Elon Musk Says $8 Monthly Fee For Twitter Blue Tick – Mr Musk, the world’s richest person, added that paid users would have priority in replies and searches, and half as many advertisements. [bbc]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Signals Cooperation With Transfer Of Power, But Does Not Concede Election Defeat – He did not congratulate Lula da Silva, who won with 50.9% of the vote, while Bolsonaro gained 49.1%. [cnn]

Naspers Denies Talks To Sell Tencent Stake To Chinese State Group, But Shares Leap – By mid-morning, shares of Naspers were up almost 11% to R2 103 and Prosus was almost 9% higher at R865, after gaining more than 13% earlier in the session. [fin24]

Suspect In Pelosi Attack Was On ‘Suicide Mission’: Court Filings – Dprosecutors said DePape told police he was sick of “lies coming out of Washington” and had “named several targets, including a local professor, several prominent state and federal politicians” as well as their relatives. [ewn]

Bathers Warned To Avoid Otters After ‘Playful Encounter’ In Kalk Bay Surf – The warning was issued after images were shared on social media of the otter nuzzling bathers and lying in their arms, provoking outrage from some quarters. [timeslive]

Amanda Knox Media Circus Hits Peak Weird On 15th Anniversary Of Murder – Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and Rudy Guede were all at one time held guilty for the murder of a British student in Perugia, Italy. [dbeast]

Sydney’s Taronga Zoo Put Into Lockdown After Five Lions Escape Enclosure – Code one issued at 6.30am and cub tranquillised before lions returned to their enclosure. [guardian]

Want The Hummer EV? You’ll Have To Wait Years To Get Your Hands On One – The brand currently has 90,000 reservations for its coveted battery-powered behemoth. [robbrep]

College Professor Out After Viral Video Shows Him Screaming In Student’s Face – The Tennessee State University professor yelled at a student that they had failed the course and screamed, “get out” of his classroom. [huffpost]

Cops And Mobsters — The Many Murky Claims Of Western Cape Police Officers Cosying Up To Gangsters – There have been suspicions over the years that police in SA’s gangsterism capital, the Western Cape, are colluding with gangs. [dailymav]

Turning Over A New Leaf? Elton Jantjies’s Wife Iva Ristic Jets Off To Cyprus With Their Kids Amid Marriage Drama – Whether Ristic plans on relocating to the European island remains to be seen. Maybe she plans on going back to her Greek roots. [iol]

Mega ‘Beach’ Development In Joburg – Here’s How Much It Costs To Live There – Progress is steadily being made to one of Balwin’s most significant property projects, Munyaka, in Waterfall City. [bustech]

Mercedes Drop Daniel Ricciardo Hint As Lewis Hamilton’s Back-Up Joins New Team For 2023 – Mercedes have been heavily rumoured to be targeting Daniel Ricciardo to be Lewis Hamilton and George Russell’s reserve next season. [express]

Here Come The Excellent FIFA World Cup Ads  – This effort, combining sports, fashion, music, and youth culture, challenges everyone to embody the sentiment of fearlessness on and off the pitch. [here]

Scientists Used Genetic Engineering To Change How High Cocaine Got Mice In Study – Genetically-engineered gut bacteria and other treatments mediated how cocaine-injected mice responded to the drug. [vice]

This Is Britain’s Word Of The Year – Other phrases on the list was ‘warm bank’, a place such as a library or place of worship where cash-strapped Britons struggling to pay soaring energy bills can go to find heating. [citizen]

Nicola Peltz Beckham Denies Claims Of A ‘Feud’ With Victoria Beckham Over Wedding Dress – Says she loved the idea of “wearing Victoria’s wedding dress”, but the fashion designer’s atelier “couldn’t make it in time”. [sky]

Hailey Bieber Ushers In The Holiday Season – She showcases her trim abs and toned legs wrapped up in a sexy green teddy for Victoria’s Secret. [dmail]

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