Thursday Morning Spice

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‘Like A Tsunami’: Spaniards Recount Horror Of Deadly Floods – Many have questioned the timing of that warning, which arrived more than 12 hours after the Spanish meteorological agency had issued its first red alert. [bbc]

Battle Between Feuding Bantry Bay Neighbours Sparks Private Prosecution – ‘The scale tilts in her favour,’ Appeal Court tells angry lawyer in war with neighbour. [timeslive]

Martha Stewart Mocks People Who ‘Can’t Cook’ In Kooky Video: Maybe My 100th Cookbook Will Do The Trick – Stewart, 83, went on to ask social media users to share the video with “someone who can’t cook” before diving into her savage jabs. [pagesix]

Medium-Term Budget: No Top-Up For Education As Godongwana Says Any Crisis Is ‘Self-Inflicted’ – Any current funding crisis in education is “self-inflicted”, and there will be no additional money for provincial education departments, Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana told the press prior to the tabling of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Wednesday. [news24]

Yanartaş: Turkey’s Legendary Burning Mountain Where The Flames Never Go Out – While ancient writer Palaephatus later tried to bust some of these extraordinary myths, when it came to strange legends about what is now Olympos in modern Turkey, he had no option but to conclude that they were at least partly true. [cnn]

Biden, 81, Bites Baby Dressed As Chicken During WH Halloween Event – In a series of awkward interactions, Biden, 81, pretended to chomp down on infant after infant — including a child dressed up as a chicken. [nypost]

US Election: Elon Musk Summoned To Court Over $1m Giveaways To Registered Voters – The Tesla and X chief executive has been ordered to attend a hearing on Thursday over a civil suit accusing his political action committee of running an illegal lottery and trying to influence voters. [sky]

Britain Targets The Wealthy As It Hikes Taxes By $52 Billion – The United Kingdom is raising taxes by an eye-watering £40 billion ($52 billion), as the government seeks to plug a hole in its finances by targeting higher earners, wealthy foreigners and businesses. [cnn]

Thom Yorke Walks Off Stage After Being Heckled By Pro-Palestine Protester At Melbourne Concert – The Radiohead frontman, in Australia for a solo tour, has previously denounced the pro-Palestine BDS movement and defended his decision to play in Israel. [guardian]

Reddit Is Profitable For The First Time Ever, With Nearly 100 Million Daily Users – Reddit says its daily users are up 47 percent year over year. [verge]

The Haunting Of Elizabeth II And Other Spooky Royal Ghost Stories – With royal figures occupying so much space in history and culture, it makes sense that many monarchs have felt haunted in the ancient palaces and castles they inhabit. [vanityfair]

Drugs, Alcohol Found In Soccer Star’s Car After Crash That Killed Child – Dagga and alcohol were allegedly found in a car suspected to belong to a soccer star who fled an accident scene after a crash. [sowetan]

Vatican Tribunal Explains Conviction Of Cardinal And Others In ‘Trial Of The Century’ – The Vatican tribunal says it convicted a cardinal of aggravated fraud and other charges because of his “objectively inexplicable behavior” in paying a self-styled intelligence analyst more than a half-million euros (dollars) in Vatican money. [abc]

Online Imports Warning For South Africa – South African individuals and small businesses looking to capitalise on the explosion in e-commerce by reselling so-called “grey goods” should be aware that buyers must be given mandatory notices about warranties on such products. [mybroadband]

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