Hillary Clinton has made her first public appearance following her loss of the US presidential race to Donald Trump. Speaking at the Children’s Defense Fund, Clinton admitted that she simply wanted to “curl up with a good book or our dogs, and never leave the house again”.

Selectors announced late on Wednesday that AB de Villiers’ job as skipper was secure, despite increasing leadership from stand-in Faf du Plessis. Although wracked by injury, it appears South African selectors are content with De Villiers’ leadership, potentially until the series against Sri Lanka in December.

Facebook is now quite literally in your face. The social media giant has bought FacioMetrics, a facial recognition start-up, in order to compete against SnapChat more effectively. Facebook had previously attempted to buy the popular app but now appears content in simply trying to out-do them.

A Claude Monet painting entitled ‘Meule’ has fetched a rather insane price tag on auction. Bought by a buyer on a phone, the painting sold for $81.4 million. The initial estimated sale price for one of Monet’s last privately-owned paintings was around $45 million.

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