Facebook Is Bringing Spanish Soccer To India’s Billion-Strong Consumer Market — For Free – Social media giant Facebook is to broadcast Spain’s premier soccer league live to viewers in India and other South Asian countries at no cost. [cnbc]
Parliament Attack Suspect Is 29-Year-Old Briton Who Immigrated From Sudan – A driver arrested on suspicion of using his car to carry out a terrorist attack outside the Houses of Parliament was identified Wednesday as Salih Khater, a British citizen who immigrated to England from Sudan. [washpo]
Pressure Mounts On Pope Francis To Address Abuse Cover-Ups – The Vatican has declined to respond to an explosive grand jury report detailing decades of sexual abuse and cover-ups by priests and bishops in Pennsylvania, refusing even to say whether church officials in Rome have read the damaging documents. [cnn]
U.S. Targets Chinese And Russian Firms With Breach Of North Korea Sanctions – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Russian port service agency and Chinese firms for aiding North Korean ships and selling alcohol and tobacco to Pyongyang in breach of U.S. sanctions aimed at pressuring North Korea to end its nuclear programs. [reuters]
Fraser Anning: Australia MPs Condemn ‘Final Solution’ Speech – An Australian senator has been widely condemned for a speech that invoked the term “final solution” in a call for immigration restrictions based on race. [bbc]
America’s Hottest Export? Sperm – An American and a Danish company dominate the global sperm market – and both claim their supply is biggest. [guardian]
Mozambique Is The Latest African Country Making It Too Expensive To Report The News – Mozambique is the latest African state to put a high price tag on the right to report the news. Later this month, a new set of laws are expected to go into effect that will create exorbitant fees for both news outlets and individual reporters. [qz]
Brad Pitt Meets With His Lawyers As It’s Claimed Joint Custody Win Is A ‘Done Deal’ – His ex-wife may have won the battle to see the children on Wednesday, but Brad Pitt looked like he’d won the war when he emerged from his lawyer’s office. [metro]
The Little Guy Eating Makro’s Lunch – Many of us just assume that outlets like Makro have the best prices on offer, but that’s not always the case. Here’s an example of the little guy fighting back. [here]
Kaizer Chiefs Jersey In Demand Globally After Being Voted As The World’s Best – Kaizer Chiefs are receiving increased international interest for sales of their jersey after it was voted UK football magazine FourFourTwo’s best in the world for the 2018-19 season. [tlive]
Tinder Co-Founders Sue Match Group For $2 Billion – For allegedly lying about Tinder’s growth and withholding stock options. [verge]
Apple Car Might Drive You Around In 2023 – Just when you thought Apple’s top secret car project was dead, the rumor mill has once again started back up. [mash]
Elon Musk’s (Probably Serious) Proposal To Take Tesla Private, Explained – All hell broke loose when Musk made the announcement. Now the SEC is reportedly investigating. [vox]
Buddha Statue Stolen From India 57 Years Ago To Be Returned – A 12th century Buddha statue stolen from India 57 years ago is to be returned to the country. [ind]
England’s Danny Cipriani Arrested In Jersey After Nightclub Incident – The England rugby union international Danny Cipriani has been arrested following an incident at a nightclub in St Helier during Gloucester’s pre-season tour and faces five charges including “assault on police”. [guardian]
New Zealand Bans Foreigners From Buying Homes – New Zealand has banned most foreigners from buying homes as it tries to tackle runaway housing prices. [tele]
Fernando Alonso: McLaren’s Spanish Driver To Retire From Formula 1 At End Of Season – Spanish two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has announced he is to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season. [bbc]
Here’s A Goddess’ Take On Getting Started In The Investment Game – If you’re thinking that buying and selling shares is strictly for the suits on Wall Street, you’re sorely mistaken. Just ask our resident Goddess. [here]
What Would It Take To Become A Trillionaire? – Apple has crossed over into the four-comma club – what would it take for a person to do the same? [bbc]
Madonna’s 15 Albums: Ranked From Worst To Best – As Madonna turns 60 this month, Helen Brown revisits the singer’s sprawling discography and ranks all 15 of her albums from worst to best. [tele]
Stephen King Tweets A No-Nonsense Response To Donald Trump’s Comments About Omarosa – You only have to take a quick glance at Stephen King’s Twitter feed to know that he’s no fan of Donald Trump. [mash]
Johnny Depp ‘Accuses Ex-Wife Amber Heard Of Defecating In Their Marital Bed – Following bitter row’ after Hollywood star ‘arrived two-hours late for her 30th birthday’, but she blames their infamous dog, Boo [dm]
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