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Coronavirus: US Oil Price Plunges Below Zero For First Time In History As Pandemic Hits Demand – The plunge into negative territory saw the bizarre situation where traders were being paid more than $40 to buy a barrel. [skynews]

Richard Branson Offers Private Island As Collateral For Loans To Save His Airlines – Billionaire says Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia desperately need government aid amid coronavirus shutdown. [marketwatch]

Another Big Jump In SA COVID-19 Cases, Four More Deaths Recorded – There were also an additional 142 confirmed cases of the respiratory illness, meaning that the country had officially had 3,300 cases to date. [timeslive]

17 People Arrested After Cops Pelted With Stones During Drug Bust In Manenberg – The Anti-Gang Unit and officials from the City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Unit were part of the operation. [news24]

Trump Says He’ll ‘Suspend Immigration’ Into The US – The announcement stood in contrast to Trump’s recent messages of cautious optimism about the country soon reemerging from weeks of lockdowns designed to contain the virus. [politico]

Coronavirus: 38 Days When Britain Sleepwalked Into Disaster – Boris Johnson skipped five Cobra meetings on the virus, calls to order protective gear were ignored and scientists’ warnings fell on deaf ears. [times]

Who Was Gabriel Wortman, The Denturist Behind The Nova Scotia Mass Shooting? – Investigators are continuing to piece together one of Canada’s deadliest mass killings, and its perpetrator. [nationalpost]

Property Sales Down 40%, And That Was Before Lockdown – No quick recovery as outbreak will ‘amplify already weakening trends’ in SA’s housing market. [moneyweb]

Female World Leaders Hailed As Voices Of Reason Amid Coronavirus Chaos – They have attracted praise for effective messaging and decisive action, in stark contrast to the bombastic approaches of several of the world’s most prominent male leaders. [washpost]

Kim Jong Un Was In Critical Condition After Surgery, U.S. Official Says – One of the officials said the White House was told that Kim underwent surgery last week and took a turn for the worse. [bloomberg]

Science Behind Why Gin And Tonic Taste So Good Together – You already know that a G&T tastes great. What you probably didn’t know is that a battle royale is waging in your glass to make it so. [here]

SA Wine Producers Lose R200m A Week From Export Ban – Wine producers are confused, angry and despairing about what to try next to ensure job security of a vital yet increasingly shaky agricultural sector. [dailymaverick]

Peter Beard, Wildlife Photographer On The Wild Side, Dies At 82 – Called “the last of the adventurers,” Mr. Beard photographed African fauna at great personal risk, and well into old age could party till dawn. [nytimes]

World Rugby To Investigate Fiji Chairman Over Homophobia Allegations – The allegations against Francis Kean, who was convicted of manslaughter in 2007, are being taken “extremely seriously” by World Rugby, the sport’s governing body. [bbc]

Djokovic Against Compulsory Coronavirus Vaccination – The Serbian star was speaking from Spain, where he is in lockdown with his family, in a video conference held on his Facebook for Orthodox Easter. [mg]

Prince Harry Pleaded With Thomas Markle Not To Talk To Press In Lead Up To Wedding – Prince Harry pleaded with his soon-to-be father-in-law Thomas Markle to stop speaking to the press shortly before he and Meghan married in 2018, texts reveal. [cnn]

Liam Payne Hints At One Direction Reunion, Suggests Zayn Malik Won’t Take Part – During an Instagram Live stream on Monday afternoon, Niall Horan invited Liam Payne for a quick chat. [globalnews]

Why Alicia Silverstone ‘Stopped Loving Acting’ After Playing Batgirl – Silverstone recently recalled “Batman & Robin’s” “less than favorable” production—and the body shaming she endured amid its release: “I stopped loving acting for a very long time.” [dailybeast]

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