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Ukraine Extends Battlefield Gains As Kremlin Reels From Setback – Blue-and-yellow flags were raised in more liberated towns and villages in northeast Ukraine on Monday, as the stunning counteroffensive that pushed Russia into a messy retreat boosted optimism at home and abroad over a potential turning point in the war. [washpost]

Ukraine War: What Will Russia’s Losses Mean For Putin? – After a lightning counter-offensive by the Ukrainian army, the Russian military has lost considerable territory in north-east Ukraine. [bbc]

Blue Origin Rocket Grounded After First Launch Failure For Jeff Bezos’s Space Company – Pictures show flames shooting from the engine about a minute into flight and the capsule firing off from the rocket’s nose. [sky]

Billionaire Wants To Buy South African Airports: Report – South African billionaire Rob Hersov says he will approach the Department of Public Enterprises with R2 billion to buy six regional airports owned by the government. [bustech]

Cape Private School Fires Staff Member For Inappropriate Behaviour – Boarding house assistant allegedly called pupils ‘baby face’ and ‘sweetheart’ and touched their hips. [timeslive]

Swedish Rightwing On Verge Of Narrow Election Win But Waits On Final Tally – With 95% of the vote counted, the right bloc was on 49.7%, while four parties on the left, including the incumbent Social Democrats, stood at 49%. [guardian]

Here’s What The UK Royal Family Actually Does Every Day – Generally, every royal supports charities, appears at events, and occasionally travels the globe to strengthen diplomatic relationships. [businsider]

Alex Jones Spied On His Wife And Ex-Wife, Texts Reveal – The conspiracy theorist oversaw a ‘spy ring,’ which included an ex-Blackwater mercenary, to covertly surveil those closest to him. [rollingstone]

People Are Leaving Too Many Paddington Bears And Marmalade Sandwiches As Tributes To The Queen – The gifts are a sentimental nod to a sketch that aired earlier this year, in which the Queen hosted Paddington Bear for tea as part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations. [fortune]

Professor Lee Berger, A ‘Messenger From The Past’, Unearths Major Discovery In Rising Star Cave System – For a palaeontologist who has made some of the most significant fossil finds of the last three decades, something extraordinary has clearly happened. [dmav]

Reasons To Steer Clear Of Using Unroasted Coffee Beans – While talk of green coffee is abuzz on social media, it is not the typical (or even the most satisfying) way to get your daily dose of caffeine. [here]

Instagram To Test A ‘Repost’ Feature – It’s a very similar feature to Twitter’s retweets (rolled out as a button back in 2009) or the reblogs and shares seen on Tumblr, Facebook, and Tiktok. [mashable]

Boks Try To Keep Focus On Argentina Amid Jantjies Scandal: ‘It Was Handled In A Professional Manner’ – The incident is said to have taken place in the week of SA’s clash with New Zealand, which the Springboks won 26-10. [sport24]

Coach Mark Boucher To Quit Proteas, In The Running For SA20 League Job – The announcement came shortly after the Proteas slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in the third and final against England at The Oval on Monday. [iol]

Cannabis Study Breaks ‘Lazy Stoner’ Stereotype – New research shows that people who use weed are no more likely to be unmotivated compared to people who don’t. [vice]

It Turns Out Harry Styles Is Really Bad At Acting – Now that his two big features, “Don’t Worry Darling” and “My Policeman,” have screened for critics, the decision is unanimous: Harry Styles is not a movie star. [dbeast]

Steve Irwin’s Best Mate Relives The Grim Moment He Was Forced To Watch The Aussie Legend’s ‘Death Video’ After Stingray Attack – and reveals the TRUTH about what happened to the tape. [dmail]

Britney Spears issues dig at Christina Aguilera in bizarre Instagram post – Spears, 40, posted a quote which read, “I found out there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people.” [newsau]

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