Brian Laundrie Admitted To Killing Gabby Petito In Notebook Entry, FBI Reveals – Brian Laundrie admitted he killed girlfriend Gabby Petito in a notebook entry he wrote shortly before he took his own life, the FBI revealed Friday in its final report on the case. [db]

US Orders Families Of All American Embassy Staff In Kyiv To Leave Ukraine Amid Fears Of Russian Invasion – The move comes amid rising tensions about Russia’s military buildup on the Ukraine border that were not eased during talks between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier on Friday. [sky]

Stowaway Survives In Nose Wheel Of Freight Flight From South Africa To Netherlands – A stowaway was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa on Sunday, Dutch military police said. [tlive]

Prince Andrew Should Be Subject Of Bullying Probe – Over ’12 complaints’ made by Palace staff over ‘overbearing and verbally abusive’ behaviour, according to a former royal protection officer. [dm]

Australian Open: Navratilova Blasts Peng Shuai T-Shirt Ban – Retired tennis star Martina Navratilova has blasted a decision by Australian Open organisers to ban T-shirts supporting Chinese player Peng Shuai. [bbc]

New Zealand PM Ardern Postpones Wedding As She Introduces Tougher Covid Rules – New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been forced to postpone her own wedding due to the introduction of new Covid-19 restrictions. [nbc]

The People In Intimate Relationships With AI Chatbots – Replika users say that it’s all too easy to form a meaningful – even romantic – attachment to your AI friend. [vice]

Kanye West And Julia Fox Make Red Carpet Debut In Matching Denim – Kanye West and Julia Fox officially walked their first red carpet together as a couple. [p6]

Australian Open No. 3 Seed Alexander Zverev Stunned By Denis Shapovalov In Fourth Round – No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev was stunned by Denis Shapovalov in the fourth round of the Australian Open Sunday. [cnn]

Home Office ‘Will Not Back Down’ In Extraordinary Legal Battle Over Prince Harry’s Demand For Police Protection When He And Meghan Visit Britain – The Home Office is refusing to back down in its extraordinary legal battle with Prince Harry over his police protection when he visits Britain, sources said last night. [dm]

Arnold Schwarzenegger Involved In Four-Vehicle Crash In Brentwood – Arnold Schwarzenegger was involved in a four-vehicle crash late Friday afternoon in Brentwood that sent a woman to the hospital with minor injuries, his spokesman confirmed. [lat]

Why Jeff Bezos’s Girlfriend Lauren Sanchez Could Be The World’s Most Powerful Woman – The 52-year-old has turned the billionaire from a tech nerd into a rapper lookalike. But what happens when she has access to his billions? [tele]

French Adventurer, 75, Dies In Attempt To Row Across The Atlantic – Jean-Jacques Savin, a former paratrooper, wanted ‘to laugh at old age’ but got into difficulties off the Azores. [guardian]

2021: The Year That Made Crypto A Household Name – With the first public companies and legendary investors publicly stating their support for Bitcoin, 2021 will go down as the year of mass adoption and the beginning of institutional interest in crypto. [here]

Firm Owned By Australia’s Richest Man Buys Williams F1 Battery Arm – The mining giant founded by Australia’s richest man is buying the battery and technology arm of the Williams Formula One racing team for $222.2m (£164m). [bbc]

NASA Captures The Explosive Moment A Brilliant Solar Flare Fired Out Of The Sun – The massive shimmering ball of plasma at the heart of our solar system (aka the sun) let loose a solar flare on Thursday, and NASA’s sun-observing Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the moment. [mash]

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