Villages Badly Damaged As Quakes Hit Central Italy – Panicked residents rush onto the streets of the capital as some report their apartments “shaking” and “cracking”. [sky]
3 Buildings Torched At Rhodes University – Fires at two exam venues and the tennis club at Rhodes University have been extinguished following an afternoon of violence at the Grahamstown institution on Wednesday. [n24]
Gupta Coal Mine Could Face Liquidation – The controversial Gupta family may lose its recently-acquired Optimum Coal Mine. A multinational company is threatening the mine with liquidation, claiming it is owed money for goods and services. [enca]
Gordhan Squeezes Taxpayers To Avoid SA Junk Rating – South Africa will increase taxes and limit spending as it tries to fend off a junk credit rating after signaling it will miss budget deficit, debt and growth targets for the next three years. [f24]
WikiLeaks-Released Memo Outlines Bill Clinton’s Lucrative Speeches – A memo written by one of Bill Clinton’s closest aides highlights the lucrative speaking deals the former president had with some of the biggest companies in the world. [cnn]
Gambia Is The Latest African Country To Quit The ICC, Dismissing It As The “International Caucasian Court” – The floodgates have opened. Over the past two weeks, three African countries have said they will leave the International Criminal Court, the world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal. The latest, Gambia, is perhaps the boldest. [qz]
Galaxy Note 7 Recall Sinks Samsung Profit – Samsung Electronics Co. said its net profit fell 16.8% to 4.54 trillion Korean won ($4.0 billion) in the third quarter, as a disastrous recall of its premium Galaxy Note 7 smartphone caused the company’s mobile division to report its smallest quarterly profit since it launched its first Galaxy series phone more than six years ago. [wsj]
Tesla Turned Its First Profit In More Than Two Years, And Delivered A Record Number Of Cars – Tesla defied Wall Street expectations with its third quarter results, posting its first quarterly profit since 2013, and ending a streak of billion-dollar losses and manufacturing delays. [qz]
Wildlife Populations Have Dropped By Almost 60% In 40 Years, WWF Says – Global wildlife populations have plummeted by 58% between 1970 and 2012, according to the latest Living Planet Report published by conservation group WWF on Wednesday. [time]
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John Gotti’s Wife Would Have Slit Trump’s Throat – She may have been married to an infamous mob boss, but Victoria DiGiorgio Gotti has made it clear that she would never put up with Donald Trump’s crude behavior and language. [huff]
A Royal Rift As Princes Charles And Andrew Row Over Beatrice And Eugenie’s Taxpayer-Funded Duties – The Queen is said to be at the centre of an extraordinary row within the Royal Family as her two eldest sons have come to blows over the futures of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie as taxpayer-funded working royals. [ibt]
Tom Cruise Breaks Silence On Scientology: It’s A ‘Beautiful Religion’ – The megawatt movie star spoke publicly for the first time in years about his secretive, controversial religion, of which he’s been a star member for ‘over 30 years.’ [beast]
Supposed ‘Burial Slab’ Of Jesus Christ Uncovered For First Time In Centuries – A stone slab that many Christians believe once held the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion has been unveiled for the first time in centuries. [huff]
Train wreck Courtney Stodden Loses It Even Further – Courtney Stodden’s Halloween spirit is what nightmares are made of. [tmz]
Married Donald Trump Kept ‘Proposing’ to Celebrity Apprentice and Playboy Model Brande Roderick – Donald and Melania were already wed at the time. That didn’t stop him from insisting over and over that he wanted this Celebrity Apprentice ‘as his wife,’ multiple sources say. [beast]
Blake Lively’s Birthday Celebration For Ryan Reynolds Leaves Taylor Swift “Drowning In Tears of Joy” – What? [eol]
‘The Two Most Important Things In His Life Were God And Sex – Bisexual vicar is defrocked after his wife exposed his depraved double life of prostitutes and orgies. [dm]
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