End Of The Rand? New BRICS Currency On The Agenda – One of the discussion points at the 15th summit of Southern Hemisphere nations will be a BRICS currency. If it goes ahead, how will it work? [thesouthafrican]

‘It Feels Like A Cover-Up’: Reserve Bank’s Phala Phala Findings Under Fire – The Reserve Bank has found no evidence that President Cyril Ramaphosa broke exchange control regulations in the Phala Phala matter. [news24]

China’s Economy Is In Trouble. Here’s What’s Gone Wrong – China has long been the engine of global growth. But in recent weeks, its economic slowdown has alarmed international leaders and investors who are no longer counting on it to be a bulwark against weakness elsewhere. [cnn]

Why Cheesemakers Are Injecting Their Parmesan With Edible Microchips – Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips in their cheese in an attempt to beat counterfeiters, the Wall Street Journal reports. [wsj]

AI-Generated James Dean Appearing In New Movie 68 Years After Actor’s Death – A digital clone of the Rebel Without A Cause and East of Eden star will “walk, talk, and interact” alongside living actors in the upcoming Back to Eden. [mybroadband]

Biggest Loch Ness Monster Search In Half A Century To Begin In August – a monster search for Nessie the Loch Ness Monster will begin in the coming weeks, as the Loch Ness Centre in Drumnadrochit, Scotland, enlists the help of a global community of citizen scientists in the search of a “water beast”. [ifls]