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Hanks Olde Irish Pub Hires Top Lawyer As They Fight Back Amid Racism Allegations – The owners of the popular Cape Town watering hole believe that they will be vindicated once the law has taken its course. [iol]

Ramaphosa Crisis Roils South African Debt Markets – The government offered to sell R3.9 billion of securities at its weekly debt auction on Tuesday, with yields on its benchmark notes exceeding 11%, and traders placed R7 billion of orders. [news24]

Trump’s Family Business Found Guilty Of A Whopping 17 Different Crimes – It’s never a good thing, especially when you’re running for president of the United States, to have to say: “My company has been convicted of more than one dozen crimes that prosecutors say I explicitly sanctioned.” [vanfair]

‘Needle In A Haystack’: Helicopter Rescuers Find Missing Joburg Cyclist Waving From Boulder In Forest – The 58-year-old from Johannesburg spent 50 hours lost in the forest, losing his bicycle in the process, and ended up bundu-bashing along a remote ravine. [timeslive]

As China Moves Away From Zero-Covid, Health Experts Warn Of Dark Days Ahead – China has fallen short on preparations like bolstering the elderly vaccination rate, upping surge and intensive care capacity in hospitals, and stockpiling antiviral medications. [cnn]

Lies, Love And Deception: Inside The Cut-Throat World Of International Adoption – Over six decades, a million ‘orphans’ were shipped to the West from around the world. Now many are finding their past was a fabrication. [tele]

The Only 21st Birthday Party With Huge Apple Discounts – 21st birthdays tend to be messy affairs where one wakes up the next day with a sense of regret and a hangover. This party’s very different. [here]

You Can’t Be Stoned At Work, And No, Dagga Is Not A Herb, Labour Court Rules – Liberalisation of dagga for private use does not mean rules on workplace safety can be ignored, said judge Connie Prinsloo. [businsider]

US Judge Dismisses Case Against Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi Killing – Judge says Mohammed bin Salman entitled to sovereign immunity despite ‘credible allegations’ of involvement in journalist’s murder. [guardian]

‘Dangerous Forces Are At Play’ — Western Cape Premier Alan Winde On Findings That Gangsters Infiltrated Cops –  A recent and unprecedented court judgment warned that 28s gangsters have infiltrated the province’s police at all levels. [dailymav]

Big Win For Joe Biden As Democrats Land Outright Majority In The US Senate – Raphael Warnock’s expected win ends the Senate seat tie, meaning Democrats no longer need to rely on Vice President Kamala Harris’s casting vote. [sky]

Today’s Fact: Lightning Strikes At Sea Follow A Pattern – Several years of work by researchers at the University of Washington and NASA has revealed that lightning doesn’t always strike indiscriminately. [here]

Here Are All The Lawsuits Against FTX So Far – Five lawsuits have been filed in the month since FTX’s spectacular collapse and allege vast conspiracies to mislead and defraud customers. [vice]

World Cup 2022: ‘Cristiano Ronaldo Reduced To Role Of Superstar Nobody Wants’ – Fernando Santos’s courage in dropping his country’s sporting icon paid off with the complete attacking performance and a 6-1 win over Switzerland. [bbc]

Eto’o Sorry For Fan ‘Altercation’ But Slams Algeria ‘Provocation’ – A video widely shown on social media showed the four-time African player of the year breaking free from people seeking to restrain him and kneeing the face of a blogger. [enca]

Bella Hadid Crowned Model Of The Year At Fashion Awards 2022 – During the ceremony, staged at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the American model was named the winner of the prestigious prize, beating out the likes of Adut Akech, Lila Moss, and Paloma Elsesser. [newshub]

Margot Robbie’s Wild Brad Pitt Kiss Confession – The Aussie actress is co-starring with Brad Pitt again in her latest film – and she’s made an eyebrow-raising confession about the star. [newsau]

Missing Me Yet, Harry? Olivia Wilde Ditches Her Bra And Slips Into See-Through Dress After Styles Heartbreak – Wins best movie for Don’t Worry Darling at People’s Choice Awards. [dmail]

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