Trump Congratulates African Leaders For Making His Friends Rich – President Donald Trump congratulated a group of African leaders Wednesday for providing the means by which his friends are getting rich. [cnbc]

Picture Of Mugabe ‘Sleeping’ As Trump Addresses UN General Assembly Goes Viral – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday exposed his frailty in New York City where he was shown by international news channels sleeping most of the time when President Donald Trump was giving his first address to world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. [n24]

Russians Appear To Use Facebook To Push Trump Rallies In 17 U.S. Cities – ‘Being Patriotic,’ a Facebook group uncovered by The Daily Beast, is the first evidence of suspected Russian provocateurs explicitly mobilizing Trump supporters in real life. [db]

Special Counsel Asks WH For Documents Pertaining To Trump Presidency – Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested documents and information covering a range of events from President Donald Trump’s White House, including two firings and an Oval Office meeting. [cnn]

Sean Spicer Says He ‘Absolutely’ Regrets Crowd-Size Briefing – Following his surprise performance at the Emmys on Sunday, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said he “absolutely” regrets his infamous assertion in January that the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration was the largest there had ever been. [washpo]

Parsons Green Bomb: Police Make Sixth Arrest In Inquiry – Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in south London in connection with last Friday’s terror attack on a Tube train. [bbc]

Facebook Tightens Advertising Policies After ‘Jew-Hater’ Fiasco – Facebook has apologised for letting advertisers use phrases like “Jew-haters” as a targeting criteria and for not noticing it until it was pointed out. [abc]

Mexico Earthquake – 230 confirmed dead as rescue efforts continue – as it happened. [guardian]

Puerto Rico Governor: Power Could Be Out For Months – Puerto Rico’s energy grid took such a severe blow from deadly Hurricane Maria that restoring power to everyone may take months, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CNN on Wednesday night. [cnn]

Bill Gates: Sorry About Control-Alt-Delete – Bill Gates is sorry that he made it so annoying to log in to your computer. [cnn]

Google Is Buying Part Of HTC’s Smartphone Team For $1.1 Billion – Google is making another big buy into smartphone hardware — or at least the people responsible for creating it. The company has just confirmed that it plans to acquire part of HTC’s mobile division team for $1.1 billion. [verge]

North Korea Owes NYC $156,000 For Unpaid Parking Tickets – While North Korea’s rogue leader, Kim Jong-un, spends untold resources on his nuclear program, there is one thing he is not paying for: His country’s parking tickets. [nbc]

The Biggest Change To Expect In Future SA Shopping Malls – Shopping malls in this country are a dime a dozen, but there’s a subtle shift taking place that might have slipped you by unnoticed. [here]

SA To Face Zim On Boxing Day, India Tour Confirmed – Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today announced the itinerary for India’s tour of South Africa. It will consist of three Test matches, six One-Day Internationals and three T20 International matches. [s24]

Ryanair Pilots Reject Company’s Proposed Bonus Scheme – Ryanair pilots have rejected the company’s proposed bonus scheme to encourage them to work through annual leave, and have called for improvements in their employment terms and conditions. [rte]

Do You Harass Facebook Friends To Do You “A Little Favour”? – We all have that friend, the one who is constantly shouting out out for favours on Facebook. Got a spare inch in your bag and heading overseas? They want that space. [here]

Biometric Boom: UK Supermarket Becomes Global First To Offer Payment By Finger Vein – Costcutter has become the first supermarket in the world to offer payments using finger vein biometric technology. This is a groundbreaking step forward in the supermarket industry as well as the ever-growing and developing financial technology industry, more commonly known as fintech. [forbes]

In A Festive Season When Indians Have Lots Of Sex, An Actress Draws Fire For Promoting Condoms – A condom ad coming amidst one of India’s biggest festivals, and featuring a former porn star, has sparked outrage in the western state of Gujarat. [qz]

What’s Wrong With Gary? 12 men’s names that are dying out [tele]

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Uber’s New CEO – There’s plenty of reasons that Uber’s board members looked to Dara Khosrowshahi as the company’s new CEO, but we’ve picked five that stand out. [here]

R.I.P. Jake LaMotta, The Real Raging Bull – Jake LaMotta has died; known as one of the most durable, ferocious boxers in the history of the sport, his life served as the basis of Martin Scorsese’s classic Raging Bull, based on his own 1970 autobiography. [avc]

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