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Free Madonna Concert Attracts 1.6 Million To Brazil’s Copacabana Beach – More than a million people thronged Brazil’s Copacabana beach for a free Madonna concert on Saturday, braving the heat to see the end of her “Celebration” world tour. [cnn]
Shell Could Exit SA After BEE Partner Fallout, Risking $73 Million Of Shareholder Investments – World energy giant Shell – which has been operating in South Africa for more than 120 years – is on the verge of exiting the country in the midst of an acrimonious business fallout with its long-time BEE partner Thebe Investment Corporation, sources have told City Press. [news24]
Why France Is Finding Vegan Croissants Hard To Stomach – For a country grappling with all sorts of new influences, such as challenges to its long-standing policy of state secularism, or le wokisme of imported “Anglo-Saxon” culture wars, a few unusual pastries can hardly be considered a major threat. [bbc]
Worst Summer On Record For Great Barrier Reef As Coral Die-Off Sweeps Planet – The Great Barrier Reef just experienced its worst summer on record, and the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last month that the world is undergoing a rare global mass coral bleaching event — the fourth since the late 1990s — impacting at least 53 countries. [cnn]
Wes Anderson Just Directed A Short Film For Montblanc—And Designed A Limited-Edition Pen – Dubbed the Schreiberling, the filmmaker’s writing utensil will be released in 2025. [robbreport]
UK Considered Using Iraq To Process Asylum Seekers In Rwanda-Type Deal, Leaked Documents Show – Documents also show the UK and Iraq have a returns agreement which was made with a “request for discretion” and no publicity. [sky]
Italian Model Claims He’s Been Fired From Met Gala After Upstaging Kylie Jenner At Last Year’s Ceremony – An Italian model alleges he was fired from working the 2024 Met Gala after outshining Kylie Jenner at last year’s ceremony. [nypost]
Bring In The Army! City Power Wants Military To Help Fight Cable Theft Crisis – Theft and vandalism has reportedly cost Johannesburg utility City Power over R160-million this financial year so far. [citizen]
Australian Brothers And US Tourist Who Went Missing On Surfing Trip In Mexico ‘Shot Dead By Thieves’ – Three bodies found dumped in a well near where Jake and Callum Robinson and Jack Carter Rhoad disappeared are yet to be officially identified. [sky]
Jar Jar Binks Actor Ahmed Best Speaks Out On Terrible Online Abuse After The Phantom Menace – Best, 50, said it was the ‘first case of cyberbulling’. [independent]
How The Oil And Gas Industry Smuggles Corporate Propaganda Into Schools – STEM lesson plans from Discovery Education provide an efficient model for fossil fuel companies to indoctrinate children. [rollingstone]
Temu And Shein Crackdown In South Africa – Trade, industry, and competition minister Ebrahim Patel says the South African government wants to confront international online retailers accused of exploiting tariff loopholes to undermine local stores. [mybroadband]
