Stan Lee, Marvel Comics Visionary, Dead At 95 – The comic giant was taken by ambulance from his Los Angeles home on Monday morning to Cedar’s Sinai Medical Center, where he later died. [cnn]

‘Zuma Tried To Force Me To Appoint Gama As Transnet Head’ – Former minister Barbara Hogan details her ‘extreme shock’ at Zuma pushing for Siyabonga Gama, who was facing corruption charges, to be appointed. [timeslive]

‘Let’s Hope We Don’t Get Shot’ – Witness In Extortion Trial Of Alleged Underworld Kingpin – A brand manager of upscale restaurant the Grand Café says he lived in fear when he was unable to pay alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack. [news24]

Brexit Talks In Endgame, Says Theresa May – Addressing the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in the City of London, the prime minister said the talks were “immensely difficult”, but the sides were working “through the night” to make progress. [bbc]

Life In Prison For Hannah Cornelius’ Killers – The public gallery cheered and shouted in delight as Judge Rosheni Allie handed down the sentences. [enca]

Michelle Obama Says She ‘Stopped Even Trying To Smile’ At Trump Inauguration – ‘I will always wonder about what led so many…to choose a misogynist as their president,’ she said. [inquisitir]

#PravinGordhan: Here’s The Proof He Did Not Lie About Guptas –  The storm pressuring Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to “come clean” over his meetings with the Guptas intensified this week. [iol]

Wondering What All The Blockchain Talk Is About? You’re Not Alone – By now, you will have heard the words ‘blockchain’ and ‘cryptocurrencies’ thrown around a fair bit. If your interest is piqued, you’ll want to hear from the experts. [here]

VW To Elon: Mass Producing Electric Cars Is Easy. We’re Making 50 Million – VW’s new electric-car platform is designed to produce 50 million vehicles over the next several years. [quartz]

Pilots Report Seeing UFO In Sky Off Ireland – “It was moving so fast,” the pilot said. “It appeared on our left-hand side and rapidly veered to the north. We saw a bright light and then it disappeared at a very high speed.” [cbs]

California Wildfire Deaths Rise To 44 As More Bodies Are Found – Some remains were found near cars, with authorities guessing the victims had been overcome by flames before they could get in. [sky]

The El Chapo Trial Is Already A Movie Set – Everyone agreed that the El Chapo case, which will hear its opening arguments today in federal court in downtown Brooklyn, is the biggest trial to hit tNew York in years. [nymag]

Crisis Proofing South Africa’s Water Security – South Africa is often referred to as the 30th driest country in the world, a claim that’s based on its average annual rainfall of 500mm compared to the world average of 860mm. [mg]

Caster A Triple Winner At SA Sports Awards – Olympic gold-medallist Caster Semenya has bagged a whopping three awards at this year’s SA Sports Awards. [citypress]

A Guide To The Intense Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie Divorce Drama – How it all went wrong for Hollywood’s favourite power couple. [whimn]

Comedian Dave Chappelle Photobombs Engagement Shoot – A young, American couple were surprised when comedian Dave Chappelle photobombed their engagement shoot. [bbc]

Stan Lee: 15 Essential Comics – From the first appearances of the Amazing Spider-Man to the creation of the Avengers and the Uncanny X-Men. [rollingstone]

How Does She Do It? Emily Ratajkowski Drinks A BEER After Revealing Her Sensational Figure – Cutting a casual figure in a black crop top and light wash jeans, the 27-year-old model and actress appeared relaxed as she enjoyed her large glass of ale. [dmail]

A whole beer? Wow, insane.

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