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October 6, 2023

Friday Morning Spice

Failed interdict unearths 'State Capture on steroids', Nigeria is ‘disappearing’ its people, Fans deride empty stadium at Cricket World Cup opener, and Trevor Noah becomes 1st comedian to sell out at Dubai arena.

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Hand Grenade Fragments Found In Bodies Of Victims After Yevgeny Prigozhin Plane Crash, Vladimir Putin saysVladimir Putin has suggested the plane crash that reportedly killed his former ally Yevgeny Prigozhin was caused by hand grenades – and not by a missile attack. [sky]

This Is What A Currency Crash Looks Like – There are fundamental reasons for the rand falling to new lows, and not much anybody can do about it. [moneyweb]

Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’ Video Hits 1 Billion Views On YouTube 16 Years After Its Release – “Back to Black” was written by Mark Ronson and Winehouse, inspired by her troubled on-again, off-again relationship with ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil. [people]

‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Girls Who Code’ And Other Books Just Banned In The U.S. – Some of the biggest titles in classic and modern literature have been removed from schools and libraries around the United States, including The Handmaid’s Tale, Girls Who Code, and more. [newsweek]

Men Took Over A Job Fair Intended For Women And Nonbinary Tech Workers – An event meant to be a career-builder for women and nonbinary tech workers turned into yet another symbol of the industry’s gender imbalance after self-identifying men showed up in droves. [npr]

Nigeria Is ‘Disappearing’ Its People – By 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross was handling 23,000 missing persons cases in Nigeria, its largest caseload in Africa. [mg]

‘Bear Attack Bad’: Final Message Of Canadian Couple Killed By Grizzly – Officials say can of bear spray was emptied before attack in Banff national park in which Doug Inglis and Jenny Gusse, both 62, died. [guardian]

 

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