Disneyland Paris: Man Arrested Carrying Two Guns – French police have arrested a man carrying two guns at an entrance to a hotel at Disneyland Paris. [bbc]

Rand Perks Up After Rate Hike – South Africa’s Reserve Bank raised its benchmark repo rate by half a percentage point on Thursday, as expected, saying the outlook for inflation had deteriorated significantly even as economic growth slowed. [iol]

Judgment Expected In Gareth Cliff Case – Judgment in Gareth Cliff’s case against M-Net is expected to be handed down on Friday morning. [enca]

Consumers Warned To Brace For Further Rate Hikes – Economists have urged consumers to start preparing for even further interest rate hikes this year based on inflation. [ewn]

ANC Western Cape Faces Crisis As Two Top Leaders Suspended – The ANC in the Western Cape is facing a leadership crisis with the suspension of two top officials, Chairperson Marius Fransman and Provincial Secretary Faiez Jacobs. [dm]

Hisense Launches Native Netflix TV App – Chinese electronics maker Hisense has moved quickly to capitilise on the launch of Netflix in SA. [f24]

Amazon Shares Plummet After Earnings Disappoint – Amazon shares tumbled in aftermarket trading after the e-commerce company said its profit more than doubled, but still fell well short of analyst expectations. [time]

Mark Zuckerberg Becomes World’s Sixth Richest Person As Facebook Shares Soar – CEO Mark Zuckerberg surpassed Oracle ORCL +2.86% Chairman Larry Ellison to become the sixth richest person in the world. [forbes]

Republican Debate: Without Donald Trump, Issues Stand Out – Donald Trump missed Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate, and a funny thing happened: A serious conversation broke out. [wsj]

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Google Rewarded The Guy Who Bought Google.com, And He Donated It All To Charity – Sanmay Ved thought his real reward was just being the guy who bought Google.com for a minute. When Google first told him he wouldn’t get any money as a result of the accidental transaction, he said it was fine — he’d rather it be donated to charity anyway. [busins]

This Photographer Sold A Picture Of A Potato For Over $1 Million – Kevin Abosch may have the best network of anyone in Silicon Valley. He’s met every high-powered executive from Google Chairman Eric Schmidt to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to Twitter’s Jack Dorsey. [busins]

Djokovic Reaches Sixth Australian Open Final – The Serb will face the winner of Friday night’s semi-final between Andy Murray and Milos Raonic as he bids to win his 11th Grand Slam championship. [atp]

Kanye West Plans Secret Gig – Rapper Kanye West will reportedly perform a secret gig during London Fashion Week. [toi]

David Bowie Auditioned For Lord Of The Rings – It’s long been rumored that David Bowie wanted a part in Lord of the Rings; director Peter Jackson reportedly turned him down for the part of Elrond, the elf king, because he was too famous in his own right. It seems the rumors were true. [pf]

Obama Weighs In On #OscarsSoWhite: Diversity ‘Makes For Better Art’ – The president made it clear where he stands on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. [db]

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Caitlyn Jenner Dismissed – The stepchildren of a woman killed in a car crash caused by Caitlyn Jenner have dismissed their civil lawsuit against the Olympic gold medalist. [cbs]

Rita Ora’s Topless Lui Cover Is Totally Scandalous And Very NSFW – The British singer bares all on the latest issue of French Magazine Lui, shot by infamously icky photographer Terry Richardson. [huff]

Kim Basinger to Play Christian Grey’s Former Lover in ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ – Universal has now locked in its first new cast member to join its highly successful “Fifty Shades of Grey” franchise, with production set to start this spring. [var]

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