Dutch Ban On Burqas And Niqabs Takes Effect – As ban comes into force, hospitals and public transport sector say they will not deny services to burqa-clad women. [alja]

US Could Ban ‘Addictive’ Autoplay Videos And Infinite Scrolling Online – Senator says bill aims to tackle features that ‘capture attention by using psychological tricks’ [guardian]

N Korea Conducts Third Weapons Test In Eight Days – North Korea has fired two projectiles which South Korean officials say appear to have been a new type of short-range missile. [bbc]

Important New Changes To How Attorneys Must Handle Their Trusts – Attorneys and advocates need to take note of some important new rules that govern how they manage their trust accounts. [here]

Trump’s $300bn China Tariff Threat Sends Markets Into Tailspin – Wall Street, Asian markets and oil fall after president’s tweet about placing tariffs on practically all remaining China trade. [guardian]

Birth Rate In England And Wales Hits 80-Year Low – As falling fertility and ageing population leads to just 11 women out of 1,000 having children last year. [dm]

Ninja, The Biggest Name In Online Gaming, Is Switching Streaming Platforms – Streaming giant Twitch was dealt a major blow Thursday when Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announced via Twitter that he is leaving the platform to stream exclusively on a rival platform, Mixer. [cnn] Sorry, what?

Joburg Shop Owners Turn On Cops Trying To Confiscate ‘Fake’ Goods – Police in Johannesburg are investigating a case of malicious damage to property after a group of shop owners in the CBD vandalised three police vehicles on Thursday. [mav]

Hundreds Of Security Guards Are Now Guarding South African Cellphone Towers From Criminals – MTN has deployed security guards to cellphone towers across the country, as it continues to lose millions of rands to theft and vandalism. [btech]

Facebook Just Took Down Hundreds Of Accounts Connected To The Saudi Arabian Government, Which Were Being Used To Spread Propaganda – Facebook on Thursday announced it had taken down hundreds of fake accounts originating from Saudi Arabia, which were designed to mislead people and bolster support for the Saudi government. [busins]

Elizabeth Taylor’s “Green Goddess” Rolls-Royce Is Going On Sale At A New York Auction – Synonymous with Hollywood glamor and style, Elizabeth Taylor’s life off-screen became as famed as her on-screen exploits. Now, the Oscar-winning star’s custom-built convertible car, nicknamed “the Green Goddess” is expected to fetch up to $2 million at a New York auction. [cnn]

A Spiraling Glass Walkway Is Opening In China – An 1,800 foot long glass walkway is opening in the Huangguoshu scenic area in the south of China. [cnn]

Chinese Billionaire Indicted In U.S. For Alleged $1.8 Billion Aluminium Tariff Evasion – A Chinese billionaire has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he schemed with the aluminium company he founded to evade $1.8 billion (1.48 billion pounds) of tariffs by smuggling huge amounts of the metal into the United States, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. [reuters]

Heineken Is Betting R1 Billion That More South Africans Will Switch To Its Beer – And so far it hasn’t been wrong. [busins]

Amanda Knox Is Asking For Money For A Wedding But She’s Already Married – The Seattle native opened a crowdfunding site to raise $10,000 for a space-themed wedding on Leap Day 2020. The only problem is she got married in December 2018. [beast]

COMPETITION: Win A Stay At The Luxurious Cabine Du Cap – Keen for a mid-winter getaway, for four people, worth a cool R5 500? Of course you are, and getaways don’t come much better than Cabine du Cap. [here]

Woman Breaks Down As She Is Publicly Whipped 100 Times – For having pre-marital sex with her boyfriend in Indonesia. [dm]

Coca-Cola Has An Energy Drink Now – Coca-Cola has decided to try its hand at energy drinks, and the early reviews aren’t exactly filling us with hope. [here]

Instagram Influencer Ekaterina Karaglanova’s Ex-Boyfriend Confesses To Murdering Her – More details are being revealed surrounding the death of Instagram influencer Ekaterina Karaglanova. [eol]

Katy Perry And Record Label Hit With $2.7 Million Copyright Judgment – A Christian rapper was awarded $2.7 million on Thursday by a Los Angeles jury that found that Katy Perry’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” contained a musical passage from one of his songs. [mav]

George Michael’s Former Home In California Is Up For Sale For £5million [PICS] – Days after his ex Fadi Fawaz was arrested for ‘trashing’ star’s London mansion. [dm]

The Beauty Of Japan’s Lonely Vending Machines – Vending machines are a mainstay of Japanese culture. There are over 5.5 million in the country — one for every 23 people, the highest ratio in the world. [cnn]

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