U.S. Officials Meet With North Koreans Despite Uncertainty Surrounding Trump-Kim Summit – A team of U.S. officials crossed into North Korea on Sunday for talks to prepare for a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, as both sides pressed ahead with arrangements despite the question marks hanging over the meeting. [washpo]

Trump: Date And Location For Kim Summit ‘Hasn’t Changed’ – US President Donald Trump seemed to revive hopes for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month, telling reporters at the Oval Office late Saturday, “we’re looking at June 12th in Singapore. That hasn’t changed.” [cnn]

Trump’s ‘Phony’ Source Turns Out To Be White House Official – President Donald Trump accused The New York Times on Saturday of inventing a source for a story who, in fact, was a White House official conducting a briefing for reporters under the condition that the official not be named. [nyt]

Tesla Settles With Vehicle Owners Over Delayed Autopilot Updates – Tesla settled a class action lawsuit this week with owners of its Model S sedans and Model X SUVs who alleged the company’s semi-autonomous driver assist system was “essentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous.” [verge]

Chris Froome Wins Giro d’Italia To Claim Historic Grand Tour Treble – Team Sky’s Chris Froome became the first Briton to win the Giro d’Italia as he coasted home in Sunday’s processional stage in Rome. [bbc]
Well done, Chris. Whoever you are. 

DA Split Looms Amid Serious Tensions Over The Usual –  Senior DA leaders are plotting to form a breakaway “true liberal party” which they hope will contest next year’s general elections. [n24]

Google And Facebook Face Threat Of Government Probe Over Their Dominance Of Digital Advertising – A Government review of the threats to press funding is considering a full competition investigation of Google and Facebook over their dominance of the digital advertising market. [tele]

Lunches In Cape Town’s CBD Will Never Be The Same – Café du Cap received their alcohol license last week – just in time for Winter. Now you can have a glass of Chocolate Block with your homemade pulled lamb from the lunch table. Shame. [cafeducap]

Santam CEO’s R19m Bonus Questioned – A number of questions have been raised about a R19 million cash bonus paid to Santam chief executive Lizé Lambrechts in 2017. [mw]

Tekkie Town Founder Resigns From Star With Immediate Effect – Braam van Huyssteen, the founder and chairman of Tekkie Town, has resigned from his role as chairman of Steinhoff Africa Retail’s (Star) Property division with immediate effect. [mw]

Virgin Boss Sir Richard Branson Readies Himself For Space – Sir Richard Branson says he’s training to be an astronaut and will take his first trip into space soon. [bbc]

Real Madrid Beats Liverpool In Champions League Final On A Wonder And Two Blunders – In time, the details will fade. Real Madrid will not remember, not precisely, how it moved from mere greatness to genuine legend. The specifics of how it etched its name in history and took its place alongside the very best club teams soccer has produced will not matter. [nyt]

If You Fancy Driving A Supercar Then Here’s Your Chance – I don’t know what you’re driving these days, but if you have a hankering to get behind the wheels of a supercar then here’s some good news. [here]

‘Sesame Street’ Sues Makers Of Raunchy Puppet Comedy ‘The Happytime Murders’ – The company behind “Sesame Street” is suing the makers of Melissa McCarthy’s upcoming raunchy comedy, “The Happytime Murders,” for referencing the popular kids show in its marketing campaign. [cnn]

Kanye West-Founded Charity Donda’s House Cuts Ties With West – The charity wants to distance itself from the rapper after getting involved in a Twitter fight with Kim Kardashian West. [vanfair]

Korea’s Other Summit: K-Pop Album Tops US Charts For First Time – Love Yourself: Tear by band BTS reaches No 1 on Billboard chart, promoted by loyal fans known as the ‘army’ [guardian]

A Top NXIVM Sex Cult Recruiter Comes Forward, Says Founder ‘Messed With Whe Wrong Person’ – Sarah Edmondson feels guilty for recruiting ‘so many people’ into the upstate New York-based cult. Now she’s speaking out—and won’t stop until founder Keith Raniere is behind bars. [beast]

Why ‘Solo’ Could Be The First ‘Star Wars’ Box-Office Bomb – The thrill is gone. After more than four decades and nine releases, the “Star Wars” franchise has come a cropper with an $83 million opening-weekend estimate, with Memorial Day four-day figures likely to top $100 million. [indie]

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