The World Health Organization Just Declared The Coronavirus Outbreak A Global Health Emergency – Doctors and public-health experts at the World Health Organization in Geneva on Thursday declared the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak a “public-health emergency of international concern.” [busins]

Claim Of Trump’s Near-Absolute Power Riles Impeachment Trial – A claim by one of Donald Trump’s lawyers that the head of state has virtually unchallengeable power inflamed his impeachment trial as Democratic prosecutors prepared on Thursday for a last bid to breach Republican loyalty to the president. [n24]

Australia Fires: State Of Emergency Declared For Canberra Region – Authorities in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) have declared a state of emergency as massive bushfires rage south of Canberra. [bbc]

Brexit: PM To Address Nation As The UK Prepares To Leave The EU At 11pm Tonight – Boris Johnson is going to hold a cabinet meeting in Sunderland and release an “address to the nation” at 10pm. [sky]

How Schools Have A Massive Impact On Jozi And Cape Town Property Value – While the middle-high-end property market suffered last year, it remained on track and better than ever in school districts with excellent schools. [here]

A Newly Built Chunk Of Trump’s New Border Wall Blew Over In The Wind And Landed In Mexico – A portion of President Donald Trump’s border wall blew over in the wind and fell into Mexico, according to the NBC News affiliate KYMA. [cnn]

Meghan Markle Is ‘Actively Looking’ For A Manager Or Agent After Royal Exit – Is Meghan Markle ready for her close-up? The retired actress has indicated that she is considering a return to the Hollywood spotlight after stepping down from the British royal family with Prince Harry. [usm]

Discovery Investigates More Black Health Professionals Than White Ones – But Blames Tip-Offs – Discovery Medical Scheme has denied racial bias in its fraud, wasteful care and billing abuse (FWA) investigations after it emerged that it investigates more black health professionals than white ones. [busins]

Google Earth On Mobile Just Got Cosmically Cooler – You’re going to want to waste a few minutes playing with the new Google Earth mobile app. [mash]

Load Shedding Set To Resume At 9am – Eskom says it will resume load shedding at 9am on Friday “until further notice”. [f24]

Piers Morgan Brands Meghan Markle A ‘Mini Royal Kardashian’ – Who pushes ‘wet drip’ Prince Harry around and tells of fear ‘ego-mad’ pair will bring down monarchy in new Fox documentary. [dm]

LeBron James Jr.’s Incredible Dunk Highlights Kobe Bryant Tribute Game – The moment brought his dad to his feet on a night Bronny James and high school teammates honored the late Lakers legend. [huff]

‘Intelligent Drones’: Albatross Fitted With Radar Detectors To Spot Illegal Fishing – Scientists design lightweight device to identify suspicious ships and send location back to authorities. [guardian]

Capetonians Spend Nearly A Full Week Every Year Sitting In Traffic – We all know that any time spent staring at the backside of the car in front of you is time wasted, but those Capetonians who are forced to commute for work are really racking up the hours. [here]

Giant Crocodile Sighting Closes Australia Beach In Queensland – The three metre long croc was spotted at Four Mile Beach in Queensland, Australia. [sky]

Tamara Ecclestone Burglary – Two men arrested over £50m jewellery raid at west London Home. [evestan]

Bill Gates’ Daughter Jennifer Is Engaged! See Her Massive Diamond Ring – Congratulations are in order for Bill Gates’ daughter Jennifer Gates and her brand new fiancé Nayel Nassar. [eol]

Madonna Bans Phones At Her Concert As She Resumes Madame X Tour – The 61-year-old pop superstar returns to the stage at the London Palladium wearing knee supports during a two-and-a-half hour gig. [sky]

Mel Gibson And Danny Glover To Reprise Roles In ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ – They reprised the roles for three more films between 1989 and 1998. [ch24] Great news for die hard Lethal Weapon

The Life And Career Rise Of Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, One Of The Youngest Billionaires In The World – Life is good for Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel. [busins]

The Fisting Emoji Has Arrived – The Unicode Consortium has approved a bunch of new emojis, one of which is named “pinched fingers.” Sure. [vice]

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