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Silicon Valley Bank Shut Down By US Banking Regulators – Tech-focused lender failed in eleventh-hour attempt to raise new capital after facing $42bn in deposit outflows. [fintimes]
Antigua To Auction Off Abandoned $81 Million Russian Megayacht – Antigua and Barbuda plan to auction off the $81 million mega-yacht “ALFA NERO,” believed to have Russian links. [fleetmon]
Watch | Ferrari’s First SUV: What It’s Like To Drive The Purosangue – Through snow and mud and mountains, the first SUV from a brand that famously said they’d never make one is a R7.3 million speed machine. Here’s what it’s like to drive. [news24]
Girl With AI Earrings Sparks Dutch Art Controversy – At first glance, it seems to be just a modern take on Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring”. But look more closely and things get a little strange. [enca]
Inside Princess Iman Of Jordan’s pre-wedding party: Queen Rania Shares Touching Behind-The-Scenes Video – The royal wedding of Princess Iman and Jameel Thermiotis will take place on Sunday 12 March, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania have announced. [tatler]
Watch: Astronomer Catches Meteorite Smashing Into The Moon – A Japanese astronomer has caught a meteorite crashing into the moon using cameras to monitor this; the crater could be around 12 meters. [southafrican]
Cape Town’s Notorious Unfinished Freeway Finally Gives Way To Foreshore Development – After 40 years the provincial government has relinquished a road reserve it kept for the freeway that was never built. [groundup]
I’m A Reformed Narcissist — Here’s How I Used To Manipulate People – A TikToker who describes herself as a reformed narcissist has amassed 22,000 followers on the social media platform by sharing the ways she says she manipulated people. [nypost]
Today, A New Payment System Will Be Launched In SA – What You Need To Know – Payshap – which is backed by the SA Reserve Bank and local banks – will allow South Africans to transfer money instantly between their phones, without a bank account. [news24]
South African Rapper Costa Titch, 27, Dies After Collapsing On Stage At Ultra Music Festival – South African rapper Costa Titch has died after collapsing on stage in front of a horrified audience during his final song. [mailonline]
‘Don’t try that nonsense in Cape Town’: Mayor warns EFF about planned shutdown – Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City will make sure the EFF’s national shutdown planned for 20 March does not happen in Cape Town. [capetalk]
Oscars 2023: 10 Things You Need To Know – Ahead of the ceremony on Sunday night, BBC Culture film critics Nicholas Barber and Caryn James pick out the controversies and talking points from this year’s Academy Awards so far. [bbc]
Women Can Now Swim Topless In Berlin’s Swimming Pools – The move has been hailed as a step forward for gender equality in the German capital. [cnn]
Huge Seaweed Bloom That Can Be Seen From Space Threatening Beaches In Gulf Of Mexico And Caribbean – The so-called Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is about twice the width of the US. [sky]
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