Grace Mugabe: Zimbabwe Asks For Diplomatic Immunity After Alleged Assault – South Africa’s police ministry says first lady is still in country after failing to turn herself in to face charges of assaulting a model. [guardian]

Steve Bannon: Trump Fuels Speculation On Top Aide’s Future – “We’ll see” – with two words President Donald Trump has shovelled grist into Washington DC’s rumour mill, which is filled with chatter that White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is a marked man. [bbc]

Trump Stance On Charlottesville Violence Angers Republicans – Leading figures in Donald Trump’s Republican party have reacted angrily to his latest comments blaming both sides for the violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday. [bbc]

Trump’s Two Big Business Councils Disband Amid Uproar Over Charlottesville – The White House’s two advisory councils of top business executives disbanded on Wednesday amid intense public blowback against President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly attack by an accused white supremacist in Charlottesville, Virginia. [huff]

Kenya Opposition Will Go To Court Over Vote – Kenya’s opposition says it will challenge the results of last week’s presidential election in Supreme Court and wage a campaign of “civil disobedience.” [abc]

Oscar Allowed Out Of Jail For Grandmother’s Funeral – On Wednesday morning Oscar Pistorius was allowed to say farewell to his grandmother, a source close to the family told YOU Magazine. [n24]

Floyd Mayweather To Earn Nearly £20m In Clothing Sponsorship From Conor McGregor Fight – Floyd Mayweather is set to earn a staggering $25 million dollars (£19.4 million) through sponsorship and branding alone on his fight shorts, robe and caps before a punch is thrown in his boxing match against UFC star Conor McGregor on August 26. [tele]

Chloe Ayling: Police Arrest Brother Of Chief Suspect In Kidnapping Of British Model In Italy – Police investigating the alleged kidnapping of a British model in Italy have arrested the brother of the chief suspect in the West Midlands. [ind]

 

Usher Impresses Critics After Standing In For Ill Soprano – Milly Forrest tells Sky News she was daunted after being asked to take centre stage at prestigious classical venue Wigmore Hall. [sky]

Chilesaurus: Bizarre, Vegetarian ‘Frankenstein’ Might Be One Of The Most Important Dinosaurs Ever – A bizarre “Frankenstein” dinosaur that looked like other dinosaurs stitched together could be one of the most important ever found. [ind]

Amazon Joins The Illustrious List Of Stocks Hit By A Trump Tweet – President Trump has taken another swipe at Amazon, lashing out on Twitter at 3:12am ET and momentarily sending the company’s stock tumbling. [qz]

Apparently Apple’s Next Smartwatch Is Going To Change The Game – Apple’s upcoming smartwatch is rumoured to have all frills and thrills needed to make it the first “must-have” wearable product. Here’s why people are frothing. [here]

Families Of Ariana Grande Concert Attack Victims To Receive $324,000 – Pop star helped raise money for We Love Manchester Emergency Fund through benefit concert, song sales. [rollingstone]

This Nutcase Rode An Inflatable Pizza Slice Down An Iceberg And We Love Him – If you have ever been told you can’t do something, take a page out of this guy’s book and ride down an iceberg on an inflatable pizza slice. Take that. [here]

Bonnie Tyler Will Sing ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ During The Actual Eclipse – Guests aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Total Eclipse Cruise have an extra surprise in store for their once-in-a-lifetime viewing experience. [time]

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‘Sex Addict’ Scott Strikes Again! – Disick, 34, leaves club with model Lindsay Vrckovnik, 19… two years after they were first linked. [dm]

A Few Helpful Tips On Controlling Those Unruly Hormones – At times, our hormones strike an imbalance and leave us feeling a little less like ourselves. With some know-how, though, everything can have a happy ending. [here]

Elvis’s Graceland Is The Second Most Visited Home In The US—Even 40 Years After His Death – Elvis’s story is so classically American (poor country boy makes good in the city) that his press agents never bothered to improve on it. [qz]

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So These Guys Are Apparently The Top SA Winery Of The Past 10 Years – You’ve tasted Chocolate Block, right? Of course you have, somake sure you arrive at every dinner party with a bottle of the best [boekenhout]

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