DA IN CRISIS | Maimane Set To Be Axed As Parliamentary Leader After Slamming The Party – The DA, which is the country’s biggest opposition party, is facing its biggest crisis yet after Mmusi Maimane resigned as leader on Wednesday, declaring that the party he has led for four years “is not the vehicle best suited to take forward the vision of building one South Africa”. [news24]

U.K. Police Launch Murder Probe After 39 Bodies Found In Truck – The bodies of 39 people have been found in a truck in Essex, southeast England. The dead included 38 adults and one teenager, who were discovered in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the Essex Police said in a statement. [cbs]

Republicans Storm Secure Room, Delay In Questioning Of Top Defense Official On Ukraine Aid – About two dozen House Republicans delayed a deposition in the ongoing impeachment inquiry on Wednesday, storming the secure hearing room and demanding to take part. [abc]

Dramatic Deposition Rocks Trump’s Impeachment Defense – Democrats may have just unearthed their smoking gun and the quid pro quo in one fell swoop after the most consequential and dramatic turn yet in their impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump. [cnn]

Kim Jong-Un Orders ‘Shabby’ South Korean Hotels In Resort Town Destroyed – The North Korean leader has been pushing the South to restart a joint tourism project that once made money for his regime. [nyt]

WeWork Boss To Walk Away With $1.7bn After SoftBank Rescue Deal – Payout comes as US office-sharing firm weighs up sacking 2,000 people as biggest investor SoftBank takes control. [guardian]

Congress Isn’t Buying Mark Zuckerberg’s Pitch For Libra – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat before dozens of members of Congress on Wednesday, charged with the goal of convincing them that the company’s foray into cryptocurrency is a good idea. [verge]

Princes Harry And William: ‘An Irreparably Changed Relationship’ – As the dust settles on the most revealing royal interviews since Princess Diana spoke to the BBC in 1995, this is still the reality that Harry and Meghan, and the rest of the Royal Family, have to live with. [bbc]

Snapchat Is Still Growing Where It Matters Most – What a difference a year makes. This time last year, Snap had just reported its second straight quarter of negative user growth fueled by a buggy Android app and an unpopular redesign. [mash]

Looking For A ‘Plan B’? Three Countries SA Entrepreneurs Can Invest In – The green mamba isn’t the world’s most powerful passport, and it never hurts to have a so-called ‘Plan B’, in terms of alternative citizenship. Here’s something for the entrepreneurs. [here]

Thai King Fires Officials For ‘Extremely Evil’ Conduct – Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn has fired six officials for “extremely evil” conduct, just days after removing his royal consort for “misbehaviour and disloyalty against the monarch”. [bbc]

Prince Charles And The International Royal Squad Go All Out for Emperor Naruhito’s Enthronment – The Prince of Wales, Queen Maxime of the Netherlands, and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark were only a few of the European royals who gathered to watch the mostly silent ceremony. [vanfair]

Tesla Ekes Out A Profit As All Eyes Turn To Its China Gigafactory – A record number of cars shipped in the third quarter of 2019 were enough to help Tesla turn a modest profit, according to financial figures released by the Silicon Valley automaker on Wednesday. [verge]

Gloomy Weather Really Does Make Arthritis More Painful, Study Suggests – Hippocrates, writing in ‘On Airs, Waters, and Places’, claimed those who wish to understand medicine need only look at the changing seasons of the year and study the prevailing winds. [tele]

Google Claims It Has Achieved ‘Quantum Supremacy’ – But IBM Disagrees – Task that would take most powerful supercomputer 10,000 years ‘completed by quantum machine in minutes’ [guardian] Get a room, nerds.

Hiker Who Broke Back In Three Places Saved By Watch – James Prudenciano reckons he’d probably be dead if he hadn’t invested in a life-saving piece of technology. [here]

Liam Gallagher: Me And Noel Need To Make Up ‘For Mum’s Sake’ – Could Oasis fans be closer to a reunion? Liam has said he wants to “go for a beer” and work out his differences with brother Noel. [sky]

Inside Michael Douglas’ Tear-Filled Reconciliation With His Troubled Son Cameron – The ABC special “The Douglas Dynasty” featured many heartbreaking moments between the Oscar-winning actor and his demons-battling son. [beast]

Prince Charles ‘Is Furious At Uproar Over His Sons’ Feuds – And the fact it is casting a shadow over his own work’ say royal sources. [dm]

A Norwegian Influencer Warned Against Cheap Cosmetic Butt Procedures – And said she will get her enlarged butt looking ‘natural’ again. [insider]

This Video Of A Tree Burning From The Inside Is Weirdly Relatable – If you ever thought that biblical burning bush story sounded a bit far fetched, you’re going to want to see this video. [mash]

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