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Neom: Forces ‘Told To Kill’ To Clear Land For Eco-City – Saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, an ex-intelligence officer has told the BBC. [bbc]
Police Facing Skills Exodus, Says Popcru – Police union wants government to make service a more attractive option in order to halt migration into the private sector. [citizen]
Eight Game-Changing Cancer Breakthroughs That Could Help Millions – As Princess Beatrice reveals that Sarah Ferguson has been given the ‘all clear’ from cancer, Leah Hardy looks at how tantalisingly close science is to curing cancer and why miracle jabs and preventative treatments are already a reality for some. [independent]
Former Spanish Soccer Federation Chief Rubiales To Stand Trial For Unsolicited World Cup Kiss – Former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national soccer player Jennifer Hermoso, after a High Court judge in Madrid accepted the case, the court said on Wednesday. [cnn]
The Best-Performing JSE-Listed Tech Companies Over The Past Five Years – PBT Group Limited had the highest proportional growth of all Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed tech stocks between March 2019 and March 2024. [mybroadband]
VIP Unit Case: Accused Claim They Pulled Motorist Over To Check Whether He Was Threat To ‘Main Car’ – The eight presidential protection officers, who pulled over a vehicle and accosted the driver along the N1 highway in Johannesburg, claimed that they wanted to check whether the driver was a threat. [news24]
George Building Collapse: Three Independent Engineers Brought In While Rescue Efforts Continue – Rescue operations have been ongoing throughout the night for those trapped underneath the rubble of a George building. [iol]
Millions Of SASSA Social Grant Recipients Are Tripling Their Income – Here’s How – Latest research finds millions of SASSA social grant recipients are tripling their income by engaging in informal work. [sapeople]
Apple Just Released The Next Generation Of iPads – At the ‘Let Loose’ event yesterday, Apple couldn’t help gushing over how cool their new tablet line is. [2ov]
De Ruyter Claims Load Shedding Holiday Is Due To Diesel Burning ‘At A Rate Of Knots’ – The only reason load shedding had abated for the past 40-odd days was because the utility was burning diesel at a “rate of knots”, claims former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter. [news24]
How Gary Oldman Made Slow Horses One Of The Best Shows On TV – The Apple TV+ series is up for the top prize at the Baftas, and it deserves one for Oldman’s sublimely repulsive performance alone. [independent]
Robert F Kennedy Jr Says A Worm Ate Part Of His Brain And Then Died – He said he had been having memory loss and mental fogginess and so contacted neurologists who spotted a dark spot on his brain scans. They said he had a tumour but another doctor believed he had a dead parasite in his head, The New York Times reported. [sky]
Southern Brazil Is Still Reeling From Massive Flooding As It Faces Risk From New Storms – As major floods engulfed entire cities in the northern part of the Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state last week, meteorologist Estael Sias knew the water would drain into capital Porto Alegre’s metropolitan region and that she would need to find a safe place. [ap]
Sony And Apollo’s Plan For Paramount: Break It Up – CBS and other well-known properties would be sold if Sony and Apollo were able to buy Paramount. But the new owners would keep the movie studio. [nyt]
