Britain Freezes Assets Of Roman Abramovich, Creating Crisis At Chelsea – The Premier League club will be allowed to continue operating, but it cannot sell tickets or merchandise and is blocked from buying or selling players. [nyt]

Ukraine War: Russian Soldiers Edge Closer To Kyiv – As Satellite Images Show Large Convoy ‘Has Dispersed’ – After days of being stalled, Russia’s military could be as close as nine miles (15km) from the city centre – and the US estimates that Russia has fired more than 775 missiles since the beginning of the invasion. [sky]

US Ambassador To UN Says Russia’s Actions In Ukraine ‘Constitute War Crimes’ – US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Thursday that actions committed by Russia against the Ukrainian people constitute war crimes, marking the first time a senior US official has directly accused Moscow of war crimes since last month’s attack on Ukraine began. [cnn]

Twitter Removes Russian Embassy Tweet On Mariupol Bombing – Post by embassy in London had claimed images of women injured in hospital bombing were faked. [guardian]

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Unwinding Russia Businesses – Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N)and JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) on Thursday announced they were unwinding their Russian businesses, becoming the first major U.S. banks to exit following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and putting pressure on rivals to follow. [reuters]

Online Sleuths Are Using Face Recognition To ID Russian Soldiers – It takes five minutes to put a name to a soldier’s face using little more than a screenshot, but there’s a catch. [wired]

The Problem With Prince William’s ‘Racist’ Comments? They’re Fake News – He Didn’t Say Them At All – Duke of Cambridge’s remarks were misheard by a reporter, then jumped upon by a royal biographer, before taking on a life of their own online. [tele]

Inside Truth Social: Hands On With Trump’s Social Media Platform – It looks a lot like Twitter but without much going on. [mash]

Checkers’ Sixty60 App Follows Up ‘Tinder Swindler’ Basket With A Load Shedding One – The clever marketers running the supermarket chain Checker’s Sixty60 online delivery service are at it again. [busins]

Ster Kinekor Buyout Plan Approved – The plan will see investors Blantyre Capital and Greenpoint Capital take over 100% of the company’s shares for a R250 million senior secured debt facility. [btech]

What Makes Cyril Ramaphosa’s Ankole Cows So Expensive? Here’s Why – The sale of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Ankole cows for R2.1m has had many doing a double take and questioning the price tag. [tlive]

A Sunday In The Winelands Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This – Forget about any Sunday blues, head to the Cape Winelands, and finish your weekend off right. [here]

12 Pristine Ferraris Spanning 40 Years Of Production Are Heading To Auction – The rarities will be sold through Bring a Trailer over the coming weeks. [rr]

Retro Music Boom Pushes Vinyl Record Sales Over $1 Billion For The First Time In 35 Years – Vinyl records continue to have their moment. [fortune]

“Infamy Is Kind Of Fun”: Grimes on Music, Mars, And Her Secret New Baby With Elon Musk – The visionary pop star holds nothing back, talking with Vanity Fair about everything under the sun, including her thrilling upcoming album, Book 1. [vanfair]

Scott Disick’s Latest Squeeze – Holly Scarfone wows in itty bitty bikini as she frolics on the beaches of Miami. [dm]

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