From Golden Visas To Airplane Deals – What We’ve Learned From Steinhoff’s ‘Real’ Results – On 5 December 2017, Markus Jooste resigned as Steinhoff CEO after auditors Deloitte refused to sign off on the company’s results for the financial year to end-September of that year. [busins]

Keith Raniere: Trial Begins For Nxivm ‘Sex Cult’ Leader – A Brooklyn courtroom has heard opening statements at the sex trafficking and conspiracy trial of Keith Raniere, the leader of a suspected sex cult. [bbc]

New York Times: Tax Documents Show Trump Businesses Lost More Than $1 Billion In A Decade – President Donald Trump’s businesses reported losses of $1.17 billion from 1985 to 1994, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing information from tax documents from those years. [cnn]

Denver Votes To Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms – In a last-minute surprise, it appears this city has lived up to its libertarian leanings and passed an ordinance decriminalizing hallucinogenic magic mushrooms, the first measure of its kind in the nation. [lat]

Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter Determined To Get Luxury Watches Back – Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter is determined to get dozens of luxury watches from the organization and plans on including the timepieces in a lawsuit against FIFA, he told The New York Times on Wednesday. [si]

Amanda Knox To Return To Italy For First Time For ‘Trial By Media’ Conference – Amanda Knox is to return to Italy for the first time since being convicted, then ultimately acquitted, of the murder of Meredith Kercher, to attend a conference on miscarriage of justice cases and “trial by media”. [tele]

China Denies Having ‘Concentration Camps,’ Tells US To ‘Stop Interfering’ – Beijing has rejected US accusations of operating “concentration camps” in its Xinjiang region, with a government spokesman telling Washington Monday to “stop interfering in Chinese domestic affairs.” [cnn]

Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos’ Bids To Build US Military Rockets Could Reshape National Security – The US Air Force has, traditionally, done a terrible job of buying new rockets. Now, as lawmakers consider a total reorganization of the US military’s space operations, the Pentagon’s latest attempt to purchase new launch vehicles has become a hotly contested rivalry featuring the military-industrial complex and rocket billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Of course, there’s a Russia angle, too. [qz]

There’s A Real Treat For Franschhoek Wine Lovers Later This Month – It doesn’t get much better than a day out in Franschhoek, which is why wine lovers are looking forward to the end of the month. [here]

ANC Takes Early Lead – Votes are slowly trickling into the province’s elections nerve centre in Century Centre. [ewn]

Britney Gets Restraining Order – Britney Spears’ mental health is at risk and it’s all because her ex-manager, Sam Lutfi — with whom she has a dark past — is harassing her, her parents, and stirring up her fans … this according to new legal docs. [tmz]

Exclusive: Did Putin’s ‘Chef’ Attempt To Interfere In South African Election? – Working with the Dossier Centre, a London-based investigative centre, Daily Maverick can reveal a plan to interfere with South Africa’s election by an organisation closely linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the businessman known as ‘Putin’s chef’ and the man behind the world’s most serious disinformation campaigns. [dmav]

Shear Genius: French School Enrols Sheep To Keep Class Open – Woolly pupils, including one called ‘Baa-bete’, were brought to school in Crêts en Belledonne by a local farmer. [guardian]

Brazilian President Reveals Grand Prix Will Move To Rio For 2020 – The Brazilian Grand Prix will move next year to a new purpose-built circuit in Rio de Janeiro that could be named after Ayrton Senna, the country’s president has revealed. [as]

Moleskine’s Latest Smart Notebook Connects With Your Dropbox Account – Moleskine’s latest collaboration is with Dropbox, for a smart notebook that uses a companion camera app to send journal pages to your connected Dropbox account. Just use the Moleskine Page Camera app (for iOS and Android) to take a photo of a page in the Moleskine+ Dropbox Smart Notebook, and the pages will show up as an image, vector, or text file in your Dropbox account. [verge]

Viral Doorbell Camera Video Shows 5-Foot-Long Snake Attacking Man’s Face – A doorbell camera captured the moment a snake bit an unsuspecting man in the face. The viral video from Sunday’s attack shows Jerel Heywood opening a screen door to a friend’s house in Lawton, Oklahoma. [usat]

Meryl Streep Enjoys Power Lunch With Anna Wintour 13 Years After Playing Role Inspired By Formidable Vogue Boss – Dame Anna Wintour gave acting legend Meryl Streep an affectionate cheek kiss during the pair’s hour-long power lunch at Italian café Sant Ambroeus West Village in Manhattan last week. [dm]

Tyra Banks Came Out Of Modeling Retirement For The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover – Tyra Banks — mogul, model, host, author, smizer, actor, mom, boss….and now a three-time fabulous cover girl of Sports Illustrated’s 2019 Swimsuit Issue. [buzz]

How an Augmented Reality Game Escalated into Real-World Spy Warfare – She led hundreds of real people on secret missions for a make-believe cause. [vice]

The Best Of Martha Stewart’s Deeply Weird Personal Instagram Account – To truly understand the heart of Martha Stewart, you need to dig deep into her personal Instagram account, @MarthaStewart48, where you’ll find Martha’s full, uninhibited self. [mash]

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