Officers Bound, Weapons Stolen In ‘Raid’ On Police Station – A manhunt is under way after armed robbers attacked the Windsorton police station in the Northern Cape on Wednesday night, tying up the only two officers at the station before raiding the safe for firearms. [tlive]

Knife Attack At Paris Police Headquarters Leaves 4 Dead – A veteran police employee in France slipped a knife through security at the heavily guarded Police Headquarters in the heart of Paris on Thursday, killing four of his colleagues before being shot dead in the building’s vast courtyard. [nyt]

De Beers Diamond Sales Fall 39% In A Year – The latest sales data from De Beers reinforces why this is one of the worst years for the diamond industry in a long time. [bloom]

Trump Urges China To Investigate Bidens – US President Donald Trump, already facing an impeachment inquiry after urging Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, has now urged China to do likewise. [bbc]

Nickelback Brings A Swift End To Trump ‘Photograph’ Tweet – Less than 12 hours after Trump used the Nickelback Photograph meme in an apparent attempt to deflect attention from the rapidly developing impeachment proceedings against him, Twitter has removed the video from its platform. [verge]

FBI Using Facebook Ads To Target Russians In Washington – The FBI is running ads on Facebook in the Washington DC area seemingly designed to target and recruit Russian spies as well as those who know about their work. [cnn]

EU’s Top Court Backs Global Removal Of Illegal Content On Facebook – Europe’s top court has ruled that individual countries can force Facebook to take down illegal content, including hate speech, both inside the EU and across the world. [ft]

Snap Shares Plunge After Facebook’s Latest Clone Attempt – Snap shares fell as much as 7% on Thursday after Facebook announced the launch of Threads, a new messaging app for Instagram users. [cnbc]

Springboks v Italy Match To Be Broadcast In Space – The Rugby World Cup will have its first extra-terrestrial broadcast when South Africa’s game against Italy is beamed to the International Space Station – 408 kilometres (253 miles) above Japan, organisers said on Thursday. [s24]

Top Seven Places To Stay In De Waterkant – We’re nearing that time of the year when tourists descend upon the Mother City, so here are our top places to stay in De Waterkant. [here]

Gaining My Religion: Kanye, Dylan And The Pop Stars Who Find God – Kanye West has reportedly said he will only be recording gospel from now on – following a trail blazed with mixed results by Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens and Reverend Run. [guardian]

WATCH | Have You ‘Herd’ About The Gift Ramaphosa Gave The Royals? – Great minds think alike, and great gift givers do too. [tlive]

Gandhi’s Ashes Stolen And Photo Vandalised After 150th Birthday Celebrations, Reports Say – Hindi words for ‘anti-national’ scrawled across poster, according to local media. [ind]

Zuckerberg: No One Deserves To Be A Billionaire, But It’s Useful – Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, the fifth-richest person in the world, was asked by an employee to respond to an assertion by U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders that billionaires shouldn’t exist. [bloom]

Sri Lanka Drug Deaths: Rugby Players ‘Unaware It Was Heroin’ – Two rugby players who died after taking drugs in Sri Lanka would not have known what they were taking, an inquest has been told. [bbc] That’s the thing about drugs. They don’t come with guarantees. 

Stephen Colbert Knows Why Trump Keeps Admitting His Crimes In Public – The “Late Show” host has a theory about why Trump is now committing his impeachable offenses “out loud.” [beast]

Kitty Hawk Says Its Third Electric Aircraft Has A 100-Mile Range – Heaviside is the Larry Page-backed startup’s newest model. [verge]

#AllIsFineWithMe: Russian women fight strict beauty standards with body-positivity – In a new wave of Russian feminism, thousands of women are posting selfies on social media showing their pimples, cellulite and hair loss to challenge beauty stereotypes that women’s rights activists say fuel low self-esteem and eating disorders. [guardian]

Drink These Three Wines And You’ll Be A Better Person – What if I told you that you could drink excellent wine and make a difference while you’re at it? Well, you can, and you should. [here]

Executive Sued By Robert De Niro Claims Sex Bias In Counter Suit – Hollywood star’s former employee Graham Chase Robinson alleges discrimination and harassment against actor. [guardian]

Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw And Universal Forge New Exclusive Five-Year Film Deal – The Oscar-winning creative behind Monkeypaw Productions has signed an exclusive new production pact with Universal Pictures, an increasingly rare deal that will see all of his movies released at the studio for the next five years. [variety]

Kylie Jenner Breaks Silence On ‘Dramatic’ Travis Scott, Tyga Rumors – The beauty mogul seemingly confirmed that she’s indeed single once again. [huff]

Theater Chain Warns Parents To Keep Kids Away From ‘Joker’ – If this wasn’t already abundantly clear: Joker is NOT a kids’ movie. [mash]

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