Betting Site Raises Match Fixing Suspicions At Australian Open – A major sports betting website suspended betting on a mixed doubles match played Sunday at the Australian Open after it was suspected that the match was fixed, the New York Times reported. [usat]

Tshwete Family ‘In Shock’ As Eldest Son Snubs ANC – The late ANC stalwart Steve Tshwete’s eldest son has joined the DA and will be running to be a Cape Town councillor in the local government elections. [stimes]

Google Paid Apple $US1 Billion To Keep Search Bar On iPhone – Apple received $US1 billion ($1.42 billion) from its rival in 2014, according to a transcript of court proceedings from Oracle’s copyright lawsuit against Google. [smh]

Google To Pay £130 Million (R3 Billion) In Back Taxes To The UK – Google has agreed to pay the UK £130 million (roughly $185 million) in back taxes. The deal covers the company for the past decade, and comes after a years-long investigation by the government’s tax agency, HMRC, into the search firm’s accounting practices in the UK. [verge]

Thai, Malaysian Officials To Investigate Whether New Debris Is From MH370 – Thai and Malaysian officials will investigate whether a large piece of curved metal found on the southern Thai coast could be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. [cnn]

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Mazibuko Rips Into DA’s White Males – Former DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko has urged the DA to interrogate the almost exclusive dominance of white males within the party’s “brains trust”. [iol]

She Chose To Leave The Party – Mmusi On Mazibuko – Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane on Sunday brushed off comments about internal racial politics in the party made by its former parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko. “She is speaking in her own capacity,” said Maimane. [tlive]

How Nene Thwarted Zuma’s R30m Plan To Woo Al-Bashir – Then finance minister Nhlanhla Nene quashed Dudu Myeni’s bid to force SAA to fly an “unprofitable” route to Khartoum – at Jacob Zuma’s behest. [mg]

Islamic State Video Purports To Show Paris Attackers, Threatens Britain – A video published on Sunday by the media center of Islamic State purported to show images and last statements of nine of the people who took part in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people on Nov. 13. [reuters]

Asylum Seekers Made To Wear Red Wristbands – The Welsh Refugee Council warns the practice has echoes of the Star of David badge that the Nazi regime made Jewish people wear. [sky]

2 Nabbed For R5.4 Million Worth Of Drugs Near Knysna – The Hawks have arrested two men linked to a R5.4 million drug bust near Knysna in the Western Cape. [ewn]

Four Workers Killed In South African Fire – Impala Platinum says four workers have been killed in an underground fire at its Rustenburg mine in South Africa. [sky]

France Considers Extending National State Of Emergency – Prime minister Manuel Valls tells BBC the measure brought in after Paris attacks must remain for ‘necessary’ amount of time. [guardian]

Upmarket CPT / JHB Restaurants – 2 For 1 Specials – No Tacky Vouchers Required – We all have a certain degree of pride, and no one wants to be the person who whips out that tatty voucher at bill time. You really are doing it wrong. [read]

At Least 29 Killed In Snowstorm-Related Deaths – At least 29 people have died as a result of the mammoth snowstorm that pounded the eastern U.S. The deaths occurred in car accidents, from carbon monoxide poisoning, and from heart attacks while shoveling snow. [ap]

New York Rebounds After Blizzard, Washington Shuts Down Government – New York City emerged on Sunday from a massive blizzard that paralyzed much of the U.S. East Coast, while snowy gridlock gripped the nation’s capital and surrounding areas, where federal, state and local offices and schools planned to remain closed on Monday. [rueters]

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Au Revoir And Shalom: Jews Leave France In Record Numbers – It was a Friday. Four Jews had just been killed in the Hyper Cacher, a kosher supermarket in Paris, two days after the Charlie Hebdo attack. One of them was Krief’s friend. [cnn]

Trump Claims He Could Shoot Someone And Not Lose Voters – Donald Trump suggested he could shoot someone in a crowded area and still keep voters, speaking at a rally in Iowa Saturday. [huff]

Google’s Android Generates $31 Billion Revenue, Oracle Says – Google Inc.’s Android operating system has generated revenue of $31 billion and $22 billion in profit, a lawyer for Oracle Corp. said in court while disclosing figures Google says shouldn’t have been made public. [bloom]

A New iPhone Might Be Coming In March – Apple fans may not have to wait until September to see a new iPhone. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company is reportedly planning to announce a new smaller iPhone in March, according to 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman. [time]

Serena Williams Needs Just 44 Minutes To Beat Daria Kasatkina At Australian Open – When she says so herself, you know that it’s been a good match for Serena Williams. [usat]

Customer Finds ‘Something Extra’ In Woolies Frankfurters – Yet another unhappy Woolworths customer has taken to their Facebook page displaying a shocking finding inside a pack of Frankfurters. [n24]

Furniture From JFK’s Florida Home Fetches $400,000 At Auction – Furnishings from late US president John F. Kennedy’s winter retreat in Palm Beach, Florida sold Saturday for some $400,000, an auction house said. [afp]

Inside Barack And Michelle Obama’s Steamy First Date – The Sundance feature ‘Southside with You’ dramatizes the history-changing first date between the future POTUS and FLOTUS. [beast]

Chris Rock Will Not Step Down as Oscars Host, But Is ‘Writing a New Show’ – Not so fast! Chris Rock will not be stepping down as the Oscars host amid the ongoing controversy over the nominees, the show’s producer told Entertainment Tonight on Saturday, January 23. [usm]

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