Virgin Galactic Launches SpaceShipTwo To The Edge Of Space – Spacecraft launched on Thursday in test mission became first commercial US flight beyond the atmosphere since 2011 [guardian]

Get Ready For Mueller’s Phase Two: The Middle East Connection – The ‘Russia investigation’ is set to go global. In court filings due to drop in 2019, prosecutors will unveil Middle Eastern countries’ attempts to influence U.S. politics. [beast]

Trump Says He Never Told Former Lawyer Michael Cohen To Break The Law – President Donald Trump publicly broke his silence Thursday morning on the sentencing of his former personal attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen. [cnn]

Fire And Fury Wins ‘Total Loser’ Michael Wolff A Place On Authors’ Rich List – White House exposé rubbished by Donald Trump earns royalties to rival the likes of perennial favourites such as James Patterson and JK Rowling [guardian]

Strasbourg Christmas Market Attacker Chekatt Shot Dead – French police have shot dead the man who attacked Strasbourg’s Christmas market on Tuesday, the interior minister has said. [bbc]

WATCH | Disturbing Footage Shows Courtney Pieters’ Killer Dumping Her Body – CCTV footage shows the killer of three-year-old Courtney Pieters carrying her body along busy Cape Town streets before dumping it. [tlive]

Zuma Must Pay His Own Legal Fees – And Pay Back Taxpayer Money Already Spent – The High Court has ruled that government is not liable for the legal costs incurred by former president Jacob Zuma in his personal capacity during his corruption trials. [btech]

Robin Thicke And Pharrell Williams To Pay $5m In Final Verdict – The long-running copyright case over hit song Blurred Lines has finally ended, with Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams told to pay $5m (£4m). [bbc]

Hey, It’s Friday – You Can Watch The NSFW Of That Video Here – Although Emily Ratajkowski has some regrets. [here]

Being President ‘Drains You’: Ramaphosa – President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that his stint as president was much more difficult than he initially thought it would be. [tlive] Shame, my love. 

Buddhist Monk Killed By Leopard As He Meditated – Police say his body had been badly mauled and was found further into the forest, suggesting it was dragged there. [sky]

Facebook Is Still Trying To Find New Places To Put Ads – It might seem like there’s already tons of ads on Facebook, but the company is still searching for new places to put more of them. [mash] – Comment

Netflix Is Testing An Instant Scene-Replay Feature – Did that scene in “Black Panther” or “Stranger Things” wow you so much that you wanted to stop everything and instantly rewatch it? [lat]

Instagram Is Testing Creator Accounts For High-Profile Influencers – Giving influencers and celebrities more control over their accounts. [verge]

Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards (Almost) Gives Up Booze – Throughout a long and storied career in one of the most famous rock bands on the planet, Keith Richards has made no secret of his love of drink and drugs. [cnn]

Check Out South Africa’s Kinkiest New Year’s Eve Party – Looking for a way to bring the new year in right? This party is where you’re going to want to be when the clock strikes midnight on December 31. [here]

The 30 Best Boyband Members – Ranked! – From the Osmonds’ Donny to BTS’s Jimin, boybands have produced some brilliant performers behind the hair gel. Ahead of the release of Zayn Malik’s new album, we list the greatest [guardian] Finally!

Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick The Best Films Of 2018 – Chief critic Todd McCarthy’s faves include a tragicomic Dick Cheney biopic, a tormented period romance and a (literally) dizzying doc, while the most popular film among all THR critics polled was ‘Roma,’ followed by ‘Shoplifters,’ ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Leave No Trace,’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ and ‘Burning.’ [holly]

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