Greta Thunberg Detained By Police During Eco Protest In German Village – The Swedish environmental activist, 20, has been taking part in protests against the demolition of the village of Luetzerath, which is due to be cleared to make way for the expansion of a nearby coal mine. [sky]
Prostitutes Gather In Davos For Annual Meeting Of Global Elite – where demand for sexual services rockets during economic summit – The global elite tackling the world’s greatest problems – including gender inequality -at the Davos summit are fuelling a surge in prostitution in the Swiss resort town. [mail]
Pieter Dirk-Uys On Life After Darling And Reviving Evita – Pieter-Dirk Uys had knee surgery after filming wrapped on his new TV show and is recovering in his colourful apartment in Gardens, Cape Town. [you]
Chicken Crisis – 10 million chicks culled in six weeks due to load shedding [news24]
KZN Monkeys Are First Wild Primates To Get The Hang Of A Touchscreen – Scientists spent more than two years testing their 15kg electronic apparatus on vervet troops in the Mawana game reserve. [insider]
Sam Bankman-Fried Was A Spiteful Boss Who Gaslit Anyone That Challenged Him, FTX’s Former US Boss Says – Brett Harrison said that he had flagged his concerns about FTX to the disgraced former crypto billionaire. [businessinsider]
Eating US Wild Fish Same As Month Of Drinking Toxic Water: Study On ‘Chemical Threat’ – A researcher has said PFAS are “probably the greatest chemical threat the human race is facing in the 21st century.” [timeslive]
Sheba The Tigress Euthanized After Entering Farm And Killing An Animal – The tiger, known as Sheba, escaped from her holding area on Saturday and had been on the loose for five days. [ewn]
Northern KZN Residents Block Trucks From Using N2 For ‘Safety’ Reasons – Community puts its foot down on the movement of heavy-duty vehicles as it still reels from the accident that killed 18 children and a teacher in the area [times]
A Pigeon Was Caught In A Prison Yard With A Tiny Backpack Of Meth – A pigeon found in a Canadian prison yard with a tiny backpack filled with meth is carrying on a decades-long tradition of avian drug smuggling. [vice]
Anti-hijacker Flamethrower: The Rise And Fall Of SA’s Blaster – A local inventor created a legal car flamethrower to fend off hijackers but it failed to take off despite receiving global media attention. [southafrican]
‘Tax Us’: Ultra-rich Call On Governments To Introduce Wealth Taxes – Disney heiress and actor Mark Ruffalo among ‘patriotic millionaires’ who addressed world’s elite at Davos [guardian]
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