Monday Morning Spice

French Post Office Releases Scratch-And-Sniff Baguette Stamp – ‘Bakery scent’ added via microcapsules to postage stamp celebrating ‘jewel of French culture’. [guardian]

Israel Accuses South Africa Of False Claims At ICJ – Israel has accused South Africa of distorting reality in its attempt to get the UN’s top court to force it to stop its military campaign in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza. [bbc]

You Think Parisians Grumble A Lot? Don’t Get Them Started On The Olympic Games – We tend to view Paris as a fairytale princess, all romance and half-seen glitter. But for all its glamour, Paris has actually been depressed and irritable for a couple of hundred years now. [guardian]

Cape Town Claims Second Spot As World’s Top City In 2024 – Cape Town, the second-largest city and legislative capital of South Africa, has secured second place as the best city globally this year, as per a survey conducted by Time Out, a prominent global media and hospitality enterprise. [capetownetc]

FlySafair Slams Lift And Airlink For Trying To Ground It – FlySafair chief marketing officer Kirby Gordon says the company’s competitors should work on improving themselves, rather than trying to disrupt FlySafair’s operations for allegedly breaching foreign ownership laws. [mybroadband]

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s President, Dies In Helicopter Crash Aged 63 – Iranian president was travelling by helicopter in the country’s East Azerbaijan province when it came down in a forested area. [aljazeera]

Five Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Biggest Art Heist In History – Most art galleries and museums are famous for the art they contain. London’s National Gallery has Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”; “The Starry Night” meanwhile, is held at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, in good company alongside Salvador Dalì’s melting clocks, Andy Warhol’s soup cans and Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait. [cnn]