Vintage Kim Jong Un – North Korea to Set up New Time Zone, Push Clocks Back – North Korea said Friday it will establish its own time zone next week by pulling back its current standard time by 30 minutes. [abc]
Defiant Donald Trump Dominates US Republican TV Debate – Donald Trump continued to dominate the Republican race for US president by causing further controversies in the first debate. [bbc]
Donald Trump: I Paid Hillary Clinton to Attend My Wedding – “I gave to many people,” Trump said, defending his political donations to candidates from both parties before explaining what he got in return. “With Hillary Clinton I said be at my wedding, and she came to my wedding,” he said. “She had no choice because I gave.” [gawk]
EFF To Take Zuma To Court Over Nkandla – The EFF is taking President Jacob Zuma to court in its bid to have him repay some of the money spent on his private Nkandla home, the party said on Thursday. [n24]
Nkandla Ad Hoc Committee Says Zuma Owes Nothing – The Nkandla ad hoc committee has formally adopted the African National Congress members’ report, endorsing the Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s findings. [enca]
Zuma Nailed In Parliament Over Al-Bashir Visit – President Jacob Zuma was criticised for allowing President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir to leave South Africa without being arrested during the AU summit in June. [enca]
Complete Circus – The Donald Trump TV Debate Highlights Video You’ve Been Waiting For – For the first time in the history of all that is Donald Trump the beast went toe to toe with the other Republican candidates. He wasn’t mincing his words and it was Grade A entertainment. [2ov]
Suez Canal Extension Unveiled In Egypt – With much pomp and fanfare, Egypt on Thursday unveiled a major extension of the Suez Canal billed by its patron, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as a historic achievement needed to boost the country’s ailing economy after years of unrest. [time]
Masterchef Judge Says All Cape Town Sushi Restaurants Are Shit Except For One – Cape Town’s food offerings might have won fans all over the world but one of our own food critics, a Masterchef judge nogal, isn’t all that pleased with our efforts on the sushi front….[story]
Nextjet Pilot Uses Axe To Get Drunk Passenger Out Of A Locked Toilet – Passengers on a Nextjet flight got a bit of a fright when their pilot was forced to wield an axe to get a drunk passenger out of a locked toilet. [stuff]
French To Join Search For MH370 – Defense Ministry to deploy ships, helicopters and plane to waters around Réunion Island in Indian Ocean. [wsj]
OMG! They Found Cecil The Lion’s Cubs [Video] – If you’re the overly sentimental type you might want to ready the tissues, watch this video and then share relentlessly across social media to make sure everyone knows how much you care. [2ov]
Russia Destroys Piles Of Banned Western Food – Ramping up enforcement of a ban on European food imports, the Russian authorities on Thursday destroyed hundreds of tons of foodstuffs they said violated the proscription, instituted a year ago in retaliation for Western sanctions over Ukraine. [nyt]
Bill Gates Tops Forbes Richest Tech Billionaires’ List – Microsoft’s Bill Gates was the unsurprising leader of the first Forbes list of the richest global tech billionaires, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos saw his personal fortune surge. [toi]
When Steve Jobs’ Ex-Girlfriend Asked Him To Pay $25 Million For His “Dishonorable Behavior” – Chrisann Brennan, the mother of Jobs’ daughter Lisa, wrote the late Apple CEO in 2005, asking him to “acknowledge” and compensate her. It’s an undiscovered moment in a contentious history. [fort]
Wide Variety Expected At First CT Maker Faire – The first annual Maker Faire Cape Town will take place from August 20 to 23 2015 at the V&A Waterfront, with a Maker Faire Conference on August 20 at in the Watershed and the main public exhibition at the Lookout venue from August 21 to 2015. [f24]
F1 Driver Jenson Button And Wife Burgled On Holiday In France – Formula 1 driver Jenson Button and his wife Jessica have been burgled while on holiday on the French Riviera. [bbc]
10 Things You Need To Know About The Camps Bay Murder Suspect – It takes quite a murder to draw attention away from Cecil and Walter Palmer but the mystery surrounding the Camps Bay murder is doing just that. Here’s the latest on old Diego. [2ov]
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Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux Marry in Top-Secret Wedding: Details! – Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have at last tied the knot, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly. The couple married in a top-secret wedding at their L.A. home on Wednesday, Aug. 5. [usm]
I’ll Be There for You! Courteney Cox ‘Last Guest to Leave’ Jennifer Aniston’s Wedding (at 3 a.m.!) – They have been there for each other since the beginning of Friends, and when the time came for Jennifer Aniston to tie the knot with Justin Theroux, her close pal Courteney Cox was by her side. [people]
Remains Of Two Japanese Climbers On Matterhorn Identified After 45 Years – The remains of two young Japanese climbers missing on the Matterhorn mountain since a 1970 snow storm in the Swiss Alps have been identified through DNA testing of their relatives, police said on Thursday. [reuters]
GoPro Video Shows Firefighter Going Into Blaze Head-On – Watch this impressive GoPro video attached to a firefighter’s helmet as he tackles a house fire in Victorville, US. [tele]
John Stamos Admits He Wanted Olsen Twins Fired From Full House – In a preview from Lifetime’s upcoming Unauthorized Full House Story, John Stamos is shown trying to give Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen the boot from Full House – but was the actor who played the twins’ doting on-screen Uncle Jesse really capable of doing such a thing? [people]
Adorable Orphaned Kangaroo Hugs Teddy Bear In Viral Photo – We’re just as in love with this little kangaroo as he is with his stuffed teddy bear. [huff]
James Franco To Play Porn Twins For HBO – HBO has reunited with The Wire creator David Simon for a new TV show about the porn industry, with James Franco set to lead. [nzh]
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