China Now Has A $300 Billion Company – China’s Tencent has joined the exclusive $300 billion club. Tencent shares closed at a record high of 248.40 Hong Kong dollars (just under $32) on Tuesday, valuing the company at more than $302 billion. [cnn]

Hillary Clinton To Launch Political Group As Soon As Next Week – Six months after losing the presidential election, Hillary Clinton is ready to wade back into politics. [pol]

House Republicans Pass Bill To Replace And Repeal Obamacare – In a major victory for President Donald Trump, the House has voted to dismantle the pillars of the Affordable Care Act and make sweeping changes to the nation’s health care system. [cnn]

Barack Obama Just Endorsed French Presidential Candidate Emmanuel Macron – If former President Barack Obama were French, you would find him casting a vote for France’s Emmanuel Macron this weekend. [time]

Court Puts Zuma In Checkmate On Cabinet Reshuffle – The high court in Pretoria on Thursday gave President Jacob Zuma one week to say why he fired his finance and deputy finance minsters in late March – and so gave Zuma an unenviable choice: admit he used an irregular (and possibly illegal) “intelligence report” in making that decision, or admit he lied to alliance partners about his reasons. [mg]

5 Reasons Why We Need To Worry That SA’s Oil Reserves Were Sold – Here’s how the “illegal” sale of our oil stockpile could impact us. [huff]

Racist Judge Mabel Jansen Resigns – North Gauteng High Court judge Mabel Jansen has resigned with immediate effect. [enca]

Outspoken And Outrageous, Prince Philip Retires From Public Life – At 95 years of age, Prince Philip has finally bowed to the inevitable and announced he is to stand down from public life. Despite the litany of outrageous and un-PC comments, he will be sorely missed. [beast]

Google Settles Huge £259m Tax Bill To End Criminal Investigation Into Alleged Avoidance – Google will pay €306m (£259m) to settle a tax dispute in Italy and end a criminal investigation into whether it avoided paying the full amount on its revenues in the country for more than a decade. [tele]

Keen To Escape The City Life? These Goats Could Be Exactly What You’re Looking For – As an increasing amount of people are looking to escape the city, they are wondering just what it is they can do to break away from it all. Here’s one idea that might work. [here]

If You Dig The Outdoors Then This Tent Is Very Good News – Ever wanted to head out on an off-road adventure, but dread the thought of putting up a tent. Not to worry, this latest endeavour has you covered. [here]

First Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Could Fetch $3.2M At Auction – The first Ferrari 275 GTB/4 prototype ever built could find a home in you private collection, pending you’re able to shell out a few million at auction. It will headline the Coys London sale taking place on May 18, 2017, where it could go for anywhere from £2,000,000 to £2,500,000 ($2,583,600 to $3,229,500) when it crosses the block. [m1]

Cristiano Ronaldo: The Numbers That Define A Champions League legend – He made sure to praise the efforts of the “team” but once again Cristiano Ronaldo fully warranted an admiring glance in the mirror. [cnn]

What Ronaldo Has In Common With Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, And Ariana Grande – The Portuguese soccer demigod this week became the first athlete — and, in another interesting layer, the first male — to hit 100 million followers on Instagram, according to a rep for the social media app. [mash]

Cambridge Student ‘May Have Been Sliding Down Banisters On LSD’ When He Fell To His Death – An “exceptional” Cambridge student may have been sliding down the banisters on LSD when he fell to his death, a pre-inquest review heard. [tele]

Kate Middleton And Her Lamb BFF Will Make Your Heart Squirm – The Duchess of Cambridge bonded with a lamb named Stinky while visiting a farm in Gloucestershire, England on Wednesday as part of her work with Farms for City Children. The charity grants urban kids one-week stays on working farms. [huff]

After Fox News Purge, Will Rupert Murdoch Slip Away Again? – The mogul tolerated phone hacking and sexual harassment so long as he got results. Now, with the family business in crisis, will the son dispose of the father? [beast]

Couple Sitting On A Boat Created A Very NSFW Optical Illusion – You’re gonna want to look twice at this picture. Sometimes, our eyes like to play tricks on us. And you’ll soon realize with this optical illusion that your mind has its head in the gutter. [mash]

LeBron James Pulls Ultimate Troll Move by Grabbing Beer From Stands During Game – After drawing a foul — but missing the and-one layup — late in the third quarter of the Cavaliers’ Monday night Game 1 against the Raptors, LeBron James was so worked up he couldn’t help but grab a beer out of the stands for a (fake) swig. [time]

This Teen Is Making Totally Adorable Drawings Out Of Dick Pics Random Dudes Send Her On Twitter – Sasha, an 18-year-old from Texas, has grown a considerable following on Twitter by posting beautiful pics of herself, like the ones below. However, this also means she gets a lot of nasty messages from men.

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DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T TELL YOU…

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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]

If You’re Sending Money Overseas, Make Sure You’re Using The Best – Currencies Direct have been in the game since 1996 so if it’s travel money, emigration, selling overseas property or moving cash around you’re after they’re the one-stop shop. [ka-ching]

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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]

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]

Everyone’s Talking About Gather Online, The South African Start-Up That’s Taking On Facebook – Years from now you might well remember where you were when you signed up for Gather Online, and we’re proud to have been paired up with them from the start. [get talking]

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]

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]

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