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Finding Eva: After 3 Months And A News24 Exposé, Police Finally Search For Missing Girl, 6 – The last Laura Nkhana heard from a police officer about her 6-year-old daughter, Eva Tembo, was on 12 July, the day she alleges her employer snatched the child and the day the desperate mother opened a case of kidnapping at the Cleveland police station. [news24]

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China Detains iPhone Maker Workers In ‘Strange’ Case – Chinese police have detained four workers of the Taiwanese iPhone maker, Foxconn, in circumstances Taipei has described as “strange”. [bbc]

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Dozens More Women Come Forward With Abuse Allegations Against Mohamed Al Fayed, BBC Says – Sixty-five more women have come forward with abuse allegations against the late billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, according to the BBC, following the network’s documentary that detailed testimonies of women who said he sexually assaulted and raped them. [cnn]

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‘A Nightmare Scenario’: Man Rescued 48km Off Florida Coast Clinging To Ice Box After Hurricane Milton – A US Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man who was left clinging to an ice box in the Gulf of Mexico after his boat was stranded overnight in waters roiled by Hurricane Milton. [guardian]

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YouTube Responds To Accusations That It’s Been ‘Hiding’ The Skip Button On Ads – It’s not hidden, but it might be changing. [mashable]

Iran: An Earthquake — Or A Secret Underground Nuclear Test? – Days after news broke of the earthquake in Iran’s Semnan province, speculation has continued on social media that the tremors were caused by Tehran’s first nuclear test. [euronews]

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SABC Signal Switch-Off Panic – Experts have warned that switching off the country’s analogue TV broadcasts too soon could spell disaster for free-to-air broadcasters like the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). [mybroadband]

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How Criminals Are Taking Control Of Your WhatsApp Account - Mobile network operator MTN has recently issued a warning over the rise in WhatsApp hacking in South Africa, which sees criminals taking over users' WhatsApp accounts. [jacarandafm]

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Diddy’s Lawyer Reveals ‘Roughest Part’ Of Mogul’s Life Behind Bars — And It’s Ridiculous – Sean “Diddy” Combs is struggling in federal jail — but not for reasons you might think. [nypost]

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Jonathan Becker’s Photographs Of The Rich And Famous Offer Glimpses Into A Private, Sparkling World – An early look at the new photo memoir Lost Time and its scenes of a glittering jet set. [vanityfair]

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South Africa Power-Line Rollout Set To Spur Bond Market Revival – A multibillion-rand plan to expand South Africa’s electricity transmission network could throw a lifeline to the country’s corporate bond market as it struggles to recover from a post-pandemic slump. [bloomberg]

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‘We Do Just About Everything’: The Women Running New Zealand’s ‘Third Island’ – When men were away at sea for weeks at a time, a community developed on Stewart Island that was led by women. Today, that way of life continues and thrives. [guardian]

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Kanye West Made ‘Fixer’ Investigate Kardashians: Lawsuit – West is being sued by a former staffer, who claims the rapper also asked him to trail wife Bianca Censori. [rollingstone]

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Tourists Rescued From Colorado Gold Mine – The group were touring Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, a privately owned tourist attraction when a lift malfunctioned. [bbc]

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​Diddy's celebrity friends are quietly settling with victims ahead of impending lawsuits: lawyer - Sean 'Diddy' Combs remains in jail after being charged with sex trafficking crimes. [foxnews]
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