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While you were sleeping: 30 August
North Korea promises more missiles, Curfew imposed on Houston, and disease-fighting mozzies unleashed.
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
“Until somebody solves the part of the equation that shows me 10 million people in Seoul don’t die in the first 30 minutes from conventional weapons, I don’t know what you’re talking about, there’s no military solution here, they got us.”
Steve Bannon on North Korea
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ANC Leadership Race: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and her social media campaign speak in two voices
There is a small but discernible change in gear in ANC presidential hopeful Nkosazana
North Korea promises more missile
North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un has promised more missiles following a UN condemnation of its recent “test” over Japanese airspace. Donald Trump trumped, Japan’s Shinzo Abe grumbled, but in the end, there’s realistically very little to be done without endangering South Korea. Kim Jong Un may well be the only one reading from an updated playbook after all.
Houston authorities announced an immediate night-time curfew in order to stave off growing reports of looting. Mayor Sylvester Turner Tweeted the curfew times, midnight to
Uber has announced that Dara Khosrowshahi will be taking the big seat. The former Expedia boss will be based at Uber’s headquarters in San Francisco. In a controversy saturated organisation, the change of leadership will no doubt be welcome.
Dengue-fighting mozzies set loose in Brazil
The first of millions of mosquitoes infected with a dengue-fighting bacteria have been let loose in Rio de Janeiro. The first batch of several thousand Aedes aegypti mozzies will hopefully breed with the current insect population, significantly reducing the population’s ability to spread communicable diseases such as dengue and Zika.
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$160.8-million
The value of David Beckham’s lifetime endorsement with Adidas.
FACTS OF THE DAY
Today in 2014 saw the Lesotho military stage an alleged coup, forcing Prime Minister Thomas Thabane into self-imposed exile in South Africa.
There are no snakes in Ireland.
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