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Jeff Bezos Stepping Down As Amazon CEO – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant, turning over the reins to the company’s longtime cloud-computing boss Andy Jassy. [washpost]

Reddit War: EasyEquities Clients Barred From Buying Nokia –  Judging from the r/JSE_Bets Reddit discussion board – the local equivalent to the hugely popular WallStreetBets – many traders resorted to overseas platforms to buy shares in GameStop. [businsider]

GameStop: Real Wolf Of Wall Street Warns ‘You Could Lose It All’ – Jordan Belfort, who was jailed for market manipulation in 1999, said such investments could be “great on the way up, but painful on the way down”. [bbc]

Alleged Cape Town Gang Boss William ‘Red’ Steven Killed In Apparent Hit – Steven — the alleged leader of the 27s gang — was gunned down in Kraaifontein, a northern Cape Town suburb, at about 6.35pm. [timeslive]

Kremlin Critic Alexey Navalny Handed Jail Term, Prompting Protests Across Russia – Navalny ridiculed claims he broke his parole conditions while recovering from poisoning, and denounced President Vladimir Putin as “Putin the prisoner.” [cnn]

Celebrate The Booze Ban Ending With Three Tasty Specials – We can finally replenish the wine racks and cellars, and what better way to do that than with some unbeatable wine specials? [here]

Extravagant Palazzo-Owner Ordered To Demolish His $70M Home – Patrick Diter’s lavish pleasure palace boasts every comfort the Instagram age could ask for. Unfortunately he built it without planning permission, and now it has to go. [dbeast]

Feds Arrest Man Who Wore Jacket With His Phone Number On It To U.S. Capitol Riot – Troy Faulkner was caught on camera allegedly kicking in a window while wearing a jacket emblazoned with his own company’s name. [huffpost]

Scientist Calls For Curbs On UK Arrivals To Halt South African Covid Variant – One of the UK government’s scientific advisers has said there must be a “significant reduction” in people coming into the country to combat the SA coronavirus variant. [guardian]

State Capture Commission To Lay Criminal Complaint Against Jacob Zuma – On Monday 1 February, Zuma seemed to taunt the commission, with his statement that he would not cooperate. [dailymav]

Has Science Solved One Of History’s Greatest Adventure Mysteries? – The bizarre deaths of hikers at Russia’s Dyatlov Pass have inspired countless conspiracy theories, but the answer may lie in an elegant computer model based on surprising sources. [natgeo]

Spinach Can Send Emails Now, And Twitter Is In Disbeleaf – Researchers have developed a way for the leafy green to communicate with them, alerting scientists to contaminants and changes in climate. [today]

Captain Tom Moore, Who Raised Millions For The NHS, Dies At The Age Of 100 After Contracting COVID-19 – Moore captured the attention of the world last spring when he started raising money for the NHS by walking laps around his garden. [tandc]

Graeme Smith On Aussie Tour Disappointment: ‘It’s Frustrating To Be Informed At 11th Hour’ – Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday revealed that their scheduled tour will not go ahead due to coronavirus fears. [sport24]

Man United Equal Premier League Record As They Hit Nine Past Nine-Man Southampton – Southampton, already weakened by injuries, were reduced to 10 men after 79 seconds. [iol]

Former Chiefs Coach Baxter Fired After Reckless Rape Statement In India – Baxter made headlines on Tuesday morning after his club said they would deal with his utterances in a TV post-match interview where he made insensitive comments about rape. [citizen]

Jenna Jameson Claims Marilyn Manson ‘Fantasised About Burning Me Alive’ Amid Abuse Scandal – The pornstar is the latest woman to allege dark details of a relationship with Marilyn Manson amid his abuse scandal. [newsau]

Six Arrested After Changing Hollywood Sign To ‘Hollyboob’ – “Hollyboob,” the sign briefly read, with a big tarp with the letter “B” on it thrown over the “W” and a strategically placed white dash to make the “D” another “B.” [latimes]

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