Cape Town Swimmer Who Did 108 Robben Island Crossings Dies – Theodore Yach, the Cape Town businessman who holds the record for swimming between the mainland and Robben Island 108 times, has died. [n24]

President Trump Says It ‘Certainly Looks’ Like Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Is Dead – President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday it “certainly looks” as though missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and he threatened “very severe” consequences if the Saudis are found to have murdered him. [time]

Search For Khashoggi’s Remains Focuses On Consul General’s House – Donald Trump talks of ‘very severe’ consequences for Saudi Arabia if murder is proved. [guardian]

There’s Never Been A Better Time To Invest In The Massive Cannabis Industry Boom – Here’s How – As the legalisation of cannabis continues to be discussed in many progressive countries around the world, business is good. [here]

Uber Rolls Out New VoIP Feature For Riders And Drivers To Communicate Through The App – On Thursday, Uber announced a new way for riders and drivers to communicate through the company’s app using voice over internet protocol, or VoIP. [verge]

The Cost Of Paranoia About SA: Businesses Have Wasted Trillions On Overseas Flops – South African investors’ belief that the country is permanently in some kind of pre-Armageddon has probably cost them trillions of rand over the past twenty years. The number of failed global expansions is ratcheting up and investors whose bias remains largely negative toward local assets are bearing the cost. [busins]

SAA Blocks 2 Suspicious Passengers From Boarding Plane After Recent Mid-Flight Theft – South African Airways (SAA) on Thursday confirmed that two passengers were denied entry to one of its flights, following a recent theft during a flight from Johannesburg to Hong Kong. [n24]

Tesla Chief Elon Musk Unveils A $35,000 Model 3 (That Actually Costs A Bit More) – Tesla chief Elon Musk said late Thursday that the automaker was preparing to sell the cheapest version yet of its newest electric car, the Model 3, signaling an attempt to get back to business after months of controversy. [washpo]

Woman ‘Taunted’ After Stillbirth By Facebook Baby Ads – A woman has accused Facebook of “taunting” her by showing her advertisements for baby blankets and cots for months after she posted that her daughter had been stillborn. [times]

Chinese Woman Kills Herself And Children After Husband ‘Fakes Death’ – A man in China whose wife killed herself and their two children after he allegedly faked his own death for an insurance payout has given himself up to police. [bbc]

Vladimir Putin Shows Off New Aurus Senat Presidential Limousine – But how does it compare with Donald Trump’s ‘Beast’? [tele]

Vape Flavors Can Make Nasty New Chemicals In Your E-Liquid – We hear a lot about how the ingredients in vape juice might be bad for us: the nicotine is addictive, for example, and the flavorings could be bad for lungs. But new research says that there are chemicals in e-liquids that we didn’t even know to worry about, because they form in the e-liquid bottle or pod after all the ingredients are mixed together. [verge]

French Is Now The Fifth Most Spoken World Language And Growing—Thanks To Africans – French has moved up a place to become the world’s fifth most spoken language, thanks largely to the millions of Africans who speak it each day. [qz]

Lewis Hamilton Hails Formula One ‘Godfather’ Juan Manuel Fangio – Lewis Hamilton says Juan Manuel Fangio is the Formula One “Godfather” as he stands on the verge of history by matching the Argentinian’s championship haul. [guardian]

Is Apple Dropping A Major Hint With Its iPad Event Invitation Designs? – Apple just sent out invitations for its next big hardware event. Naturally, the speculation has kicked into high gear. [mash]

10 Classic ‘Expectation Vs Reality’ Online Shopping Fails – We’ve compiled some of the worst ‘expectation vs reality’ online shopping fails out there. Don’t worry, sometimes it’s OK to have a chuckle at somebody else’s expense. [here]

Daniel Radcliffe Brilliantly Exposes ‘The Lifespan Of A Fact’ On Broadway – In the excellent ‘The Lifespan of a Fact,’ Daniel Radcliffe plays a fact-checker, correcting an essay by Bobby Cannavale’s egotistical writer. Cherry Jones is their tough referee. [beast]

Avril Lavigne – Spent ‘two f***ing years’ in bed and said she felt like she was ‘dying’ from Lyme disease in a new Billboard interview. [dm]

Keira Knightley Bans Daughter From Watching Some Disney Films – Keira Knightley says she has banned her three-year-old daughter from watching Disney films whose portrayal of women she disagrees with. [bbc]

Kendall Jenner Launches Into Furious Rant After ‘Stalker Found Sitting By Her Pool’ Is Arrested – It was the third time the man had broken into her £6.5 million mansion. [mirror]

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Keen Eye For Art May Have Been Due To Vision Problem – Leonardo da Vinci’s brilliance has been variously attributed to his left-handedness, his meticulous attention to detail, or his vast study of art, science and optics. [tele]

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