‘Friends’ Cast To Reunite For Exclusive HBO Max Special – It’s happening: The “Friends” cast is reuniting for an exclusive untitled unscripted special on HBO Max. [variety]

US President’s New Personnel Head Tells Agencies To Look Out For Disloyal Staffers – President Donald Trump’s new personnel chief told agency officials at a meeting on Thursday to expect staffing changes and movements across the government. [cnn]

Judge Won’t Bow Out Of Roger Stone Case – The federal judge who sentenced President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone to more than three years in prison last week has decisively rejected a defense request that she drop off the case before ruling on a pending new trial motion challenging the conduct of a juror at his trial. [pol]

Twitter Is Suspending 70 Pro-Bloomberg Accounts, Citing ‘Platform Manipulation’ – Michael R. Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has been experimenting with novel tactics to cultivate an online following, or at least the appearance of one. [lat]

Giorgio Armani Criticised For Accusing Fashion Industry Of ‘Raping’ Women – The 85-year-old Italian designer repeatedly used the term “rape” to describe how women in the fashion industry are treated. [sky]

Coronavirus: Venice Carnival Closes As Italy Imposes Lockdown – Italian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what is now the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe. [bbc]

Biden Adds A Claim To His Biography: An Arrest In South Africa – Joe Biden has recounted a story — three times in two weeks — about being arrested on his way to see Nelson Mandela. He did not mention it in his memoir or speak prominently of it before. [nyt]

Ryanair Boss Michael O’Leary Wants Extra Checks On Muslim Men – Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair, has said that Muslim men should be profiled at airports because “that is where the threat is coming from”. [times]

Harvey Weinstein Jury Indicate Split On Most Serious Charges – Deliberations end for the week without verdict in the case against fallen movie mogul. [ft]

Spike In Cash-In-Transit Attacks As ‘Cat-And-Mouse’ Game Between Cops, Robbers Intensifies – A massive spike in cash-in-transit robberies since the beginning of 2020 shows that the cat-and-mouse game between the police and robbers is picking up again. [n24]

Google To New Huawei Owners: Use Our Apps At Your Own Risk – Huawei device owners who want to use Google services like the Play store and Gmail are basically out of luck. [mash]

Lesotho PM, Due In Court Over First Wife’s Death, Travels To S.Africa – Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane failed to appear in court on Friday in connection with the killing of his first wife, and his son said he had travelled to South Africa to see a doctor – but had not “fled the country”. [dmav]

UK Blue Passports To Be Issued From Next Month – And It’s Not Just The Colour That’s Changing – Home Secretary Priti Patel says the British passport will “once again be entwined with our national identity”. [sky]

Tyson Fury Destroys Deontay Wilder In Heavyweight Title Rematch – Fury took total control in the third where he landed a right hand to Wilder’s left ear to drop him to the canvas. [alja]

‘Mad’ Mike Hughes Dies After Crash-Landing Homemade Rocket – A US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert. [bbc]

Everything You Need To Know About Cape Town Pride Parade 2020 [Video] – It’s almost here, hunty! So sequin that dress, snatch that lewk, and unpack that rainbow Pride flag because Cape Town is about to get turnt out. [here]

Surfer Fights Off Great White Shark By Punching It And Telling It To ‘F**k Off’ – A surfer has survived being attacked by a great white shark in New Zealand by punching it. [ind]

South Africa Now Has The World’s Largest Electric Vehicle, A Massive Mining Truck – Anglo American, ENGIE, and Williams Advanced Engineering are working together to create the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mining truck capable of performing just as well, if not better, than its diesel-powered counterparts. [busins]

Naomi Campbell Bares All In A Vivienne Westwood Campaign, A First In Her 33-Year Modelling Career – Vivienne Westwood tapped supermodel Naomi Campbell for its Spring-Summer 2020 campaign lensed by Juergen Teller. In the campaign, Naomi is joined by Vivienne Westwood herself as well as designer Andreas Kronthaler. [w24]

African Experience In Australia? – This weird zoo stay will make you Glad We Have Kruger. [n24]

Irina Shayk Displays Her Washboard Abs And Bronzed Tan – In sizzling photoshoot for lingerie brand Intimissimi. [dm]

Former Royal Protection Officer Says ‘Rude’ Prince May Have Stayed At Buckingham Palace And NOT His Sunninghill Home – As he claimed on night he is accused of sex with Epstein victim Virginia Roberts. [dm]

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