‘Vain, Arrogant And Narcissistic’: Survé Takes On Media24 In R100m Defamation Lawsuit – Dr Iqbal Survé is seeking R100m in damages relating to an article that his lawyers said portrayed him as “dishonest and a liar” to boost his “status and stature”. [f24]
Magician Shoots Assistant In Head In Magic Trick Gone Wrong – A magician accidentally shot his co-performer in the head with a crossbow when “magic show” went horribly wrong at the National Arts Festival (NAF) in Makhanda on Sunday. [tlive]
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Pays Out $38bn In Divorce Settlement – Ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos will become world’s fourth-richest woman but has promised to give away half of award. [guardian]
White House Press Sec Bruised In ‘An All Out Brawl’ With The North Koreans – The new White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, got into a scuffle with North Korean officials on Sunday during a chaotic scene outside a meeting room where US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un talked privately. [cnn]
Boris Johnson Is Targeted By ‘Dirty Tricks’ Campaign – Over ‘bogus’ claims girlfriend Carrie Symonds was recorded saying he was having an affair with a Commons staff member. [dm]
Boris Johnson Defends Calling Black People ‘Piccaninnies’ With ‘Watermelon Smiles’ – Boris Johnson has refused to apologise for his previous articles referring to black people as “piccaninnies” with “watermelon smiles” and calling gay people “bumboys,” claiming his comments were “wholly satirical.” [busins]
Facebook’s First ‘Civil Rights Audit’ Is The First Step In Climbing Everest – Facebook’s Civil Rights Audit, published on Sunday, recommends the platform also ban implicit forms of white nationalism. [vice]
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Will Go On Trial Next Summer – Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of blood-testing startup Theranos, will officially go to trial in San Jose next year, according to the US District Judge Edward J. Davila of the Northern District of California. [verge]
Soaring Murders Propel Cape Town Towards Top Of ‘Most Dangerous City’ List – As the murder rate in the Mother City spirals, it has emerged that a botched attempt to set up a police squad to rein in murderous gangs has backfired, leaving a trail of dead bodies and recrimination in its wake. [tlive]
Saturday Night Social: Royal Baby Archie Must Choose Between The Red Sox And The Yankees – Royal Baby Archie is nearly two months old, so plenty old enough to publicly declare support for either the Red Sox or the Yankees like every American or partial American, at some point, must. What’s it going to be, kid? [jez]
Yet Another Famous Rocker Tells The Trump Campaign To Screw Off – “Perhaps he should reach out to some of his musician friends. Maybe Kanye West, Kid Rock or Ted Nugent will allow use of their music,” quipped Ozzy Osbourne. [van]
Djokovic, Federer, Nadal Primed To Tighten Wimbledon Grip – Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are set to tighten their private stranglehold on Wimbledon as rivals struggle to keep afloat as they bid to dethrone the sport’s A-list stars. [s24]
Dalai Lama Says A Female Successor Must Be Attractive, Or People Won’t Want To Look At Her Face – A female successor to the Dalai Lama must be “more attractive,” the spiritual leader has claimed in an interview, explaining if she wasn’t, people would “prefer not to see her face.” [rt]
Sir David Attenborough Makes A Surprise Appearance At Glastonbury – Glastonbury crowds shocked by unexpected act at final day when David Attenborough took to the stage. [huff]
Glastonbury: Kylie May Have Broken Record As Vast Crowd Watches Her Emotional Set – Kylie performed an emotional set, 14 years after she had to pull out of headlining the festival due to her cancer diagnosis. [sky]
Jackie Kennedy’s Martha’s Vineyard Estate Is On Sale For $65 Million – Looking to buy property in Martha’s Vineyard and have $65 million laying around? You’re in luck. [cnn]
Google To Build A Powerful New Internet Cable From Europe To South Africa – Google will build a new undersea cable from Portugal to South Africa, which promises to bring superfast internet to local shores. [busins]
Meet Silicon Valley’s UFO Hunters – A small group of venture capitalists and technologists believe that humans can capture and reverse-engineer UFOs—and that trying to do so might be a good investment. [vice]
An Important Link Between Coffee And Weight Loss – Science has uncovered another surprising health benefit of drinking coffee, and this one’s a real winner. [here]
Emma González Slams Madonna For ‘God Control’ Video Depicting Gun Violence – The graphic video was branded “horrible,” “f**ked up” and “triggering” for survivors like her. A Pulse nightclub survivor has also called it “insensitive.” [huff]
Why Are Justin Bieber And Drake Co-Signing Abuser Chris Brown? – The R&B singer’s latest star-studded release is proof that many A-list musicians really don’t care about his lengthy history of abuse allegations. [beast]
Trying To Keep Up With The Kardashians Is Returning Women To The Victorian Era – Bound in corsets and painstakingly painted, today’s socialites promote an ideal of beauty that belongs to another time. [guardian]
Kim Kardashian Hits West Hollywood Hot Spot In Figure Hugging Dress – She’s famous for her curvaceous figure. And Kim Kardashian’s dangerous curves were on full display Saturday night when the 38-year-old headed to West Hollywood eatery Craig’s in a skintight green dress. [dm]
Harry And Meghan’s Very Tactile Display At The Baseball – Shy smiles, clutching arms and adoring glances show Archie’s birth has left them more in love than ever, says body language expert. [dm]
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