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What Went Wrong in UnREAL's Messy Season 2?

E! Online (UK) 

"The suitor fake-proposing to one of these bimbos might have been interesting 14 seasons ago, but now we have an obligation to our viewers. We have to escalate the tension, up the stakes,...

Public protector choice narrows

Business Report 

CANDIDATES shortlisted for the post of public protector will be interviewed tomorrow as a Parliament ad hoc committee gets to work to pick a replacement for incumbent Thuli Madonsela.



Donald Trump suggests ‘2nd Amendment people’ could stop President Hillary Clinton

Yahoo Autos 

Donald Trump faced a swift backlash on Tuesday after he suggested that gun enthusiasts would be able to stop Hillary Clinton from taking away their Second Amendment rights. “Hillary wants to abolish — essentially abolish — the Second Amendment,” the Republican nominee said at a rally in Wilmington, N.C., on Tuesday afternoon. Trump added: “But the Second Amendment people, maybe there is.

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‘Doubts’ about Clinton sealed GOP national security letter against Trump

Yahoo Autos 

The blistering, blockbuster letter signed by 50 Republican national security officials condemning Donald Trump as unfit to be president came together last week, with the only significant edit being the addition of language acknowledging widespread “doubts” that Hillary Clinton can do the job, several signers told Yahoo News. “People on the letter are in different places on Hillary Clinton,” said John Bellinger III, who served as legal adviser on the National Security Council and at the State... Читать дальше...

Pakistan reeling after deadly attack on lawyers

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

QUETTA, Pakistan — Many Pakistanis were in deep mourning Tuesday, a day after a suicide bombing directed at lawyers killed 70 people in the city of Quetta, touching a chord in the country’s long-simmering culture war. By singling out lawyers, Islamic radicals appeared to take aim at a pillar of the country’s budding civil society — and a symbol of the supremacy of secular law in a modern state. Tariq Lodhi, a former head of Pakistan’s main civil spy agency, said the attack was carried out by militants... Читать дальше...

Why Is Alibaba Facing an SEC Probe?

WSJ.com 

As China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba prepares to announce its quarterly earnings on Thursday, all eyes will be on whether the company provides more clarity about its finances, as U.S. regulators continue to investigate its accounting practices. Photo: AP

FIBA's Basketball Hijab Ban: Muslim Advocacy Group CAIR Wants To Permanently Lift Rule

International Business Times 

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) added its voice to a chorus of folks Tuesday who are calling for the permanent end to a rule banning traditional Muslim head scarves, known as hijabs, from the court during international basketball games. CAIR is working with a pair of Muslim American players affected by the rules.

“My girlfriend has two vaginas,” man reveals details of their sex life

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

– A man whose girlfriend was born with two vaginas has answered all tricky questions about their sex life – Thousands of people have stormed reddit to ask the unusual couple about their sex, conceiving and carrying a baby The man going under the name twicethefunn and his girlfriend NurseryRN have become extremely popular after they started ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Reddit, a social […]

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Yemen Seeks IMF Help to Cut Off Rebels

WSJ.com 

The Yemeni government is asking the IMF to freeze central bank funds on deposit as part of a drive to keep Houthi rebels who control the capital from paying its militants with public money.

Disney beats on earnings and announces a $1 billion deal (DIS)

BusinessInsider.com 

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

Disney on Wednesday reported third-quarter revenue and profit that was better than Wall Street had expected.

It also announced that it bought a minority stake in BAMTech, a video-streaming company previously formed by Major League Baseball, for $1 billion.

Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC that the acquisition will help jump-start ESPN. It would bring the sports network's content over the top on the internet.

The company will fund the stake in two installments... Читать дальше...

Rita Ora Shows Her Albanian Pride During the Rio Summer Olympics 2016

«Just Jared» 

Rita Ora steps out in a business chic off-the-shoulder outfit as she leaves her apartment on Monday (August 8) in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. The 25-year-old singer and America’s Next Top Model host wore pink shades the day before and shared lots of laughs with her friends while out shopping for jewelry [...]





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