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The Fall Of Zuma – The end of Jacob Zuma’s tenure as South Africa’s president was sealed on Thursday when he filed his appeal against a court order that transferred the power to appoint the national director of public prosecutions to the deputy president. [n24]

Inside The Gupta Heist – A sensational preservation order granted this week against Gupta-owned companies has exposed a grand conspiracy by the family to steal money from the state with help from senior politicians and government officials. [n24]

US Shutdown: Government Services Closed As Working Week Begins – Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be unable to report for work on Monday, as the US Senate struggles to end a government shutdown. [bbc]

White House Out-Of-Office Message Blames Democrats For Holding The Government “Hostage” – Have a message for the White House during the government shutdown? Get ready to hear some politicking. [qz]

Big Gamble To Find MH370 Begins: U.S. Team Deploys Robot Swarm To Find Jet – A ship full of the world’s most advanced deepwater technology has arrived at the missing plane’s suspected final resting place. [db]

Emmanuel Macron: French Would ‘Probably’ Vote To Leave EU – The French President believes his country might also have quit the bloc if offered the choice in an referendum. [sky]

Drug Violence Blamed For Mexico’s Record 29,168 Murders In 2017 – Homicide rate surpasses that from peak year of country’s drug war in 2011, official figures show. [guardian]

Zille To Meet Authorities To Create Day Zero Plan – Authorities are preparing to deal with the consequences of the complete shut down of water supplies to residents. [ewn]

Twitter Says It Exposed Nearly 700,000 People To Russian Propaganda During US Election – Twitter this evening released a new set of statistics related to its investigation on Russia propaganda efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential election, including that 677,775 people were exposed to social media posts from more than 50,000 automated accounts with links to the Russian government. [verge]

Michael Phelps: ‘I Am Extremely Thankful That I Did Not Take My Life’ – Far from the familiar waters of an Olympic pool, swimmer Michael Phelps shared the story of his personal encounter with depression at a mental health conference in Chicago this week. [cnn]

If You Want To Win Tickets To Up The Creek Read This – This weekend, one of the finest local music festivals in the country is going to get wet and wild. We know how you can win some tickets to the jol. [here]

How Africa’s Largest Airline Will Dominate The Continent’s Skies – With a mix of strategic investments and partnerships, airline acquisitions, and efficient service delivery, Ethiopian Airlines hopes to take over Africa’s skies and change air travel on the continent. [qz]

Should We Consider Adolescence To Last Until Age 24? – Thinking of adolescence as lasting until age 24 “corresponds more closely” to how the lives of young people today work, writes an expert in adolescent health. [verge]

82 Percent Of The Wealth Generated Last Year ‘Went To The Richest 1 Percent Of The Global Population’ –  Four out of every five dollars of wealth generated in 2017 ended up in the pockets of the richest one percent, while the poorest half of humanity got nothing, a report published by Oxfam found on Monday. [time]

Scarlett Johansson Under Fire For Attacking James Franco At Women’s March After Defending Woody Allen – Scarlett Johansson, who slammed fellow actor James Franco in a speech at the Women’s March in Los Angeles, is being called a hypocrite for previously defending Woody Allen and saying the child abuse allegations against the director were “all guesswork.” [fox]

British Airways Pilot Taken Off Plane, Suspected Of Being Drunk – A British Airways pilot was taken off a plane on suspicion of being drunk, officials said, before the aircraft took off from London’s Gatwick Airport. [cnn]

Sarah Ferguson Claims £45m In Damages From Murdoch’s News Group – Duchess of York reportedly blames Mazher Mahmood sting for loss of business opportunities. [guardian]

Ed Sheeran To Marry Childhood Sweetheart – Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran announced his engagement to girlfriend Cherry Seaborn yesterday. [ind]

Natalie Portman Shares Her Experience Of ‘Sexual Terrorism’ At 13, After Her First Film Was Released – While speaking at the Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, actress Natalie Portman described her experience of “sexual terrorism” after the release of her first film, Léon: The Professional. [vult]

Selena Gomez Just Made This Smoking Hot Activewear Commercial [Video] – When I hear the word ‘activewear’ I think of that viral video on YouTube, but Selena Gomez is working hard to change that. She’s doing pretty well, too. [here]

Nicolas Cage Is Batshit Insane in Psychedelic Revenge Movie ‘Mandy’ — Sundance 2018 Review – Panos Cosmatos follows up “Beyond the Black Rainbow” with another psychedelic genre experiment that seems to emerge from another dimension. [iw]

Beastie Boys To Publish Long-Awaited Memoir – Announced in 2013, the autobiography will be ‘unlike any other music book’ according to Mike D of the hip-hop trio. [guardian]

Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Name New Baby Girl ‘Chicago West’ – Kim Kardashian has unveiled the name of her new baby with husband Kanye West, and it seems the family have returned to the geographical theme started with their first daughter, North. [smh]

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