Facebook’s Fake News Experiment Backfires Spectacularly – A ‘breathtakingly stupid’ experiment by Facebook to promote the idea of fake news has backfired on the social media service. [newsau]

Twitter Officially Expands Its Character Count To 280 Starting Today – Twitter’s expansion to 280 characters is rolling out publicly today to all users in supported languages, including English. [tc]

Columbine Is No Longer One Of The 10 Deadliest Shootings In Modern US History – At the time, the shooting at a Colorado high school was the deadliest school attack in US history. [cnn]

Foschini Group Buys UK Womenswear Brand Hobbs – Hobbs has 140 outlets and is also available in some department stores in the United States and Germany, TFG said. [ewn]

Ritz-Carlton Has Become A Gilded Cage For Saudi Royals – From the stately rows of palm trees on its 52-acre grounds to the grand double staircase to the glittering ballroom chandeliers, it is easy to see why the six-year-old Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, has played host to billionaires, heads of state and members of the Saudi royal family. [nyt]

Paris Climate Accord: Syria To Sign Up, Isolating US – The US is set to become isolated in its stance on the Paris climate agreement, after Syria said it was preparing to join the deal. [bbc]

Trump Says Tougher Gun Laws Would Have Made Texas Church Shooting Worse – Donald Trump has claimed tougher gun laws would not have prevented Sunday’s mass shooting at a south Texas church, arguing that more restrictions might have led to more casualties. [guardian]

Nutella Fans Go Nuts Over Changes To Recipe Of Beloved Chocolate Spread – It is the world’s favourite chocolate spread, but a tweak to the Nutella recipe has sent fans a little nuts. [nutelegraph]

Fog Foiled Trump’s Surprise Trip To The DMZ, Where The South Korean President Was Waiting – US president Donald Trump tried today (Nov. 8) to land at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between South Korea and North Korea, but turned back because of heavy fog, according to a pool report on this leg of his lengthy Asia tour. [qz]

Facebook Asks Users For Nude Photos In Project To Combat Revenge Porn – In Australia pilot effort, company will ‘hash’ images, converting them into digital fingerprints that prevent any other attempts to upload the same pictures. [guardian]

Actress Kristina Cohen Says ‘Gossip Girl’ Star Ed Westwick Raped Her – Westwick responded saying he does “not know” the actress. [huff]

Netflix’s First Comic Book Is Mark Millar’s ‘The Magic Order’ – When Netflix acquired Mark Millar’s comic book empire in August, many assumed the streaming service would just adapt his various works for the screen. That isn’t quite the case. [eng]

Suicide Of British Sex Probe Minister – A British Labur politician suspended from the party over allegations of sexual harassment has died in an apparent suicide. [metro]

North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Is ‘A Wasteland With Deformed Babies’ – North Korea’s underground nuclear test site has turned the surrounding area to wasteland and caused defects among newborn babies, defectors have reported. [tele]

Prince Charles Embroiled In Latest Paradise Papers Leak – Prince Charles is the latest high-profile figure to be embroiled in the Paradise Papers after it emerged he publically campaigned on green issues that secretly benefitted his private estate. [metro]

Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies – The film executive hired private investigators, including ex-Mossad agents, to track actresses and journalists. [nyorker]

Still Smoking Hot! Heidi Klum, 44, Lights A Cigarette – As she slips into two-piece to join bikini-clad crowd of Next Top Model wannabes. [dm]

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