You Can Now Send Your Friends Cash Via Facebook Messenger In The UK – On Monday, the social network announced that it was introducing peer-to-peer payments to its messaging app Messenger in the UK, letting people send cash to their friends and contacts. [busins]

Texas Gunman Had Assaulted Wife And Stepson Before Church Shooting – Before a 26-year-old gunman entered a rural Texas church with a ballistic vest and a military-style rifle, killing at least 26 people on Sunday, he was convicted of assaulting his wife and breaking his infant stepson’s skull. [nyt]

Fishy Business: Trump And Abe Dump Fish Food Into Precious Koi Pond – US president and Japanese host give fish a large feast on second day of former’s five-nation tour of Asia. [guardian] Please watch his face and mouth as he pours it out. 

Mugabe Axes Vice President – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, the government said, as the battle between Mnangagwa and Mugabe’s wife Grace to succeed the veteran leader intensified. [n24]

Why Didn’t Henri Console His Sister? – Prosecutor Susan Galloway has also questioned why van Breda, who says he saw his sister moving, didn’t attempt to console her. [ewn]

This Is The Deadliest Year For Mass Shootings In Modern U.S. History – Violence erupted at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas Sunday when a gunman opened fire outside the building and then proceeded inside, killing at least 26 people and wounding at least 20 more. [time]

Bernie Sanders Warns Of ‘International Oligarchy’ After Paradise Papers Leak – US senator warned that leak of documents exposing offshore tax havens show ‘rapid movement’ toward a group of billionaires controlling the global economy. [guardian]

Exclusive Books: ‘We’re Not Withdrawing Zuma Book’ – “Part of our task is to sell books that demonstrate and put forward different arguments about matters of importance to the South African public.” [huff]

Google Spreads Propaganda Around Fake News, Then Says It’s No Big Deal – That was among the big takeaways on Sunday afternoon as people scrambled to learn more about the shooter who killed 26 people that day at a church in Texas. Instead of being given legitimate insight and hard news, Google served people a litany of false information and propaganda—the kind meant to inflame people’s emotions, and drive them apart. Call it whatever you want, so long as you don’t call it news. [mash]

Ferrari Warn They Could Quit Formula One If Engine Changes Go Through – Ferrari has competed in every Formula One season since it began in 1950 but its threatening to walk away from the sport if owners Liberty Media push through new engine changes. [cnn]

If You Care – Please Enjoy This Video Of Kim Kardashian Devouring Pizza – Taking a trip to New York for a slice of pizza, things got messy when Kim K tucked into not one, but two slices of pizza. Take a look yourself. [here]

Half A Billion Views – This Is Why You Need To Know Who Ken Block Is [And He’s Coming To Cape Town] – Off the back of the release of Ken Block’s tenth edition of his Gymkhana franchise, he is making his way to South Africa to show off his rallycross skills on the track. And we know where you can see him. [here]

Local Drone Footage Shows Us Why The Mavic Pro Is Worth Every Cent [Video] – Filming the idyllic Noordhoek beach, local stars Nico Panagio and Luke Bell set out with the DJI Mavic Pro to see just what it is the flying camera can do. And you won’t be disappointed. [here]

Oh Dear, Bitcoin Is Now More Valuable Than The Rand – A blockchain engineer wanted to see where bitcoin ranked in comparison to the rest of the world’s currencies so he created a clone of the global M1 index. Check it. [here]

Kevin Spacey Accused Of Groping Richard Dreyfuss’ Son Harry Dreyfuss – In new essay, Harry alleges ‘House of Cards’ actor came onto him when he was 18-year-old senior in high school. [rstone]

William H. Macy on Harvey Weinstein: ‘Of Course People Knew. A Lot of People Knew.’ – The Emmy-winning actor sat down with Marlow Stern at the Savannah Film Festival to discuss his new film ‘Krystal,’ the sexual assault epidemic in Hollywood, and much more. [beast]

‘The Industry Has Been A Shocking Change’ – Meet Mormon model Pyper America Smith [tele]

Thor: Ragnarok Thunders To $121M Debut At Box Office – “Thor: Ragnarok” thundered to one of the year’s best box-office debuts, opening with an estimated $121 million in North American theaters. [time]

This Genius Russian Kid Says He Was Born On Mars… And His Parents Believe Him – Boriska Kipriyanovich, who lives in Volgograd, Russia, alleged he lived on the red planet before being reborn on Earth. [sun]

George Clooney On Moving Away From Acting: “I Don’t Need Money” – With a billion dollars in tequila bucks, who needs it? [van]

Born In 1896 And Still Going: Meet The World’s Oldest Man (Probably) – ‘Don Celino’ is 121, according to his Chilean ID card. That makes him four years older than the Guinness-listed oldest person. [guardian]

What Meghan Markle Plans To Do After Moving To London – Other than spending a lot of time at Kensington Palace, that is. [van]

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