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Tatjana Smith Wins 100m Breaststroke Gold For Team SA After Late Surge At Paris Olympics – Tatjana Smith (nee Schoenmaker) came from behind to win Team South Africa’s first gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games when she triumphed in the women’s 100m breaststroke final on Monday night. [iol]
Dark Clouds Gather For Lower-Paid Employees In South Africa – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed amendments to the country’s Companies Act, which poses a significant risk to lower-paid employees as businesses look for ways to report higher earnings for these workers without impacting their profits. [businesstech]
‘Fire Devils’ Spotted As California Fire Doubles In Size – Thousands of firefighters have been battling a rapidly growing wildfire in northern California, scorching an area nearly the size of Los Angeles. [bbc]
New Shelter For Hundreds Of Homeless People Opens In Green Point – This is one of five Safe Spaces run by the City of Cape Town. [goundup]
Fibre Optic Cables Targeted In New Infrastructure Attack In France – France was on Monday probing the possible involvement of ultra-left movements in attacks that paralysed the rail network at the start of the Olympic Games, as new sabotage acts affected fibre optic cables in several areas. [iol]
Two Children Killed aAnd Nine Injured In Knife Attack At Dance Class In Northern England – Two children have been killed and nine injured in a knife rampage targeting a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in a town in northern England on Monday, with a teenage suspect arrested over an attack one witness described as a “horror movie”. [cnn]
Kim Jong Un: North Korea Looking For Medicine Abroad To Help Leader After Weight Gain, Spy Agency Believes – After appearing to lose a substantial amount of weight in 2021, the North Korean leader has gained it back – with South Korean intelligence blaming his issues on smoking, drinking and stress. [sky]
Ethiopia Landslide Death Toll Reaches 257 As UN Warns It Could Surpass 500 – The death toll from devastating landslides in southern Ethiopia has climbed to more than 250 and could rise as high as 500, the UN warned, citing local authorities. [cnn]
Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa, 14, Wins Street Skateboard Gold At Paris Olympics – Teenager Coco Yoshizawa took the skateboarding Olympic gold medal at the historic Place de la Concorde in Paris. [aljazeera]
Common Drug May Extend Women’s Fertility By Years, Early Results Show – A growing number of people are waiting longer to have kids. While there are many reasons people may want to hold back on that decision, about one-third of couples will have difficulties getting pregnant if the female partner is over 35. [sciencealert]
Boeing’s New Configurator Lets You Design A Semi-Custom Private Jet – Reducing costs and cutting engineering time, the program could help the company reclaim the business jet crown. [robbreport]
Japan Cracks Down On Use Of Rideable Electric Suitcases Amid Tourist Boom – Riders of motorised luggage – popular in parts of Asia – require safety equipment and a driver’s licence, according to Japanese law. [guardian]
29-Year-Old Man Who Survived 244-Day Coma Dead After Being Struck By Pickup Truck – “I’m not angry. I’m at peace. I got seven years,” said Drew Kohn’s mother following her son’s recent death. [people]
Study Finds Faces Evolve To Match Names Over Time – A new study reveals that a person’s face tends to evolve to suit their name, demonstrating the profound impact of social expectations. The research showed that adults’ faces could be matched to their names with high accuracy, while children’s faces could not. [neurosciencenews]
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