Cam Site Offers Hans Niemann $1 Million To Play Chess Nude To Prove He Didn’t Cheat – The offer is supposed to help him prove he did not cheat when he beat Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top-ranked chess player, in a tournament last week. [vice]
Texas Sends Two Buses Of Migrants To Kamala Harris’s Home – Two migrant buses sent by Texas governor Greg Abbott, carrying between 75 and 100 people, arrived outside the home of vice president Kamala Harris in Washington, DC. [ind]
Tennis Icon Roger Federer Announces Retirement At 41 – In a statement published on Thursday, Federer revealed he plans to retire after next week’s Laver Cup in London. [tennis]
Senzo Meyiwa Was In Sexual Relationship With Kelly Khumalo And Her Sister Zandile, Court Hears – The North Gauteng High Court has heard that slain Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was having a sexual relationship with Zandile Khumalo, the sister of Kelly Khumalo, his girlfriend and the mother of his child. [iol]
President Joe Biden Will Discuss Efforts To End The War In Ukraine With South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa – “The goal is to have a conversation about the conflict in Ukraine: how we got there, and how we get out of it, and in hearing from President Ramaphosa about his thoughts on the best way forward, sharing ours on how to manage the conflict and to reach a conclusion,” said the senior Biden administration official. [mav]
Eskom Targets 32% Increase For Next Year – Eskom plans to apply for a 32% tariff increase from 1 April 2023/24, it announced on Thursday. [n24] Of course!
Australian Rugby League Player Suspended For Social Media Post Regarding Queen’s Death – An Indigenous Australian rugby league player has been suspended for a game following a social media post she reportedly made about the Queen’s death last week, in which she referred to the monarch as a “dumb dog.” [cnn]
New Airline And Direct Route To Europe For South Africa – Air Belgium has touched down in South Africa for the first time – and with the launch of its new air service between Brussels, Johannesburg and Cape Town, the airline offers travellers direct access to the heart of Europe. [btech]
Jordan’s ‘Last Dance’ Jersey Sells For Record $10.1 Million – Michael Jordan’s jersey from the opening game of the 1998 NBA Finals sold for over $10 million at an auction on Thursday, making it the most expensive piece of game-worn sports memorabilia in history. [reuters]
Meet The Duo Behind Loadshedding App EskomSePush – Capetonians Dan Southwood-Wells, 37, and Herman Maritz, 35, are the co-founders of the popular EskomSePush app. [iol]
James Bond: Ian Fleming Publications Instagram Post About An Announcement Sparks Online Frenzy – James Bond fans have gone into a frenzy amid revelations an announcement will be made about the franchise next month. [pnow]
Container Homes Are Taking Things To The Next Level – The so-called ‘tiny living’ trend continues to grow in popularity. Container homes don’t have to give up all the creature comforts, though. [here]
Cars From the 1990s Are Selling Fast And Furious. Bring A Trailer’s Co-Founder Explains Why – Randy Nonnenberg talks about how the online-auction platform started and why vehicles from his high-school days are in such demand. [rr]
Gisele Bündchen And Tom Brady Are ‘Living Separately,’ Source Tells CNN – Superstar couple Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady, who wed in 2009, are going through a difficult period. [cnn]
‘Succession’ Star Brian Cox Blasts Method Acting As “American Sh**” – “You just let it come through you. And you don’t get in the f***ing way,” Cox told a post-screening Q&A for ‘Prisoner’s Daughter’ at the Toronto Film Festival. [hollyrep]
R. Kelly Has Been Found Guilty Of Sexually Abusing And Urinating On A 14-Year-Old Girl In An Infamous Tape – Prosecutors had tried to show how the R&B singer, who was acquitted of producing child sex abuse images in 2008, escaped accountability for so long. [buzz]
Race Car Driver Toni Breidinger Becomes A Victoria’s Secret Model: ‘Dream Come True’ – On Wednesday, the 23-year-old revealed that she had become a member of the Victoria’s Secret family, appearing as a model in a recent lingerie campaign. [nyp]
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