Wife Of One Of Norway’s Richest Men Kidnapped And Held For Ransom – Captors demand ransom of around £8m for return of Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen paid in cryptocurrency. [ind]

‘I Said Bye-Bye’: Trump Walks Out Of Talks To End US Government Shutdown – Talks between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats aimed at ending a partial US government shutdown collapsed in acrimony and disarray, with Democrats accusing the president of walking out and Trump calling the meeting “a total waste of time”. [smh]

Food Inspections By The FDA Have Been Sharply Reduced, Alarming Critics – The furloughing of hundreds of Food and Drug Administration inspectors has sharply reduced inspections of the nation’s food supply — one of the many repercussions of the partial government shutdown that are making Americans potentially less safe. [washpo]

Macron Seeks To Drag France Into Era Of Affirmative Action – Said Argoug struggled for years to get a stable job, but doors kept closing. Not because he lacked skills, he says, but because he lived in a gritty urban area in northern France and had an Arab-sounding name. [n24]

Harvey Weinstein Looking For New Lawyers As Sex-Crimes Trial Nears – With superstar attorney Ben Brafman at his side, Weinstein saw prosecutors drop one of the charges against him. That hasn’t stopped Weinstein from looking for new representation. [beast]

Paris’ First Nude Restaurant Closes For Lack Of Business – Paris’ first nude restaurant has gone belly up just a year after opening its doors. [huffpo]

World Bank Cuts South Africa’s GDP Growth For 2019 – The World Bank projects that South Africa’s economy will grow to 1.3% in 2019, down from its June 2018 estimate of 1.8%. [bustech]

Former Mozambican Finance Minister Looks For Loopholes In SA Legal System To Get His Freedom – The former Mozambique minister of finance Manuel Chang plans to fight tooth and nail against his extradition to the United States, and what he calls his “illegal detention” by South African authorities. [n24]

Car Sales Drop In China For The First Time In 20 Years – Chinese shoppers bought fewer cars last year as trade tensions and a weaker economy contributed to the first annual sales decline in two decades. [cnn]

Reddit User Turns ‘Black Mirror’ Episode Gimmick Into Dating App – If you take the plot of a popular Black Mirror episode and combine it with the fast-paced world of online matchmaking what you get is Juliet, a dating app that just spiked in popularity thanks to a well-timed Reddit post. [forbes]

Toe The Line: China Bans Foot Fetish Videos And Political Spoofs As Censorship Tightens – China’s new guidelines come after a year in which the government stepped up censorship efforts. [guardian]

Another Markle Wedding! – Thomas Jr reveals he and his fiancée will tie the knot in March after troubled relationship and are inviting Meghan and Harry in hopes of ‘bringing the family closer together’. [dm] Not gonna happen. 

Woolworths Staff Have Been Banned From Handling Your Bank Card – Here’s Why – Woolworths staff are no longer allowed to handle shoppers’ bank cards. [busins]

YouTube Influencers: Inside The Weird World Of Social Media Burnout – What’s it like to have millions of fans when you’re 10? What’s it like to have thousands of people insult or adore you? Welcome to the strange world of social media superstars. [bbc]

2 Texas Men Charged With Hate Crimes For Using Grindr To Beat, Rob Gay Men – Authorities say Daniel Jenkins and Michael Atkinson subjected the men to gay slurs and smeared feces on at least one of them. [huffpo]

We Can All Relate To Trevor Noah’s Story About Biltong – He might be one of the most famous South Africans in the world, but that doesn’t mean Trevor Noah is afraid to wolf down some biltong in public. [here]

Elon Musk Says He’s Not Joking About That Hover Car – The Tesla CEO informed Twitter followers on Wednesday that he is not joking about using rocket thrusters to get his upcoming Tesla Roadster to fly— or at least hover. [mash] Naughty, Elon. 

New York’s Iconic Chrysler Building Put Up For Sale – The Chrysler Building, an Art Deco masterpiece that has been a defining image of New York City’s skyline for decades, has been put up for sale, a minority owner of the building and a broker hired to market the property said on Wednesday. [reuters]

Introducing The Most Pointless Way To Eat A Pizza – In the endless struggle between human and pizza, one guy has come up with a tool to make sure we always come out on top. [here]

Kendall Jenner Strips Down – While modeling TWO teeny bikinis on Instagram as beau Ben Simmons comments ‘come here’ on the post. [dm]

Chapultepec – The Mexican Castle That Drove a Belgian Princess to Madness and an Austrian Archduke to the Firing Squad. [beast]

Josh Brolin Marks 5 Years Of Sobriety With Drunk Photo – Josh Brolin is celebrating five years of sobriety with a dark look into his past. [p6]

Rami Malek Comments On His Awkward Moment With Nicole Kidman At The Golden Globes – Nothing is more awkward than not knowing when to go for a handshake or a hug when congratulating someone. [mash]

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