Formula 1 Is Definitely Coming To South Africa – Minister of Sports, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has stated that Formula 1 (F1) is “definitely coming to South Africa.” [topauto]
Pastor Ray McCauley Has Died – Founder of Rhema Bible Church and religious leader, Pastor Ray McCauley has died. McCauley was surrounded by his family and loved ones when he passed away at 18:46 on Tuesday evening, said his son Joshua McCauley in a statement. [sowetan]
Cape Town’s Problematic Central Line Will Be Operational In 2025… Hopefully – The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has indicated that Cape Town’s problematic Central Line will be fully reopened next year. However, this is only if the critical infrastructure stripped due to the line closure is operational. [news24]
Is This New Salvador Dalí Film A Biopic, Surrealist Dream—Or Something Else Entirely? – ‘Daaaaaalí’ sees five actors play the celebrated Surrealist. [artnet]
Machine Learning Pioneers Win Nobel Prize In Physics – Geoffrey Hinton, ‘godfather of AI’, and John Hopfield honoured for work on artificial neural networks. [guardian]
Reach For The Sky: Completion Of World’s First 1-km Skyscraper In Sight – We now have a completion date for what will be the world’s tallest skyscraper – and it’s coming sooner than you might think. The amazing structure is expected to be finished by 2028 and will rise to a mind-boggling height of 1,007 m (3,303 ft) in Saudi Arabia. [newatlas]
Five Russian Climbers Die On Nepal’s Dhaulagiri Mountain – Five members of a Russian expedition who went missing while attempting to climb Mount Dhaulagiri have been found dead, Russia’s embassy in Nepal told CNN on Tuesday. [cnn]
Doctor Accused Of Injecting Mother’s Partner With Flesh-Eating Bacteria Under Guise Of COVID Shot – Thomas Kwan is accused of injecting Patrick O’Hara with the fake jab on Jan. 22, according to multiple reports. [people]
Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley Alleges Sexual Abuse By Former Manager In New Memoir ‘Walking Disaster’ – The frontman writes that he’s never told anyone about the sexual relationship with his manager, including his bandmates. [latimes]
Five Takeaways From Melania Trump’s New Book – In a newly released memoir, former First Lady Melania Trump shares her pro-choice stance on abortion, the moment she first met Donald Trump in a New York City night club and “cruel” rumours about her son having autism. [bbc]
Anne Hathaway Apologizes For Being ‘Dismissive’ To Same Reporter Who Almost Quit Over Blake Lively Interview – Anne Hathaway has apologized to a reporter who accused her of being “dismissive” during an interview. [nypost]
UK Facing Heightened Threat Of ‘Plot After Plot’ From Iran, Warns MI5 Chief – Ken McCallum says Russian intelligence agencies are also on a ‘sustained mission to generate mayhem on British and European streets’ with ‘arson, sabotage and more’. [independent]
Mantashe Pushes For R14 A Litre Fuel Price – Gwede Mantashe, the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, says petrol and diesel should cost only R14 per litre. He’s talking to the National Treasury about possibly making this happen. [scrolla]
This Year’s World’s 50 Best Bars List Is Headed For A Major Shake-Up – Today’s runners-up announcement shows that 14 spots fell out of last year’s top 50. [robbreport]
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