Facebook, Instagram, And WhatsApp Are Still Own For Some Users Around The World – While you can open the apps, they’re missing major functions. [verge]

Italian Protests Over Men Cleared Of Rape Because Woman Was ‘Too Masculine’ – Judges said alleged victim’s story was not credible enough because she was unattractive. [guardian]

Trump: US To Ground Boeing 737 MAX Planes After Deadly Crashes – The Federal Aviation Commission on Wednesday changed course and ordered that all Boeing 737 MAX planes flown by US carriers be grounded until further notice over safety concerns following two deadly overseas crashes in less than five months. [nyp]

Kim Jong Nam Murder Trial: Malaysia Rejects Call To Release Vietnamese Woman – A Vietnamese woman accused of assassinating Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, will continue trial after Malaysian prosecutors rejected a request from Vietnam to free her on Thursday (Mar 14). [cna]

Paul Manafort: Ex-Trump Chief Gets 43 More Months In Jail – US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort has been jailed for 43 more months on charges stemming from the Russia investigation. [bbc]

Botswana Ruling Party Riven By Benefits, Alcohol And Elephants – Botswana’s ruling party is in the midst of its worst crisis since taking power in 1966 as a leadership battle rages ahead of an elective congress next month. [bloom]

Brazil School Shooting: Eight People Killed, Including Five Students – Eight people and the two gunmen are among the dead in school shooting near São Paulo. [guardian]

Everything We Know About Apple’s Upcoming Augmented Reality Glasses – Apple’s highly anticipated augmented reality glasses might be coming your way sooner than expected, and people are understandably excited. [here]

Top Gamer ‘Ninja’ Made $1 Million To Promote EA’s ‘Apex Legends’ Launch – What are a few hours playing videogames and a handful of tweets worth? $1 million if you are Tyler Blevins, known to millions as “Ninja,” the world’s most-followed computer gamer. [reuters]

Airbnb Loses Major Fight Over California City’s Rental Law – Airbnb Inc. and Expedia Group Inc.’s HomeAway failed to persuade a U.S. court of appeals to strike down a Santa Monica law that makes the companies liable for illicit rentals in the Southern California beach city. [mav]

Escaped Karoo Lion Caught After Nearly A Month On The Run – After nearly a month on the run, the escaped Karoo National Park lion, Mufasa, has been caught, the South African National Parks (SanParks) said on Wednesday night. [iol]

Bosasa Tells Court: We Are Being Hijacked! – Lawyers representing corruption accused company Bosasa, which has entered into a court battle to have its own decision to enter into voluntary liquidation set aside, claim it is being hijacked by liquidators. [n24]

Climate Kids March For Climate Action – There is a new movement in South Africa led by “climate kids” who will join a global school strike on March 15 to call for climate action from governments who they say are “stealing our future”. [n24]

Richard Pryor’s Widow On Marlon Brando Affair: ‘He Wasn’t Ashamed!’ – Jennifer Lee Pryor opens up about living with Richard, the Marlon Brando affair controversy, working with Harvey Weinstein on the biopic, and a lot more. [beast]

Poor Growth Prospects For SA Property Portfolio, Growthpoint Warns – Growthpoint [JSE:GRT] has warned that properties in its SA portfolio are expected to show little growth in the 2019 financial year as “property fundamentals remain weak and are worsening”. [f24]

The Most Likely Age For A Wedding (And Divorce) In South Africa – And 8 Other Surprising Facts About Marriages In SA – Recently, Statistics South Africa released the latest available data about South African marriages. [busins]

Rudy Giuliani, Judith Nathan Blasted For Turning Divorce Hearing Into ‘Circus’ – Rudy Giuliani is still pulling no punches — but now it’s his wife, not Special Counsel Robert Mueller, on the receiving end of his bad temper. [p6]

Twitter Rolls Out Snapchat-Like Camera Feature, Experimental App – Twitter Inc. is rolling out a Snapchat-like camera feature that lets users post videos or photos in a swipe, as the social-media company experiments with changes and new products to persuade more people to join the service. [bloom]

Here’s A Simple Calculator To Work Out International Courier Costs – Ever tried to figure out all those courier costs, like shipping, import duty and VAT, clearance, and disbursement? Stop it, because there’s a calculator for that. [here]

Judge Shushes ‘Aunt Becky’ Actress Lori Loughlin In Court, Sets Bail At $1 Million – The Full House alum was arraigned in connection with a massive college admissions fraud scheme and ordered to surrender her passport, but the judge gave her some time to do so. [beast]

David Guetta, 51, Packs On PDA With Girlfriend Jessica Ledon, 27 – Who flaunts her incredible physique in string bikini in Miami. [dm]

Forget Hygge; Pyt Is The New Scandinavian Term For A Happier Life – Danes are some of the happiest people in the world, and they also happen to have a lot of cool words for ways to be happy. [cnn]

Why Beating Your Phone Addiction May Come At A Cost – Some worry the ‘wellness’ movement and its focus on personal responsibility let the tech industry off the hook. [guardian]

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