At Least 159 Dead As Quake Rocks Central Italy – A powerful earthquake toppled homes, churches and shops in a wide swath of medieval towns in central Italy Wednesday, killing at least 159 people and injuring hundreds of others, according to Italy’s civil protection agency. [usat]
Facebook, Twitter And YouTube ‘Consciously Failing’ To Tackle Extremism – Action to date by social media companies to remove Isis propaganda and hate speech described as ‘drop in the ocean’ [guardian]
Colombia And FARC Rebels Agree To Historic Peace Deal After 50 Years of War – After more than 50 years of war and four years of negotiation, the Colombian government and the FARC rebels agreed to a final, historic peace deal in Havana, Cuba on Wednesday. [slate]
Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations To Buy $55,000 Of His Own Book – FEC rules dictate the Republican nominee must forgo royalties on the book’s sales, or else the $55,000 purchase at Barnes & Noble was illegal. [db]
Donald Trump Compares His Campaign to Brexit During Mississippi Rally – Trump brought U.K. politician Nigel Farage on stage to draw the comparison. [time]
‘Let Me Do My Job’: Gordhan – President Jacob Zuma flew out of the country this morning and will remain abroad for a fortnight as Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan slugs it out with the Hawks. [tlive]
SAA Plunged Into Crisis As Another Board Member Resigns – The chair of South African Airways’ audit and risk committee, and one of only three remaining non-executive directors, has resigned because the airline seems destined for liquidation. [cp]
Steve Wozniak Says Apple Should Not Eliminate Headphone Jack In iPhone 7 – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is against the company removing headphone jacks in the next iPhone, as is rumored. [time]
Hope Solo Suspended Six Months By US Soccer For Comments After Olympics Loss – The goalkeeper called the Swedish team ‘a bunch of cowards’ for focusing on defense rather than attacking the three-time defending champion US team. [guardian]
Blue Label Posts Earnings Jump – Telecommunications service provider Blue Label Telecoms’ [JSE:BLU] headline earnings per share surged by as much as 22% for the year ended May 31, 2016. [f24]
Div Turakhia Just Became A Billionaire – Two decades ago, he borrowed $500 from his dad. This week, he sold his seventh business, Media.net, for $900 million. He’s not yet 35. [bc]
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Vice Boss Shane Smith Predicts ‘Bloodbath’ Of Media Consolidation In 2017 – Vice Media will go on an acquisition spree next year as Shane Smith’s company looks to take advantage of a “bloodbath” of consolidation in the digital-media industry. [busins]
Irked Worker Trashes Ex-Miss SA’s Home – A South African power couple’s Nottingham Road home has been ransacked and trashed, allegedly by a former disgruntled employee in what appeared to be a revenge attack. [n24]
‘Ghost Employees’ Could Be Killing Your Business – The New Scam Doing The Rounds – There are a few horror stories of local businesses being taken for fools doing the rounds, and the scamming methods are pretty ingenious. [here]
Heart-Stopping Moment Lion Charges At Tourists – Nail-biting footage has emerged of a lion charging at tourists in Kruger National Park, South Africa, on Saturday. [tele]
So, Exactly How Much Can You Sell An Olympic Medal For These Days? – I don’t think you can put a price on the experience of winning an Olympic medal, but history has shown us you can put a price on the medal itself. [here]
Easyjet Flight Delayed Over Bizarre Crew Member Tiff – A disagreement between two crew members baffled a plane full of easyJet passengers and caused the entire flight to be delayed for more than an hour. You may now unfasten your seatbelts, the level of petty has reached 30,000 feet. [cnn]
Frank Ocean’s Release Of Blonde Marks The Start Of A Major Fight In The Music Industry – The independently released Blonde may be the beginning of the end for exclusive album deals. [verge]
It Looks Like Maroon 5 Has Some New Music In Store For Fans – The band just put the “finishing touches” on a new song, guitarist James Valentine said. [huff]
People More Likely To Divorce After They Start Watching Porn, Says Study – As film genres go, pornography is the most divisive; few art forms elicit such ardently different feelings from critics and fans. Now a new study suggests that pornography may actually physically divide people too, namely those who are married. [time]
Prince’s Paisley Park To Open For Public Tours – “Opening Paisley Park is something that Prince always wanted to do and was actively working on,” late artist’s sister Tyka Nelson says. [rollingstone]
Britney Spears ‘Almost Drowned’ On Vacation In Hawaii – Britney Spears faced death while she was on vacation in Hawaii earlier in the summer, she revealed in an interview on Wednesday. [jj]
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