Alibaba Hits $2bn (R22 Billion) In Sales In First Hour Of ‘Singles’ Day’ – Online retailer Alibaba says it sold $2bn (£1.2bn) of goods in the first hour of China’s annual “Singles’ Day”. [bbc]
DA Makes A Move On Spy Tapes – After a bitter, multimillion-rand legal feud lasting more than five years, the DA has taken its first real step towards having corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma reinstated. [citypr]
Koch To Challenge Hoffmeyr’s Missing Gag Order – Comedian and ventriloquist Conrad Koch confirmed on Monday he will oppose Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr’s interim protection order against him. [tlive]
Malema Could Face 30 Days Without Pay – Parliament’s powers and privileges committee on Monday night officially adopted a report recommending the suspension without pay of 12 MPs from the Economic Freedom Fighters party. [iol]
Moscow Officials Issue Warning After Poisonous Gas Detected – Emergency officials in Moscow are urging residents in certain areas to stay inside as a noxious gas makes it way through the Russian capital. [time]
New York Doctor Now Ebola Free, Will Be Released From Hospital – Dr. Craig Spencer, who was diagnosed with Ebola in New York City last month, is now free of the virus and will be released from the hospital Tuesday, city officials said. [cnn]
Man Embeds Computer Chips In Hands To Store Bitcoin – By implanting 12mm glass computer chips in his flesh Martijn Wismeijer has been able to store Bitcoins inside his body, create a personalised alarm clock and will even be able to install keyless doors in his home. But how painful is the injection? [tele]
U.S. Postal Service Says It’s The Victim Of A Cyberattack – The U.S. Postal Service said Monday it is the victim of a cyberattack and that information about its employees, including Social Security numbers, may have been compromised. [blaze]
UK Ban On Smoking In Cars Will Be Passed Into Law Within Weeks – and come into force in October 2015 [dm]
George W. Bush Just Won’t Give Up On This Whole Painting Business – It has been eight months since the No. 43 unveiled his portrait collection of various world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Afghan President Hamid Karzai (as though you could forget). Now, he has painted a subject a bit closer to home: his father, George H.W. Bush. [mash]
The Worst Fuel Data Manipulator Is… – We all know that it’s almost impossible to match the advertised ‘official’ EU fuel-consumption figures publicised by manufacturers, anywhere outside a test track. [iol]
So, That Kim Kardashian Video Game Made Some Money – It’s Kim Kardashian’s world; We’re all just living—and spending gaudy amounts of money—in it.The Daily Dot reports that Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, her surprisingly addictive mobile game/dissertation on the existential emptiness of postmodern celebrity, raked in $43 million during the third quarter of this year. [slate]
Oil Mogul Harold Hamm to Pay Wife $995 Million (R12 Billion) in Divorce – An Oklahoma County judge has ordered oil magnate and Continental Resources Chief Executive Officer Harold Hamm to pay nearly $1 billion in a divorce judgment, according to a court filing made public on Monday. [nbc]
Meryl Streep, Stevie Wonder Get Medal Of Freedom – Meryl Streep, Stevie Wonder and Tom Brokaw are among the latest Americans tapped to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Barack Obama announced Tuesday. [abc]
Young Girl Plunges To Death In Attempt To Take Perfect Selfie – Young Sylwia Rajchel, a nursing student from Poland, was only 23-years-old when she plummeted to her death on the famous Puente de Triana bridge in the city of Seville, southern Spain, in an attempt to take the perfect selfie. [t24]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Will Play Edward Snowden In Oliver Stone’s Next Film – It’s official: Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone’s upcoming film. The film, based on two books documenting the whistleblower’s now-infamous release of NSA documents, will begin production in Munich this January. [verge]
Britons To Be Questioned Over Madeleine McCann Disappearance – Three British citizens are among a group of people being questioned over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. [metro]
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