Payments Giants Abandon Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency – Mastercard, Visa, eBay and payments firm Stripe have pulled out of Facebook’s embattled cryptocurrency project, Libra. [bbc] Yoh! Zuck must be haaating it!

Former Boks Coach’s Niece Resigns Over Alleged Sexual Affair With Bishops Boy – The teacher who resigned amid allegations of a sexual relationship with a pupil at the Bishops Diocesan College in Rondebosch is the niece of former Springbok player and coach Nick Mallett, Sunday Times reported. [n24]

Bishops Sex Scandal – Surreal Moment Boy Had To Walk Past Teacher’s Father At Prize-Giving – Over the weekend, news broke publicly of a sex scandal at Bishops involving a teacher, who has now resigned and left the school, and a matric pupil. [here]

Video Footage Of An Orgy Aboard A Yacht Involving Hungary PM Viktor Orban’s Political Ally – Threatens to loosen long-serving leader’s grip on power. [dm]

Video Of Fake Trump Shooting Members Of Media Shown At His Miami Resort – A fake video of President Trump shooting, stabbing and brutally assaulting media personalities and political opponents was played at a conference for his supporters at his Miami resort last week. [hill]

Typhoon Hagibis: Japan Suffers Deadly Floods And Landslides From Storm – At least nine people are reported dead as Japan recovers from its biggest storm in decades. [bbc]

SARS Has Some New Rules When It Comes To Trusts And Taxes – SARS has introduced a number of new complicated measures to ensure that trusts function correctly in terms of tax compliance. [here]

Steven Spielberg Battles White Supremacy In The Age Of Trump – The legendary filmmaker—along with Alex Gibney—serves as executive producer of “Why We Hate,” a new six-part docuseries examining the causes (and possible solutions) to bigotry. [beast]

Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo To Sue The Regulator, While The Pot Gets Hotter – South Africa’s financial regulator poked a bear last week when it raided the offices of Sekunjalo Investment Holdings and its subsidiary African Equity Empowerment Investments (AEEI). Perhaps the bear has something to fear. [dailymav]

Hillbrow Drug Dealers Nabbed With R1.5m Worth Of Khat, Cocaine – The Hawks have arrested four alleged drug dealers and confiscated R1.5m worth of illicit substances on Friday. [n24] I can’t believe it. In Hillbrow, you say?

First Englishman Declared A Saint Since 1600 – John Newman is the first Englishman born since the 1600s to be canonised and the first British person to be made a saint in 43 years. [sky] Congrats!

Elton John Claims Michael Jackson Was ‘Mentally Ill’ In New Book – Elton John says Michael Jackson came off as “genuinely mentally ill” late in life — which left the Rocket Man himself believing the King of Pop had gone off the deep end. [tmz]

Hollywood’s Biggest ‘Gangsters’ Robert De Niro, 76, Al Pacino, 70 And Harvey Keitel, 80 – Enjoy dinner together at famous London fish restaurant Scott’s. [dm] Can you imagine the scene?!

Restaurant Stripped Of Its Three Michelin Stars Calls It ‘A Shame’ – It was perhaps the biggest shock of this year’s annual Michelin star ratings. The Araki, a sushi restaurant in London’s Mayfair, had been stripped of all three of its Michelin stars. [cnn]

Pictured: Pregnant Rebekah Vardy Is Seen In Floods Of Tears – As she returns to UK amid bitter feud with Coleen Rooney – while Jamie unfollows Wayne on social media as the WAGs’ husbands join row. [dm]

‘Joker’ Tops Box Office Again, Beats ‘Addams Family’ – The R-rated comic book villain origin story had a phenomenal second weekend at the box office, topping the charts once more over newcomers such as the animated “The Addams Family” and the Will Smith action pic “Gemini Man.” [ap]

The British Girl Who Went To Meet Her Death Row Pen Pal – Twenty-one-year-old Lorna Fitzpatrick has been writing to her American penfriend since she was 11. There’s nothing particularly unusual in that – except he’s a convicted murderer awaiting execution in Louisiana. [bbc]

Ashley Graham Shows Off Her Growing Baby Bump And Stretch Marks In Nude Selfie – Since announcing the news in August, the supermodel, 31, has been documenting her pregnancy on social media for her fans, often posting photos of her growing baby bump. [people] Oh my God she looks incredible!

How to Have Ethical Sex With Strangers on Vacation – People vacationing specifically to bone are younger and queerer than ever before—and they’re changing what it means to ethically travel while horny. [vice]

Jane Fonda Arrested While Protesting Climate Change at Capitol Building – Police arrested Jane Fonda today on the steps of the United States Capitol, where she, along with dozens of other activists, protested climate change. [harpers] Jane – giving it a full rev.

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