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Leo XIV Elected As First American Pope – Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the first US-born pontiff and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. [cnn]
‘Comrades Want To Eat’: NSFAS Asks Lawyers To Conduct Review Of Costly Middleman Contracts – A 5% administration fee imposed on landlords housing students have frustrated accomodation providers. [news24]
Bill Gates Says His Foundation Will Close In 2045 And Decries Musk For USAID Cuts – Microsoft co-founder accuses Trump ally of involvement in ‘killing the world’s poorest children’ by slashing US aid funding. [guardian]
Inside The Historic US-UK Trade Deal And How Starmer Finally Struck Breakthrough With Trump – As his beloved Arsenal suffered defeat, Keir Starmer struck gold with a US-UK trade deal. [independent]
Inside The Secretive World Of Zara – Zara doesn’t advertise and rarely gives interviews. But as it marks 50 years since the opening of its first store. [bbc]
Cold And Wet Weekend Ahead: Weather Warnings For Northern And Western Cape – The South African Weather Service has issued several warnings for damaging winds in some parts of the country while those living in the Northern Cape and Western Cape are urged to brace for very cold and wet weather this weekend. [iol]
‘Hollowing Out’: New Zealand Grapples With An Uncertain Future As Record Numbers Leave – Surge of departures – mostly fleeing a weak economy – fuels concern over the longer-term impact on the country as some small towns scramble for survival. [guardian]
The Who Announce Farewell Tour: ‘Good Things Must Come To An End’ – Storied rock band have announced a series of shows in North America, as guitarist Pete Townshend says he and bandmate Roger Daltrey are ‘in a good place’. [independent]
Soviets Were Headed To Venus In 1972. The Spacecraft Is About To Return – The final chapter for Kosmos 482, as the Cold War-era spacecraft is heading home after a half-century adrift. [mashable]
Russian Firm Recruits Young African Women, Also From SA, To Build Drones For War On Ukraine – A Russian firm is fraudulently recruiting hundreds of young foreign women — mostly from Africa, including South Africa — to manufacture drones which it is using to attack Ukraine, according to a new report. [dm]
Koenigsegg’s Hypercar Just Set Two More Bonkers Speed Records – The Jesko Absolut is now the fastest production car in the standing half-mile and fastest gas car in the quarter-mile. [robbreport]
Bad News For A Wealth Tax In South Africa – 2,850 individuals with over R50 million in net assets hold R245 billion locally and R150 billion abroad. [businesstech]
Netflix Is Getting A Big TV Revamp – A new UI is going to start rolling out globally. [verge]
Government To Free Up Buildings, Land In Inner Cities For Low-Cost Housing – President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an initiative to help people find homes closer to where they work. [timeslive]
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