Three Confirmed Dead In Plane Crash On Mountain Pass In Southern Cape – Emergency services have confirmed the death of three people in an aircraft crash earlier on Thursday near a mountain pass between Mossel Bay and Oudtshoorn in the southern Cape. [tlive]

Facebook Apologizes For Translating Chinese President’s Name As ‘Mr Shithole’ – Facebook has apologized for translating Chinese President Xi Jinping’s name as “Mr Shithole” on its platform during his visit to Myanmar this week. [giz]

‘Sopranos’ Actress Sciorra Tells Weinstein Trial: ‘He Raped Me’ – “The Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra’s voice cracked as she told a court Thursday that being raped by Harvey Weinstein left her feeling like she was having “a seizure” and caused her to self-harm. [f24]

Jeff Bezos Tweets Reminder That Saudi Government Murdered A Journalist – Following yesterday’s bombshell report that the Amazon CEO’s phone was likely hacked at the direction of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, Bezos took a moment to remind the world that the same government murdered and dismembered journalist. [mash]

Greta Thunberg: US Treasury Chief Attacks Activist – Greta Thunberg should go away and study economics before lecturing investors, the US treasury secretary has said. [bbc]

Prince Charles Warns Hatred ‘Still Lurks’ On 75th Anniversary Of Auschwitz Liberation – The royal says the “lessons of the Holocaust are searingly relevant to this day” as he joins world leaders in Israel. [sky]

Poland’s President Says He Won’t Attend Holocaust Event In Israel – Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday he had declined an Israeli invitation to attend a Holocaust memorial event this month as organizers would not allow him to speak there, even though others including Russian President Vladimir Putin would. [reuters]

The Rich Have Had Enough Of Negative Interest Rates. Some Are Pulling Cash Out Of Swiss Banks – Banks are meant to hold cash. But in Switzerland, some rich savers are looking for alternatives. [cnn]

Experts Rave About New Anti-Ageing Skincare Ingredient – There’s a miracle ingredient that you should be looking out for in your skincare products, if you want to cheat time and look younger for longer. [here]

Soros Gives $1bn To Fund Universities ‘And Stop Drift Towards Authoritarianism’ – Philanthropist unveils plan for global network of institutions at Davos and attacks Trump as ‘ultimate narcissist’ [guardian]

Isabel Dos Santos: Banker Found Dead iI Lisbon – A banker implicated in the embezzlement and money-laundering case against Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, has been found dead in Lisbon. [bbc]

Prince Harry And Meghan Markle’s Wedding Souvenirs Are Removed From Royal Collection’s Website – After the couple trademarked their ‘Sussex Royal’ brand on hundreds of items. [dm] So hectic.

This Municipality Near Cape Town Is Taxing Pet Owners – Overstrand Municipality in the Western Cape has alerted residents to its by-laws which require all dogs to be registered – with owners being taxed for each dog they own. [btech]

Liverpool’s Unbeaten Record Comes Under Threat But Wolves Toppled By Roberto Firmino’s Late Strike – There will be a time, one can only assume, when a Premier League side finds a way to stop Liverpool, and as the mist came down in the Black Country it seemed that they might have met their match at last, but these are the days of wonder for the league leaders. [tele]

The Prince: Orlando Bloom To Star As Prince Harry In Royal Spoof Cartoon – The cartoon is inspired by Gary Janetti’s memes, which imagine Prince George’s reaction to royal and celebrity headlines. [sky]

Michael Avenatti ‘Living In El Chapo Cell’ – Lawyer Michael Avenatti is being held in a Manhattan prison cell which once housed Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, his legal team claims. [bbc]

Doomsday Clock Lurches To 100 Seconds To Midnight – Closest To Catastrophe Yet – The risk of civil collapse from nuclear weapons and the climate crisis is at a record high, according to US scientists and former officials, calling the current environment “profoundly unstable”. [guardian]

This Guy May Have Taken The ‘Emotional Support Animal’ Thing Too Far – A New York man decided to test the theory that you can register just about anything as an emotional support animal, with excellent results. [here]

Sex Is Better With The Lights On – Anne sees lights-on sex as a mirror, or a Möbius strip. The 24-year-old looks at her partner looking at her, looking at them looking at her… [mash]

Robert Downey Jr. Defends His Oscar-Nominated Tropic Thunder Blackface Role – Robert Downey Jr. appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and defended his Oscar-Nominated blackface role in Tropic Thunder. [srant]

Will Olivia Jade Have To Testify Against Her Parents? – A new report suggests the Loughlin–Giannulli girls are the prosecution’s “star witnesses.” [vanfair]

Billie Eilish Reveals She Contemplated Suicide: ‘I Didn’t Think I’d Make It To 17’ – Billie Eilish gave a rather revealing interview ahead of The Grammys this weekend. While giving an interview to Gayle King tonight as part of The Gayle King Grammy Special, the chart-topping teenager confessed to having suicidal thoughts. [popc]

Elton John, Randy Newman, Cynthia Erivo To Perform At 2020 Oscars – Chrissy Metz, Idina Menzel and Questlove also set to appear at Academy Awards. [rollsto]

How The Skies Became The Last Word In Super-Rich Real Estate, From Home Viewing Via Helicopter To People-Carrying Drones – The sheer drama of driving – let alone parking – in cities, along with a bigger push to be healthy and walk or cycle instead, is seeing super-rich buyers increasingly willing to forego off-street parking spaces with their multi-million pound mansions. [Hartele]

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