Inside Mexico’s Ultra-Violent Gulf Cartel, Linked To Kidnapping Of Americans – The Gulf Cartel, which has controlled the area since the 1930s, is suspected of being involved in the deadly incident. [nypost]

Striking KZN Nurses Attack Ambulance, Try To Pull Out Critical Child Outside Hospital – An ambulance and crew transporting a critical child were allegedly attacked by striking nurses at a KwaZulu-Natal hospital on Wednesday morning. [iol]

Oldest Person In The World Dies At 128 In South Africa – A woman believed to be the world’s oldest person has died in South Africa at the age of 128 having lived through three different centuries. [sapeople]

Paris Hilton Says She Was Pressured Into Making Sex Tape, Got Drunk And Took Quaaludes To Get Through It – In “Paris: The Memoir,” the pop culture icon shared that she was allegedly pressured to record the tape in 1999, despite persistently “making excuses” as he “kept pushing.” [fox]

Speaker Names And Shames Tardy Ministers As She Reads Riot Act – National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has named and shamed ministers who ignore written parliamentary questions, with defence minister Thandi Modise emerging as the chief culprit with 27 outstanding replies. [timeslive]

Ukraine War: Russian Air Strikes Hit Cities Across Country – Russia has carried out a series of missile strikes across Ukraine, hitting residential buildings and infrastructure in Kharkiv and Odesa, Ukrainian officials say. [bbc]

This Is The Dystopian Reality Of Being A Woman In Afghanistan Right Now – A mother-of-two living under Taliban rule tells VICE World News she feels like a “prisoner” inside her own home. [vice]

U.S. Probing Tesla Over Steering Wheels That Might Fall Off – U.S. auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into Tesla’s Model Y SUV after getting two complaints that the steering wheels can come off while it’s being driven. [cbs]