Russian Firm Tied To Pro-Kremlin Propaganda Advertised On Facebook During Election – Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that the social network has discovered that it sold ads during the U.S. presidential campaign to a shadowy Russian company seeking to target voters, according to several people familiar with the company’s findings. [washpo]

Vladimir Putin Calls for Talks With North Korea, Not Sanctions – Russian President Vladimir Putin called Wednesday for talks with North Korea, saying sanctions are not a solution to the country’s nuclear and missile development. [time]

‘Barbuda Is Literally Rubble’: Shocked PM Says Irma Destroyed 90% Of Homes On Tiny Caribbean Island – Houses and infrastructure on Barbuda have been “totally demolished,” Antigua and Barbuda PM told media following a helicopter trip to the Caribbean island. The island of 1,600 residents went radio silent for over twelve hours, causing wild speculations over their fate. [rt]

Uganda’s Government Is Obsessed With Porn And Policing Morality – The Ugandan government’s obsession with enforcing morality and “protecting” the country’s cultural values has added a new twist: a nine-member, 2 billion shilling ($556,000) anti-pornographic control committee. [qz]

Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Granted Parole – Critics demand California governor reverse the decision. [nydn]

The ‘Ivanka Drop-By’: Trump’s Not-So-Secret Meeting Trick – President Donald Trump has a longtime habit in high-profile meetings that’s no “Art of the Deal” secret: a casual drop-by from daughter Ivanka Trump. [cnn]

Questions Over Kenny Kunene’s Escape From ‘Attempted Hit’ – A security guard at the scene of an alleged gun attack on businessman Kenny Kunene on Tuesday night says he witnessed two men shooting at a car. [tlive]

Shoprite Fined R1 Million For Reckless Lending To Customers – The National Consumer Tribunal (NCT) ruled on Wednesday afternoon that Shoprite Holdings was guilty of reckless lending. It would be fined R1million, the National Credit Regulator has also said. [huff]

New Era At Shoprite As Wiese And Steinhoff Take Outright Control – Unexpected nudge prompts shareholders to back the repurchase of Whitey Basson’s shares. [bd]

First He Beat Up His Girlfriend, Now He’s Selling Cryptocurrency With Paris Hilton – A Silicon Valley mogul pleaded guilty to domestic abuse and could go to prison for another alleged assault. In the meantime, he’s raking in big bucks with celebs. [beast]

New App Earns You Money When You Pay Your Friends – It’s never been easier than this: Download, enter the Promo code, and start making money. [here]

Planning Your Next Holiday? Flight Centre Has Some Crazy Birthday Specials – In honour of their 23rd birthday, Flight Centre is offering you 50% off selected flights, tours, cruises and holiday packages. Get stuck in there, friends. [here]

Martin Shkreli Lists Secret Wu-Tang Clan Album On eBay – The embattled former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, who was convicted last month on two charges of securities fraud, purchased the sole copy of the hip-hop group’s secret album in 2015. [guardian]

US OPEN: Juan Martin del Potro Beats Roger Federer To Make Semi-Finals – Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro stunned Roger Federer in four sets to reach the US Open semi-finals. [bbc]

Urrrgh…

Dennis Rodman Reveals He Does Karaoke With Kim Jong Un: ‘He’s Always Smiling’ – So unsurprisingly, Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid were eager to hear about what exactly bonds the North Korean leader and the NBA legend who was previously married to Carmen Electra. [metro]

Katie Holmes And Jamie Foxx’s Relationship Finally Confirmed – A four-year-long rumour of a romance between actors Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx has finally been confirmed. The pair were seen strolling hand-in-hand along the beach in Malibu on Monday. [stuff]

Taylor Swift Foils Despacito’s Run At Breaking Billboard Record – Look what Taylor Swift has done. Her new single, Look What You Made Me Do, pushed the ubiquitous hit Despacito off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart after 16 weeks. It was just shy of breaking Mariah Carey’s record from more than 20 years ago. [cbc]

Chrissy Teigen Hilariously Shut Down John Legend’s Request To Break Up – It’s hard to imagine a world where John Legend and Chrissy Teigen aren’t in love and making us laugh by oversharing on Twitter and Instagram. [huff]

Madonna Struggles To Convince FedEx That She Is Actually Madonna – Even Madonna has difficulty getting her packages delivered. At least it appears that way according to a recent tweet from the one-name-only pop icon, who updated her followers on Tuesday regarding her struggles getting FedEx to believe she was, indeed, that Madonna, of “B-tch I’m Madonna” fame. Ironic. [time]

Jennifer Lawrence Turns Heads In Sheer Silver Gown – At ‘Mother!’ Premiere in London — See the Pics! [eto]

GET THE MORNING SPICE SENT TO YOUR INBOX

______________________________________

DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T TELL YOU…

There are a number of ongoing deals set up at our various exclusive partners. Here they are – just for you;-)

Buy Any Product From Websites That ‘Don’t Ship To SA’ – One of our most exciting partners offers you a PO Box in US, UK or Hong Kong, for you to deliver overseas online purchases to. Postbox Courier handles it from there – getting the package to you in under a week. [more]

There Is Only One Company When It Comes To Import Export Logistics – Your freight forwarding / shipping partner is probably more important than the actual products you want to move from country to country. Choose the wrong guys and you can get stung in so many ways. Be smart, use 2ov’s partners, Berry & Donaldson [here]

It’s 2017, You Really Should Beef Up Your Online Security – Businesses can’t afford to take risks any longer, and the same goes for our own online security. NEWORDER’s team are all about the latest hacking and industrial espionage protection. [here]

50 % Of The World’s Mohair Is Produced In SA – It turns out South Africa is the world leader when it comes to mohair production, and the team at Mohair SA are the industry leaders keeping us top of the game. [here]

Guaranteed: You Don’t Have To Pay Full Price For A 5-Door MINI – It’s quite easy to pay less than anyone else for a brand new MINI [check it out]

South Africans Are Drinking Quality Beer Now So Get With The Programme – Stop being that person who is silently judged at every braai, and get your hands on the tastiest beer the country has to offer. [cheers]

You Are Not Going To Get Away With A Home Bluetooth Speaker For Much Longer – Everyone has a bluetooth speaker for weekends away, but there is a very real problem about having one as your primary home entertainment system. We have your discount sorted. [boom]

First Month Storage Space 50% Off At Stor-Age – Whether you need a locker for a bicycle or a garage for your house contents, Stor-Age has the space you need. And they’re offering a special 50% offer the first month deal – no strings attached! You can take you stuff out after one month – no problem! [check it out]

GetSmarter’s Online Courses Are Changing The Business World As We Know It – It’s never ideal to get left behind at work, and given how quickly things change these days fine-tuning and increasing your skill set is more important than ever [getsmarter]

Affordable Cane Furniture – If you’re buying cane or wicker furniture anywhere else, you’re wasting a lot of time and money. These guys import direct from Malawi. Hand-Made cane furniture – buy online and have it delivered! [check it out]

Get R150 Off Your First Uber Ride – If you haven’t tried Uber yet, you’re making a mockery of yourself. Stop riding cheap unreliable taxis with drivers who don’t know if they’re coming or going. Give yourself the private driver treatment with Uber, and get R150 off your first ride! Sign up and boom, you’re done! [check it out]

Calling The Home DIY Do-It-Alls – If you’re using a drill around the house and you don’t have a Drilby then grow up. A hundred bucks and you can kiss that dust goodbye [drilby]

So These Guys Are Apparently The Top SA Winery Of The Past 10 Years – You’ve tasted Chocolate Block, right? Of course you have, somake sure you arrive at every dinner party with a bottle of the best [boekenhout]

How Can You Leave Your Dog At Home While You Go To Work? – You say he’s part of the family – yet you’d never leave your human child at home, alone, for the whole day. Drop that little rascal off at Proud Hounds and see the joy in his eyes! [proudhounds]

______________________________________________

Check out our brand new 2oceansvibe Radio site with all the latest Entertainment, Music and Fashion news as well as all our DJ’s info, Schedules, Charts and loads more: 2oceansviberadio.com.