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It's the fortnight before Christmas and all through the world's Catholic convents, nuns and monks are extra busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan base even in rapidly secularizing countries.

The American Film Institute has ranked weird wave Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos's "The Favorite" in fifth place among its Top 10 movies for 2018, after the period comedy drama was nominated for five Golden Globes in four categories earlier this week and reaped 10 prizes at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday.

A program called “Understanding Implicit Bias” has been deemed mandatory at University of Virginia, though students report that it largely just accuses all students of harboring some inherent racism or sexism.

Amy and Philip Savopoulos, aged 47 and 46 years respectively, their 10-year-old son Philip and 57-year-old housekeeper from El Salvador were identified as the victims of the upscale Washington D.C. fire – not far from Joe Biden’s residence – on Thursday.