Melania Trump: Women Need ‘Hard Evidence’ To Make #MeToo Claims – Tells ABC interviewer that ‘we need to support them—and also the men—not just women.’ [beast]

Trump Mocks The #MeToo Movement At A Rally, Again – President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, citing the “rules of MeToo” as the reason he wasn’t “allowed” to use an expression. [cnn]

Cristiano Ronaldo Lawyer Acknowledges Kathryn Mayorga Agreement – Cristiano Ronaldo’s Las Vegas-based attorney said his soccer star client “vehemently denies all of the allegations” made in a lawsuit filed last month, and he described the encounter in a Las Vegas hotel room in June 2009 as “consensual in nature.” [espn]

Wall Street Beating Takes Down Asian Stocks – Asian stocks slumped in early trade as concerns about higher US interest rates and a global trade war prompted investors to sell risk globally. [bbc]

Snapchat Announces A Slate Of Original Programming For Discover – Snap tries to reinvent MTV for a younger generation. [verge]

Asian Countries Dominate World Bank’s New Index Of Investment In ‘Human Capital’ – Asian countries have topped a new World Bank measure called the “human capital index” – a measure of youth mortality, schooling and health. The institution said increasing health and education investment could lead to more than half the children born this year doubling their lifetime earnings. [guardian]

SA Company Named On TIME ‘50 Genius Companies 2018’ List – From humble roots 10 years ago, to featuring alongside giants like Amazon, Disney, GoFundMe, Nintendo, Slack and Spotify, this is proudly South African. [here]

Elon Musk Says James Murdoch Will Not Replace Him As Tesla Chair – Elon Musk has shot down reports that James Murdoch was the frontrunner to take his role as Tesla chairman when he steps down next month. [tele]

One Of Tesla’s Biggest Investors Took An 11.4% Stake In Rival Nio – Baillie Gifford & Co., the second-biggest shareholder of Tesla stock, has taken an interest in Nio, the Chinese electric vehicle automaker that recently became a publicly traded company. [tc]

Explosive Report Into VBS Mutual Bank Reveals Large-Scale ‘Looting’ – A final investigation report into large-scale fraud at VBS Mutual Bank has recommended that more than 50 individuals be criminally charged and held liable in civil proceedings, following the bank’s implosion earlier this year. [n24]

Ex-Assistant In $1.2 Million Goldman Sachs Wine Theft Case Jumps To Death From 33rd Story Window – A former assistant to Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon apparently committed suicide Tuesday, dying around the time he was expected to plead guilty to charges of stealing $1.2 million of pricey wine from his ex-boss. [usat]

The Real Reason Why Camilla Is Not Going To Princess Eugenie’s Wedding – The Duchess of Cornwall is not going to Princess Eugenie’s wedding because she is also hosting a shooting party at her Scottish home this weekend, sources have told the Telegraph. [tele]

Woman Who Spent £16m In Harrods Revealed – A woman who spent £16m at Harrods in a decade can now be identified as Zamira Hajiyeva – the first target for the UK’s new anti-corruption law. [bbc]

Stephen Hawking’s Final Scientific Paper Released – Black Hole Entropy and Soft Hair was completed in the days before the physicist’s death in March. [guardian]

Stormy Daniels Regrets ‘Body Shaming’ Donald Trump: ‘I Actually Feel Pretty Terrible About It’ – After describing a certain part of Donald Trump‘s body as resembling a Mario Kart character in her new tell-all Full Disclosure, Stormy Daniels says she now regrets “body shaming” the president. [people]

6 Countries You Won’t Believe Have Better Passports Than South Africa – South Africa on Tuesday fell another two places in the updated Henley Passport Index, which ranks passports in power by the number of countries and territories a holder can access without a visa, or by obtaining a visa on arrival. [busins]

OMG, the Trailer For Kurt Russell’s Santa Claus Movie Is Finally Here – Sometimes there’s a movie on the horizon that just stands out from the rest. Maybe it’s a huge franchise, maybe it’s an anticipated sequel, or maybe it stars Kurt Russell as Santa Claus. And really, who can’t immediately get excited to see Kurt freaking Russell playing Santa Claus? [giz]

Four Pro Tips On Investing During A Recession – South Africa is in its first technical recession in nine years. That might scare some, but a shrewd investor could see a window of opportunity. [here]

Russian Whistleblower Assassinated After Uncovering $200 Billion Dirty-Money Scandal – Andrei Kozlov was gunned down in 2006, weeks after trying to shutter the world’s biggest money-laundering scam—one reportedly used by Putin’s family and the FSB. [beast]

New Study Explains Why We Haven’t Found Aliens Yet – The prescient question that physicist Enrico Fermi posed in 1950 – “where is everybody?” – remains unanswered. [busins]

Rita Ora Leaves Little To The Imagination – As she goes NAKED and sports messy wet-look hair for quirky shoot,. [dm]

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