogul and the 65-year-old model tied the knot in 2016. It was Murdoch’s fourth marriage. Hall had been married to Mick Jagger. [variety]

Brad Pitt: ‘I Felt Safe At Alcoholics Anonymous’ – The 58-year-old actor decided to get sober after his split from Angelina Jolie in 2016, and Brad is glad that he found a “really private and selective” group of people who wouldn’t betray his trust. [iol]

Kendall Jenner, Devin Booker Split After Two Years Together – Kendall Jenner has reportedly broken up with her NBA star boyfriend after two years together, as a source reveals why they split. [newsau]

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