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Chris Rock Says He Has Turned Down Offer To Host Oscars Again – During a standup set Rock said that to return after Will Smith attacked him at this year’s awards would be like returning to the scene of a crime. [guardian]

Mikhail Gorbachev, Former Soviet President Who Took Down The Iron Curtain, Dies – The man credited with introducing key political and economic reforms to the USSR and helping to end the Cold War had been in failing health for some time. [cnn]

New Launch Attempt Saturday For NASA’s Moon Rocket – The highly anticipated uncrewed mission — dubbed Artemis 1 — will bring the United States a step closer to returning astronauts to the Moon five decades after humans last walked on the lunar surface. [ewn]

VBS Bank Gets Order To Seize Jacob Zuma’s Assets – Zuma took the loan in September 2016 to pay R7.8 million to the SA Reserve Bank to settle part of the debt emanating from non-security upgrades paid for by the state at his Nkandla homestead. [news24]

Trump’s Truth Social Barred From Google Play – Google says the platform violates its policies on prohibiting content like physical threats and incitement to violence. [bbc]

Top Russian General Filmed Lying To Putin’s Face In Awkward Briefing – The Kremlin’s National Guard boss went on about how Ukrainians are grateful for Russian troops while a tense Putin stared him down. [dbeast]

Twitter Stock Slips As Elon Musk Points To Whistleblower’s Claims As Cause To Scrap $44 Billion Buyout – Musk’s legal team in a letter to Twitter filed an “additional notice of termination” to the company citing a wide-ranging whistleblower complaint. [businsider]

‘I Can’t Wait To Die’: Oregon Mass Shooter Shared Detailed ‘Doomsday’ Plans Online – The 20-year-old man who shot and killed two people at an Oregon grocery store before killing himself had planned a much bigger massacre. [vice]

NASA Engineers Have Figured Out Why Voyager 1 Was Sending Garbled Data – The space probe left Earth in 1977, and it’s still running—with some hiccups. [gizmodo]

Once High-Flying Brian Molefe Pleads Poverty At Bail Hearing – While boss of Eskom he got R18.2m in two years but now, surviving on about R64,000 a month, his earnings are ‘not economically glamorous’. [timeslive]

Successful Long-Term Investors Follow These Tips – When it comes to investing, and investing wisely, the informed will tell you that it’s a long game. [here]

Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell Allegedly Friends With ‘Evil’ Inmate – She has reportedly become fast friends in prison with a woman serving life for plotting the murders of her millionaire husband and his mum. [newsau]

Champion Raducanu Out Of US Open As Nadal Survives Scare – Raducanu became only the third defending champion to exit the US Open in the first round on Tuesday while Nadal overcame an early scare against a player ranked 198 in the world. [iol]

Jeff Bezos’ £350m Bet On Tolkien: The Rings Of Power Premieres In London – Tolkien’s material has a precedent – when Middle Earth was seen on screen in Peter Jackson’s hit film trilogy it grossed more than £2.5 billion at the box office. [sky]

Chilling Documentary To Reveal Michael Jackson’s Final Moments – The new documentary, ‘TMZ Investigates: Who Really Killed Michael Jackson’ will also detail the extent the singer went to buy drugs. [citizen]

Mandela Grandson ‘Surprised’ At Meghan Wedding Comparison – Duchess of Sussex said she was told people rejoiced at her wedding in the same way as after Mandela’s release. [guardian]

Emily Ratajkowski Posts Support For Amber Heard As She Allegedly Moves On With Brad Pitt – Ratajkowski said on Tiktok, “its getting even SCARIER to be a woman,” while newly public docs reveal chilling abuse allegations against Pitt. [jezebel]

She’s Got Some Neck! Kim Kardashian Is Accused Of ANOTHER Photoshop Fail – In swimming pool snap as photographer claims she edited out her TRAPEZIUS muscle. [dmail]

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