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British-Belgian Pilot, 17, Becomes Youngest To Fly Around The World Solo – Mack Rutherford, 17, landed at Sofia in Bulgaria, after a five-month journey across 52 countries. His elder sister Zara is the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. [bbc]

Tshwane Scrambles To Pay Eskom In Desperate Bid To Avoid Power Cut – The power utility say it is considering choking electricity supply in the city after the metro paid a tiny portion of its bill. [timeslive]

Enyobeni Tavern Case Postponed To September – Another leg of the case which emerges after the release of the toxicology report was concluded by health experts, is still under investigation by the police. [citizen]

Harvey Weinstein Wins Bid To Appeal Rape And Sexual Assault Conviction – New York state’s highest court will hear arguments from Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers and prosecutors and then decide to uphold the conviction or order a new trial. [sky]

Electric Vehicle Sales On The Up In South Africa — Most Popular Models And Pricing – With 205 fully electric vehicles sold by mid-year, sales will likely exceed last year’s when 218 EVs were sold across the country. [mybb]

Friends Of Putin Critic Found Dead In D.C. Blast Suicide Theory – Police say they “do not suspect foul play” in the violent death of Latvian-American investment banker Dan Rapoport—but those who knew him aren’t buying it. [dbeast]

The Six-Inch Black Hornet ‘Microdrones’ That Can Enter Russian Buildings – Britain and Norway will supply Kyiv with 850 of the tiny aircraft as part of new £54 million aid package. [tele]

Why We Need to Talk About Resurrecting Species – A research project to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from oblivion reignites debate about de-extinction. [cnet]

The ‘Far Out’ iPhone 14 Event Is Happening On Sept. 7 – It’s happening in-person at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters, though the event will be live-streamed for those who want to watch along at home. [gizmodo]

Meet Avril, The White Zulu ‘Queen’ Who’s Now On King Misuzulu’s Radar – Avril or Amelia as she is now fondly known as, captured South Africa’s attention when she appeared on our screens saying she wanted to be the very first white Zulu queen. [iol]

‘Frupidity’ Is A New Word Making The Rounds Inside Amazon – It’s a combination of “frugal” and “stupidity,” according to former Amazon exec Ethan Evans, who wrote about the term in a blog post last month. [businsider]

Dozens Of Rolexes Have Been Stolen Right Off The Wrists Of Bay Area Watch Collectors – In Oakland alone, there have been more than 20 reports of Rolexes forcibly stolen off wrists by armed perpetrators. [robbrep]

PGA Makes More Changes To Combat LIV Golf Threat – The move comes amid reports that world number two Cameron Smith of Australia, who won the British Open in July, is among seven more players leaving for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series. [sport24]

Daniel Ricciardo To Leave McLaren At End Of F1 Season – Despite winning last year’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza in a one-two finish, he has struggled to match British team mate Lando Norris’s performance. [cnn]

Taking Psychedelics Helps People Face Mortality Like A Near-Death Experience, Study Finds – Scientists found that psychedelics and near-death experiences both overwhelmingly reduced anxiety about death. [vice]

Kobe Bryant’s Widow Awarded $16 Million In Trial Over Crash Photos – A federal jury has found that Los Angeles County must pay Vanessa Bryant after officials shared photos of the NBA star’s body. [huffpost]

‘Secret’ Screenings Of Cancelled Batgirl Movie Being Held By Studio – Reports – It remains unlikely the public will ever see the scrapped $90m film, with the directors saying ‘it cannot be released in its current state’. [guardian]

Blake Lively Shows Off Incredible Abs In Rare Bikini Photo – The actress has taken to Instagram with a rare photo of herself posing poolside in a bikini, which also paid subtle tribute to Olivia Newton-John. [newsau]

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