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The Weinstein Company was reportedly so upset when director Remi Weekes refused to sell them the rights to His House, they tried to sue. Then Netflix offered an eight figure sum after execs fell for the British horror film at Sundance. 

1. Electoral college explained: how Biden faces an uphill battle in the US election  The Guardian
2. US presidential election 2020: what to watch out for on the night  Financial Times
3. US election 2020: poll count could last nine days  The Times
4. The US electoral system is a shambles. They could learn a lot from Australia  The Guardian
5. Trump’s effort to steal the election, explained by a Democrat fighting against it  The Washington Post
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Head of Rafik Hariri University Hospital Friday warned that Lebanon’s coronavirus situation is alarming, after three consecutive days of record coronavirus cases.

American politics is a farce on the verge of tragedy. Although Donald Trump’s personality has dominated the U.S. for over four years, he’s not the only force pushing the country toward instability. Rather the main danger comes from the circumstances that allow Trump to flourish. As Karl Marx wrote in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon: “the class struggle in France created circumstances and relationships that made it possible for a grotesque mediocrity to play a hero’s part.” As in France... Читать дальше...

Eleven individuals at Camp Schwab in northeastern Okinawa tested positive for the coronavirus while in quarantine, and one person at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni tested positive.

Former Cork goalkeeper Donal Óg Cusack predicts Limerick to continue their impressive form when they meet Tipperary this weekend.

On October 29th, Ukraine agreed to submit its version of the “road map” for the Minsk agreements to the Trilateral...

Chevron Corp. said Friday it had a net loss of $207 million, or 12 cents a share, in the third quarter, after posting income of $2.6 billion, or $1.36 a share, in the year-earlier period, hurt by low oil prices and weakened demand during the pandemic. The energy giant said it had adjusted per-share earnings of 11 cents, better than the FactSet consensus for a loss of 26 cents. Revenue came to $24.451 billion, down from $36.116 billion a year ago, and below the $25.837 billion FactSet consensus. Читать дальше...

With a second lockdown underway, it's important to remember that a positive state of mind and body c...

West Ham right-back Vladimir Coufal has admitted that he has to defend more with the Irons than he did at his previous club Slavia Prague.

This book is a fictional case-study for the slogan “The revolution will be feminist, or it will be nothing.”

The euthanasia measure, which would allow assisted suicide and takes effect in November 2021, would apply to adults likely to die within 6 months.

Former Coronation Street star Angela Griffin has joined the third season of Harlots as character Elizabeth Harvey, who opens up a brothel – or "house" – for gay men

For many of us, 2020 is a year that's brought horniness and sexual frustration in abundance. 

During Rosh Hashanah, Dana felt pain in her chest, had difficulty breathing and collapsed. Gil, who found her barely conscious on the shower floor.

Hundreds of workers have now been forced to self-isolate after the second reported outbreak at the Haribo site in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, this month

Dan Shapiro tells Haaretz a withdrawal from the influential alliance would 'embolden an aggressive Russia, and its appetite would not be limited to European targets, but would also extend deeper into the Middle East'

Homicide detectives are investigating the fatal stabbing of a teenaged boy in Wandsworth.

With the win, AC Milan have extended their unbeaten run to 23 games in all competitions and top Group H with six points from two matches.

Apple's iPhone sales slump, Amazon's potential profit plunge, and Facebook's possible new challenges next year weighed on their shares.

Consolidated total income of the company stood at Rs 237.74 crore for the quarter under consideration. It was Rs 278.37 crore for the same period year ago, it added.

It comes as new worrying data suggests the UK's skyrocketing second coronavirus wave is already outstripping Sage experts' "worst-case" predictions of 85,000 deaths

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