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title: "While you were sleeping: 1 June 2016"
description: "Trump piles on the media hate, search intensifies for Japanese boy, and Brazil lowers visa restrictions for Rio Olympics."
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author: "AFP"
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published: "2016-06-01T06:14:48"
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# While you were sleeping: 1 June 2016

> Trump piles on the media hate, search intensifies for Japanese boy, and Brazil lowers visa restrictions for Rio Olympics.

By AFP · Published 1 June 2016, 08:14 SAST

## Content

| \| \\| **Wednesday, 1 June***“Nothing like being with people you’ve known almost your entire life. Having a shared history is something you just can’t create with the new ones. No matter how much you like that, it just isn’t the same.”*  **–** **Jane Green** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |
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| \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/a42262e4-3f50-43cf-99c0-527dce128986.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Captura Continua: Guptas triumph as ANC shuts down state capture probe](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-01-captura-continua-guptas-triumph-as-anc-shuts-down-state-capture-probe/)ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday that it would be a “fruitless” exercise for the party to continue to investigate allegations of state capture against the Gupta family as they had only received one written submission on the matter. ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa told the Gupta-owned ANN7 television on Tuesday night that this was a “closed chapter”. This is despite Mantashe saying the allegations made against the Guptas were “serious” and him being unable to access a State Security report on the family’s illicit influence. The Guptas can now resume working their political connections and influencing state and ANC processes under full political cover. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-01-captura-continua-guptas-triumph-as-anc-shuts-down-state-capture-probe/#.V05Qffl95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Trump rails at "dishonest" mediaThe Orange Menace has labelled the media "dishonest" for fact-checking his promise to give money to military veterans. In January, Donald Trump vowed to donate $6 million to veteran charities, an amount US journalists now dispute was ever paid. In response, Trump promised to "attack the media" when he's in charge. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-01-trump-showboats-attacks-on-dishonest-us-media) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Tanzanian elephants gone in six yearsTanzania's elephant population at Selous Game Reserve will be utterly destroyed by 2022. This was the warning issued on Wednesday by the World Wildlife Fund. Rampant and unchecked poaching has decimated Tanzania's 110,000 strong elephant population to just 15,000. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-01-elephants-in-tanzania-reserve-could-be-wiped-out-by-2022) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Japanese military joins search for boyThe Japanese Self-Defence Forces are now searching for a boy dropped off in bear-inhabited woods in Hokkaido. Rescuers have been scouring the woods since his disappearance on Saturday. With zero indication of his whereabouts, however, authorities may be returning to the parents for a clearer story. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-01-japan-military-joins-search-for-missing-boy) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Brazil eases visa rules for Rio OlympicsBrazil is lifting visa restrictions for Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States, starting today. The new policy is aimed at encouraging further travel to the country for the Rio Olympics. Zika virus be damned, it seems. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-01-brazil-eases-visa-rules-ahead-of-rio-olympics) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **150** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The number of car washes owned by Shaquille O'Neal. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1916 saw the final day of the **Battle of Jutland**. The decisive German naval victory saw over 6,000 English and 2,000 German sailors killed in several days of battle.Fact of the day: **Louis Armstrong once asked President Richard Nixon to carry his bags** for him. 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