U.S. Issues Global Travel Alert As Manhunt Continues For Paris Attackers – Citing “increased terrorist threats” from militant groups in various regions of the world, the U.S. State Department issued a global alert on Monday for Americans planning to travel following deadly militant attacks in France and Mali. [reuters]
Suspected Suicide Belt Found In Paris Dustbin – Police hunting Europe’s most wanted fugitive recover a belt near where he is thought to have been on the night of the attacks. [sky]
ISIS Calls Anonymous ‘Idiots’ As Cyber War Heats Up – ISIS has offered instructions on how to safeguard members against attacks. [fort]
Pfizer Seals $160bn Allergan Deal To Create Drugs Giant – US drugs giant Pfizer has sealed a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn (£106bn) in what is the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history. [bbc]
Popular Business App SLACK Went Down On Monday – On Monday, work chat app Slack experienced a connectivity outage. Twitter, though, was up and running. [fc]
‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed Mohamed’s Family Seeks $15 Million, Apologies From Texas City – That’s what an attorney says the family of Ahmed Mohamed is demanding from city and school officials in Irving, Texas, or they say they’ll file a civil suit. [cnn]
Scheepers Debugged My Phone, But Did Not Spy For Me – Zille – Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says she only saw provincial crime intelligence police officer Paul Scheepers once, when he was debugging her phone, and did not discuss spying on the ANC with him. [n24]
Zuma Says Bread Price Is Dictated – President Jacob Zuma says that the price of bread and oil are dictated to people because they are controlled by a class that must make a profit. [ewn]
Carson Backs Off Support Of Trump’s Controversial Claim US Muslims Cheered On 9/11 – Muslims were cheering in New Jersey on Sept. 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center fell, as the assertion was decried elsewhere as untrue. [fox]
Why America Can’t Kill The ISIS Economy – Weeks before the attacks that killed 129 people in Paris, United States’ warplanes resumed sorties above Syria and Iraq, targeting anew oil fields and other parts of a vast petroleum infrastructure that fuels — and funds — Islamic State (ISIS), one of the richest terrorist armies the world has known. [mash]
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Vodacom-Neotel Merger Hearing ‘Postponed Indefinitely’ – The Competition Tribunal of South Africa has agreed to indefinitely postpone a hearing regarding a R7bn merger between Vodacom [JSE:VOD] and Neotel. [f24]
Fly Ethiopia Is Africa’s Most Profitable Airline, Meet Its All Woman Crew – Fly Ethiopia is said to be the continent’s most profitable airline. The airline had its first all female crewed flight on the 19 November, 2015. [tlive]
The Trial And Tribulations Of Tim Noakes – To his admirers, he is a visionary health guru now made the victim of a witch-hunt. To his detractors, he is a once-solid sports scientist who has veered down the path of quackery by pushing his low carbohydrate, high fat Banting diet. [dm]
Russian Sailor Drank Half A Litre Of Rum Before 7,000-Ton Ship Crashed Into Scottish Coast – The Lysblink Seaways vessel ran aground while travelling at full speed off the coast of West Scotland. [tele]
Dorothy’s Dress From ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Sells For A Pretty $1.56 Million (R22 Million) – Dorothy, living on a Kansas farm in the 1930s, probably never would have imagined her dress traveling to Oz — let alone New York, where decades later it would be valued at over $1 million. [cnn]
Celine Dion Sings Tribute To Paris Attack Victims At American Music Awards – The American Music Awards took a sombre turn on Sunday when Celine Dion sang in tribute to the victims of Paris’s terror attacks. [tele]
Foo Fighters Release Free EP to Honor Paris Victims – While the Foo Fighters canceled the remainder of its European tour in wake of the terror attacks in Paris, the band released the “Saint Cecilia” EP Monday for free as a tribute to victims of the attacks. [variety]
Nicole Kidman Named Best Theatre Actress – Nicole Kidman won the best actress award for her performance as a DNA researcher in the play Photograph 51 at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards on Sunday. [cbc]
Did HBO Just Tease That Jon Snow Is Alive in This Awesome ‘Game of Thrones’ Promotion? – HBO just teased on Twitter the first promotion for Season 6 of its hit series, Game of Thrones, and by the looks of the eery — and bloody — image of the beloved character, we could be seeing more of Jon Snow in the forthcoming season, premiering in April 2016. [ts]
Judge Throws Out Former Donkey Kong Record Holder’s Lawsuit Against Cartoon Network – On Friday, the Associated Press reports, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by hot sauce proprietor and world-renowned gamer Billy Mitchell, who claimed that Cartoon Network’s “Regular Show” stole his likeness in the form of a bearded, floating cartoon head. Can’t win ‘em all! [gawk]
Maxim Salutes ‘World’s Sexiest Businesswoman’ – Alessandra Ambrosio puts on a sultry display as Maxim magazine’s December cover girl. [dm]
Adele’s ’25’ Sells 2.3 Million In First Three Days In U.S., Aiming For 2.9 Million Debut Week – In its first three days of release, Adele’s 25 has already sold at least 2.3 million in pure album sales in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. [bb]
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