Royal Welcome For Trump – Donald and Melania Trump meet the Queen and Kate Middleton as Buckingham Palace hosts spectacular reception for Nato summit. [dm]

Trump Blasts Macron Over ‘Brain Dead’ Nato Remarks – US president calls French leader’s comments ‘nasty’ and says Paris could leave alliance. [guardian]

Photos Contradict Trump’s Claim Not To Know Prince Andrew – US president’s statement easily disproved as prince faces pressure to give evidence in US. [guardian]

Trump Says G-7 Summit Will Be Held At Camp David, After Backtracking On Holding It At His Doral Resort – Next year’s G-7 summit will be held at Camp David in Maryland, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, more than a month after he backed off his initial plan to host the gathering of world leaders at his own Miami golf resort. [cnbc]

Google Founders Sergey Brin And Larry Page Step Down From Top Roles – Ending an era at the Internet’s biggest search company, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are leaving their leadership roles and CEO Sundar Pichai will become chief executive of both Google and its parent company, Alphabet. [npr]

Elon Musk Goes On Trial In U.S. For Defamation Over ‘Pedo Guy’ Tweet – Tesla boss Elon Musk is set to go on trial on Tuesday after he described a British cave explorer who helped rescue a group of boys from a cave complex in Thailand as a pedophile on Twitter. [reuters]

Pick N Pay At It Again With Their ‘Gintrification’ Herbs And Berries – Remember the uproar when Pick n Pay sold their infamous ‘citrus for gin’ bag earlier this year? Let’s throw some berries and herbs into the mix. [here]

Dictionary.com Picks “Existential” As Word Of The Year – Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel “existential” to Dictionary.com’s word of the year. [hollyrep]

PICS | Bosasa For Sale: The End Of An Alleged Corrupt Era As ‘Auction Of The Decade’ Gets Under Way – Twenty-three years after Gavin Watson started to build his Bosasa empire, it all comes to an end this week. [n24]

Christo Wiese To Score Big From A ‘Bet’ On Shoprite Shares – After a long losing streak, Shoprite chair Christo Wiese finally struck it lucky in a complex deal. [busins]

Apple Unveils The Most Popular iPhone Apps Of 2019 – Brace yourselves. The “best of” everything end-of-year lists are here. [mash]

British Lesbian Couple First To Carry Baby In Both Their Wombs – A British lesbian couple have become the first parents to have a baby carried in both of their wombs in a landmark “shared motherhood” procedure. [tele]

Nepal’s Animal Sacrifice Festival Goes Ahead Despite ‘Ban’ – Less than five years ago, animal charities heralded the end of animal sacrifice at a religious festival dubbed “the world’s bloodiest”. [bbc]

South Africa Has One Of The Highest Spam Rates In The World – Here’s how many calls we’re getting every month. [btech]

Committee Urges Gender Commission To Look At Bishops Teacher’s Sexual Misconduct Findings – The portfolio committee on women, youth and persons with disabilities has urged the Commission of Gender Equality to monitor the findings made against a teacher at Bishops Diocesan School in Cape Town who was found to have engaged in sexual misconduct with at least five pupils. [n24]

Lionel Messi Crowned 2019 Ballon d’Or Winner – Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk was second, ahead of Juve’s Cristiano Ronaldo and fellow Reds forward Sadio Mane. [sky]

The Most Visited Cities In The World 2019 – Hong Kong has been beset by political unrest and protests in 2019, but that hasn’t stopped it from being named the most visited destination in the world this year. [cnn]

Why The Price Of Coffee Has Risen So Dramatically – Trouble is brewing in some of the world’s largest coffee-producing regions, and it has seriously impacted the price of beans. [here]

First Black Widow Trailer Finally Puts Scarlett Johansson’s Marvel Hero In The Spotlight – The Avengers’ main storyline may have come to an end in Avengers: Endgame this past April, but the first trailer for Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow is a reminder that Marvel Studios isn’t done with its original crew. [verge]

Five Supplements To Help You Deal With That December Stress – The end of the year is stressful, and the holidays can be pretty anxiety inducing as well, which is why it might be time to bring in some natural reinforcements. [here]

Researchers Try To Craft the Perfect Boob Using Eye-Tracking Technology – Researchers are using eye-tracking technology to see what people look at when they evaluate boobs in an attempt to create a “universal scale” for breast aesthetics and symmetry. [vice]

Bella Hadid Showcases Her Phenomenal Physique (She’s 23) – In a tiny rainbow bikini as she soaks up the sun and snacks on fries during a girls’ trip to Miami. [dm]

James Corden Reveals What It Was Really Like Working With Kanye West On ‘Airpool Karaoke’ – If you ever make plans with Kanye West, you’d better be prepared for him to cancel on you. A lot. [mash]

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