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South Africa Imports 5,000 Critical Skill Workers – Half Coming From Just Two Countries – South Africa has issued 4,913 critical skills visas since 2020 to nationals from over 100 countries, with more than half (55%) of those going to people from Zimbabwe and India. [businesstech]
What Is Known About Suspect In Apparent Trump Assassination Attempt – US media named Ryan Wesley Routh, whom AFP interviewed in Kyiv in 2022 where he had travelled to support the war effort, as the suspected would-be assassin of Donald Trump. [news24]
The Real Inventor Of Please Call Me In South Africa – Cellular technology innovator Ari Kahn is the real inventor of the Please Call Me service, which he developed while working as a contractor for MTN nearly 24 years ago. [mybroadband]
Zimbabwe To Cull 200 Elephants To Feed People Left Hungry By Drought – Zimbabwe plans to cull 200 elephants to feed communities facing acute hunger after the worst drought in four decades, wildlife authorities said on Tuesday. [timeslive]
Meet Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ‘Manipulator In Chief,’ Who Was Once Compared To Ghislaine Maxwell – Sean “Diddy” Combs once called his Chief at Combs Enterprises Staff Kristina Khorram his “right hand” – but a source close to the federal sex trafficking investigation into him believes she is more his “manipulator in chief.” [nypost]
Thousands Injured, Several Dead After Pagers Explode Across Lebanon: Health Officials – At least nine civilians are dead and over 2,750 were injured after pager devices owned by a large number of members in various Hezbollah units and institutions exploded on Tuesday, according to Lebanese officials and the group. [abc]
Musk Slams FAA fine On SpaceX, Threatens To Sue For ‘Regulatory Overreach’ – SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for proposing fines to penalize the company for alleged launch license violations. [fortune]
Titan Sub Hearing Latest: Titan An ‘Abomination Of A Sub’; OceanGate Chief ‘Threw Controller At Director’s Head After Crash’ – Five people, including two prominent British businessmen, died when their sub exploring the Titanic imploded underwater last year. Employees of OceanGate, Titan’s owner, are giving evidence to a hearing. [sky]
Sam Altman Steps Down As Head Of OpenAI’s Safety Group – Many changes afoot at the tech behemoth. [mashable]
Instagram Is Putting Every Teen Into A More Private And Restrictive New Account – Now, all new and existing Instagram users under the age of 18 will have restricted DMs and features like ‘Sleep Mode.’ [verge]
Nadia Davids Wins Caine Short Story Prize For ‘Triumph Of Language’ Bridling – The South African author’s work was described as ‘an impressive achievement’ by chair of judges Chika Unigwe. [guardian]
Entire City Evacuated After Floods, 7 Die In Wildfires As Extreme Weather Sweeps Europe – Swaths of Europe have been battered by deadly extreme weather, as rivers threaten to burst their banks in central Europe following torrential rainfall, and wildfires tear through Portugal. [cnn]
How Migrant Workers Suffered To Craft The ‘Made In Italy’ Luxury Label – “Made in Italy: shame in Italy,” a handful of migrant labourers who had travelled from Italy’s famed leatherware region Tuscany chanted last week in Geneva outside the flagship store of luxury accessory maker Montblanc, holding placards with the slogan. [reuters]
‘Uglies’ Debuts At No. 2 On Netflix—But Is Among Streamer’s Worst-Reviewed Films Of The Year – “Uglies,” based on the 2005 book of the same name and starring Joey King, Chase Stokes and Laverne Cox, was the second most-watched film on Netflix in the week of Sept. 9 to Sept. 15. [forbes]
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