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Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking – The British socialite, 60, was convicted in December for recruiting and grooming four girls to have sexual encounters with Epstein, then her boyfriend, between 1994 and 2004. [news24]

Enyobeni Tavern Of Death Owner Charged With Selling Liquor To The Underaged – The Eastern Cape Liquor Board opened a case on Tuesday against the owner of East London’s Enyobeni tavern. Residents held a night vigil 50m from the nightspot. [dailymav]

Jan 6 Hearings: Ex-Aide Paints Devastating Picture Of Trump – Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, has painted a devastating picture, including an allegation, which Trump denies, that he tried to grab the steering wheel of the car he was travelling in and wrestled with a Secret Service officer. [bbc]

‘This Is A Bombshell’: Trump Aides Left Speechless By Hutchinson Testimony – Trump attempted to cast Hutchinson’s testimony on Tuesday as revenge, claiming she was “very upset and angry that I didn’t want her” at his Palm Beach residence. [cnn]

Second Case Of Monkeypox Confirmed In Cape Town, Patient Has No Travel History – Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla confirmed the diagnosis on Monday and said that there a high possibility of local transmission. [iol]

Putin’s Nuke-Happy Space Man Is Going Totally Off the Rails – Russian space chief and hardcore Putin loyalist Dmitry Rogozin’s nuclear threats are getting more unhinged by the day. [dbeast]

The Party’s Over At Airbnb – “Historically, we allowed Hosts to use their best judgment and authorize parties when appropriate for their home and neighborhood,” Airbnb said in a recent blog post. But the party is now over as parties are, officially and forever, banned at all Airbnbs. [vice]

Bored Apes Creator Sues Conceptual Artist For Copying Its NFTs – The company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club has sued conceptual artist Ryder Ripps for selling duplicates of its Bored Ape non-fungible tokens or NFTs. [verge]

FBI Says People Are Using Deepfakes to Apply To Remote Jobs – Imposters were reported using stolen identities, fake video, and doctored voices to access sensitive company data, according to the feds. [gizmodo]

The Truth About Flying In South Africa Right Now: Airlink CEO – Airlink chief executive Rodger Foster argues that there was likely already too much capacity for domestic travel in the current economic environment. [bustech]

LOOK: A Rare Find, Two-Headed Snake Rescued In Ndwedwe – Snake rescuer Nick Evans thought he had seen it all until he received a call about a two-headed Southern Brown Egg-eater found in Ndwedwe by a local man. [iol]

Five Tips To Help You Wake Up With Glowing Skin – Putting the ‘beauty’ in your beauty sleep is not quite as simple as hitting the hay and getting enough shut-eye for the night. [here]

Boris Johnson Claims Putin Would Not Have Invaded Ukraine If He Was A Woman – Johnson believes that the war is a “perfect example of toxic masculinity”. [guardian]

Lewis Hamilton Racially Abused By Nelson Piquet As Shocking Video Footage Emerges – Piquet suggested that Hamilton pushed Verstappen off the track on purpose and twice used the term ‘neguinho’ to refer to the Mercedes driver. [express]

How Maroon 5 Became The Most Annoying Band In Rock – Twenty years since their debut, we still can’t escape Maroon 5’s insufferably ubiquitous pop and punchable, egomaniacal frontman Adam Levine. [tele]

Singer R. Kelly Faces Sentencing Over Sex Crimes Case – Prosecutors have urged the court to put the I Believe I Can Fly artist behind bars for at least 25 years, saying he still “poses a serious danger to the public.” [ewn]

Travis Barker Has Been Rushed To Hospital In Los Angeles, According To Reports – The Blink-182 drummer was seen on a stretcher with his wife, Kourtney Kardashian, accompanying him. [sky]

‘I’m A Sexual Person’: Dakota Johnson Says Fifty Shades Of Grey Films Were NOT Raunchy Enough – She said she suffered from author E.L James’ ‘all day, every day’ involvement on ‘psychotic’ set. [dmail]

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