Putin Offers To Help Break Nuclear Deadlock At Kim Jong-Un Summit – Russian and North Korean leaders promise stronger ties at Vladivostok meeting. [guardian]

Washington Post Tells Donald Trump In No Uncertain Terms: Congress Can Investigate You – The newspaper’s editorial board also explained why the president’s own words prove he was more interested in avoiding political jeopardy. [huffpo]

Death Toll In Sri Lanka Easter Attacks Lowered By More Than 100 – The Sri Lankan Health Ministry on Thursday revised the death toll of Easter Sunday’s deadly terror attacks, lowering the number of those killed to 253. [cnn]

Microsoft Hits $1 Trillion Market Valuation – Microsoft has seen its stock market value top $1 trillion (£774bn) after reporting better-than-expected sales and profits. [bbc]

Finally, Something For The People Of Port Elizabeth To Be Excited About  – Good news for the fine people of Port Elizabeth, who have a bumper weekend coming up. Treat yourselves. [here]

Joe Biden Kicks Off 2020 Campaign With Brutal Attack On Trump – Many expected the former VP to pitch himself as an elder statesman. Instead, he’s announced himself as the toughest brawler, using the legacy of Charlottesville to lambaste Trump. [beast]

Bill Cosby Is Fighting A $6.7 Million Lawyer Bill – Bill Cosby is challenging an arbitration decision that mandated he pay nearly $7 million in fees to a law firm that represented him for nine months in 2015 and 2016, documents show. [cnn]

Sir Mo Farah ‘Kicked And Hit’ Female Athlete In Hotel Gym, Claims Haile Gebrselassie – The four-time Olympic champion has been staying at the Yaya Africa Athletics Village to prepare for the London Marathon. [sky]

Shoprite’s CEO Has Taken A R20 Million Bet On The Company With His Own Money – And So Far It’s Not Going His Way – This week, Shoprite’s CEO took a massive bet that the company’s share price will move higher – but so far he has lost money. [busins]

Cyclone Kenneth: Mozambique Hit By Its Strongest Storm Ever – Wind speeds of 140mph threatens fresh devastation for country reeling from Cyclone Idai. [guardian]

Something Interesting Happened When Bill Gates Started Driving His Daughter To School – When Bill Gates was CEO of Microsoft, he spent a few mornings each week driving his oldest daughter, Jennifer, to kindergarten. It was part of an effort to help his wife, Melinda Gates, split household responsibilities — which often fall more on women than men — evenly. [busins]

How Amazon Automatically Tracks And Fires Warehouse Workers For ‘Productivity’ – Critics say those fulfillment center workers face strenuous conditions: workers are pressed to “make rate,” with some packing hundreds of boxes per hour, and losing their job if they don’t move fast enough. [verge]

Cooper Hefner Exits Playboy Role To Launch Millennial-Focused Website HefPost – After Hugh Hefner’s death Sept. 17, 2017, his son Cooper Hefner had been the highest ranking Hefner in the family business, Playboy Enterprises. He revealed today he’s exiting the company to launch a media and digital company that will feature adult content. [hollyrep]

Three Quick And Easy Recipes To Get Stuck Into This Winter – Winter is almost upon us, so you might want to indulge in these comfort foods without compromising your healthy eating regime. [here]

Handsome Her: Australian Vegan Café To Close After ‘Man Tax’ Furore – A vegan café in Australia that levied a tax on male customers is to close after becoming the “punching bag of the internet”. [bbc]

Elon Musk’s Prediction That It Will Have A Robo-Taxi Service Ready By The End Of 2020 Is A ‘Publicity Stunt,’ An Expert Says – Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Monday that the electric-car maker’s vehicles will be ready to take part in an autonomous taxi service by the end of 2020. [busins]

How The Queen Burst Into Song Listening To ‘Oklahoma!’ At The U.S. Ambassador’s Party – We usually think of Her Majesty as an austere figure. So it’s refreshing to hear stories of her letting her hair down for a good old sing-song at the U.S. ambassador’s house. [beast]

Los Angeles Angels Pull Off Rare ‘Hidden Ball Trick’ On New York Yankees, Pay For It Later – Tyler Wade was caught snoozing on the bases but got his revenge later in the game. [huff]

Otto Warmbier: North Korea ‘Asked For $2m’ To Free US Student Flown Home In A Coma – An anonymous source claims that orders to meet North Korea’s demands came directly from the president. [sky]

Lottery Bosses Refuse To Pay £4million Jackpot To Two Players Who ‘Bought The Winning Ticket With A Stolen Debit Card’ – After it emerged neither had a bank account. [dm]

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