Brazil Battered In Crushing 7-1 World Cup Loss To Germany – Well, no one expected this. The highly anticipated World Cup semifinal between Germany and Brazil turned out to be a lopsided, crushing defeat of the host country team, with the final score 7-1. [mawa]
Brazil Coach: “Worst Day Of My Life” – Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari described Brazil’s 7-1 World Cup semi-final loss to Germany as “the worst day of my life”, and said he took responsibility. [bbc]
(If You Care) Ramphele Quits Politics – The Agang SA leader says she has decided to leave party politics and return to civil society “to pursue the idealism that has driven” her. [m&g]
Pistorius Witnesses Refused To Testify – Roux – Most witnesses refused to testify for the defence in paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial, his lawyer Barry Roux told the North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday. [n24]
Billionaire Financier Tells Judge: ‘I Don’t Care About Money’ – As Sir Christopher Hohn battles his wife in Britain’s biggest divorce he insists he is not motivated by getting richer. [nathead]
Jozi FM DJ Arrested In Soweto For Girlfriend’s Murder – A radio DJ suspected of killing his girlfriend was arrested in Soweto on Tuesday, Gauteng police said. [tlive]
First Reviews Come In For Seth’s Book ‘Work Is A Sideline. Live The Holiday..’ – We issued a second print run of Seth Rotherham’s new book, ‘Work is a sideline. Live the holiday..’ after just two weeks and noticed the first reviews have arrived. [reviews]
Union Dream Causes New Split In EFF – Cracks within Julius Malema’s fledgling Economic Freedom Fighters are widening with the suspension from the party of key member and interim general secretary of the National Trade Union Congress Eddie Mothiba. [tlive]
Dozens Hurt As Trains Collide In KZN – More than 80 commuters were injured when two trains collided in Durban on Tuesday, but no deaths were recorded, a spokesman from the national rail authority said. [iol]
Independent Newspapers Dismisses Former Cape Times Editor – The former editor of the Cape Times, Alide Dasnois, has now been dismissed as an employee of Independent Newspapers, according to the Open Democracy Advice Centre (Odac). [m&g]
Deadly 155 mph Typhoon Neoguri Hits Japan – At least one person has died, more than 500,000 people were urged to evacuate and hundreds of flights were canceled in Japan as a strong typhoon brought torrential rain and high winds to its southwestern islands. [alja]
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George Clooney, Amal Alamuddin’s Moms Bond While Shopping in Italy: Pictures – One big happy family! George Clooney’s mom, Nina Clooney, and his fiancée Amal Alamuddin’s mom, Baria Alamuddin, have become fast friends ahead of their son and daughter’s upcoming wedding. [usmag]
Nico Rosberg tells Lewis Hamilton: ‘I consider myself 100% German” – Nico Rosberg has described himself as “100% German” following Lewis Hamilton’s latest jibe at his Mercedes team-mate’s upbringing. [guardian]
Princes William And Harry Make Royal History With Google Hangout – The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry will mark a Royal first when they take part in an online question and answer session to launch a new award for young people. [tele]
Police Dogs Are Being Trained To Sniff Out Hard Drives – Police dogs have been helping their human counterparts identify contraband for years — sniffing out drugs, bombs, cash, and suspects. Now they can add hard drives to the list. [verge]
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The Official Reason Cliff Quit – The media are abuzz with conflicting statements as to why Comedy Central parted ways with Gareth Cliff’s show. Some are celebrating, making it seem as if CliffCentral.com has closed down, but that is not the case. [iol]
Meet Ida The Angora Rabbit – She Might Be The Cutest Thing Ever – Ida the English Angora rabbit is pretty much the cutest thing we’ve ever seen. Well, her and her mounds and mounds of candy floss-like fur. [metro]
China’s Soccer Fans Are Obsessed With Germany – Germany is the most popular international soccer team in China. Beyond the immediate visual evidence—hordes of locals walking around Shanghai in knock-off replica shirts—we know this thanks to a survey conducted at the beginning of this year, and because thousands of Chinese social media users sided with Germany over any other team competing in the World Cup. [vice]
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