Harvey Weinstein Will Be Charged With Rape In New York – Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, is expected to surrender to the police in Manhattan on Friday on charges that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex on him, law enforcement officials said. [nyt]

Trump Pulls Out of North Korea Summit Meeting With Kim Jong-un – President Trump on Thursday pulled out of a highly anticipated summit meeting with Kim Jong-un, accusing the North Koreans of bad faith and lamenting that “this missed opportunity is a truly sad moment in history.” [nyt]

North Korea Says It Demolished Nuclear Test Site After Series Of Explosions – North Korea carried out what it said is the demolition of its nuclear test site Thursday, setting off a series of explosions over several hours in the presence of foreign journalists. [time]

Trump Son-In-Law Jared Kushner Regains Access To Top-Secret Information – The presidential adviser regains access to America’s most closely guarded secrets after losing his security clearance in February. [sky]

Assange’s Refuge In Ecuadorian Embassy ‘In Jeopardy’ – Julian Assange’s nearly six-year refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London is in danger, opening the WikiLeaks founder to arrest by British authorities and potential extradition to the US. [cnn]

Ramaphosa On State Capture: ‘We Didn’t Know How Bad It Was’ – President Cyril Ramaphosa has thanked the media for exposing state capture and revealed that he had not realised the extent to which corruption had corroded government until the so-called Gupta emails were published. [tlive]

U.S. Jury Awards Apple $539 Million In Samsung Patent Retrial – After nearly five days of deliberations, a U.S. jury on Thursday said Samsung Electronics Co Ltd should pay $539 million to Apple Inc for copying patented smartphone features, according to court documents, bringing a years-long feud between the technology companies into its final stages. [reuters]

Mark Zuckerberg Responds To Elon Musk’s Warnings Against AI – During an interview at the 2018 Viva Technology conference in Paris on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about his company’s practices and his personal take on the future of AI. [busins]

Zuckerberg Set Up Fraudulent Scheme To ‘Weaponise’ Data, Court Case Alleges – Mark Zuckerberg faces allegations that he developed a “malicious and fraudulent scheme” to exploit vast amounts of private data to earn Facebook billions and force rivals out of business. [guardian]

For A Moment, Netflix Was Worth More Than Disney – For a while on Thursday, Netflix officially ruled the media world. [cnn]

Brad Pitt Once Threatened To Kill Sexual Abuser Harvey Weinstein While Defending Gwyneth Paltrow – Brad Pitt may be currently at work on a movie about the Harvey Weinstein investigation, led by The New York Times, but his experience with the serial abuser dates back two decades. [wmag]

TennisWorld No 84 Nicolas Kicker Found Guilty Of Match Fixing ‘And Other Offences’ – Argentina’s Nicolas Kicker has been found guilty of match-fixing and “other offences”, the Tennis Integrity Unit has announced. [guardian]

Five Ways To Guarantee A Good Night’s Sleep – Struggling to catch a decent night’s rest? Listen up, because here are five ways to ensure your body is able to recharge those batteries. [here]

Liam Gallagher Meets His Daughter, Molly Moorish, For First Time – Oasis star Liam Gallagher has met his 21-year-old daughter, Molly Moorish, for the first time. [bbc]

John Mayer’s Green Screen Music Video Is A Meme Dream Come True – In the teaser he tweeted Wednesday, apparently his song “New Light” was so good, it required a music video fast. Like, really fast. [mash]

The Photos They DIDN’T Want You To See! – Kate Middleton and Prince Harry are among the A-listers looking worse-for-wear in celebrity snapper’s throwback photos from the noughties. [dm]

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