Storms In France, Greece And Italy Leave ‘Biblical Destruction’ – Nine people die as weekend of heavy rain brings landslides, floods and collapsed overpass. [guardian]

SoftBank To Go Ahead With WeWork Stock Tender Offer This Week – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) will this week launch a previously agreed tender offer for as much as $3 billion of WeWork shares, including up to $970 million owned by the office sharing company’s cofounder Adam Neumann, two people familiar with the matter said. [reuters]

Uber Stripped Of London Licence Over Passenger Safety Risk – Transport bosses identified “a pattern of failures”, but ride-hailing app firm says the decision is “extraordinary and wrong”. [sky]

Chinese Woman Sentenced To 8 Months For Trespassing At President Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Club – A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Chinese businesswoman to eight months in prison for trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents. [time]

China Issues Warning Over Hong Kong After Election Blow – China’s government has responded to a stunning landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates in the Hong Kong elections by emphasising that the city will always be ruled from Beijing, and warning against further protest violence. [guardian]

Rick Perry Calls Donald Trump The Chosen One Sent By God To Rule Over Us – The secretary of energy used “imperfect” Old Testament kings to make his point. [huff] If it looks like a cult, and it smells like a cult…

Less Than Two Weeks Left – Avoid These Common Tax Return Mistakes – Most of us don’t really know what we’re doing when we fill out tax returns, which is why people are prone to making these four crucial mistakes. [here]

Netflix Is Now In The Movie-Theater Business, As It Reopens The 71-Year-Old Paris Theatre In New York City – Netflix announced on Monday that it had signed a lease agreement to run the last single-screen theater in New York City, the Paris Theatre. [busins]

How Zuma And State Security Minister Cwele Shut Down 2011 Investigation Into The Guptas – State Capture could have been nipped in the bud as early as 2011. That was the testimony heard by the Zondo commission on Monday, when former spy boss Mo Shaik told the inquiry that a proposed intelligence investigation into the Guptas was shut down by state security minister Siyabonga Cwele and president Jacob Zuma. [mav]

The Last Of The Climate Deniers Hold On, Despite Your Protests – Propped by an industry-funded network, demanded by the Trump administration, the last vestiges of climate deniers in academia linger as millennials protest inaction. [vice]

LVMH Confirms Deal To Acquire Tiffany For $16.2 Billion – LVMH has reached a deal to buy Tiffany & Co. at $135 a share in cash, or $16.2 billion, in a move that will give the company more access to U.S. luxury consumers. [cnbc]

Bloomberg News: We Won’t Investigate Mike During Presidential Campaign – Bloomberg News will report on Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 presidential campaign, though will not investigate the candidate or his Democratic rivals, the company’s top editor told staff on Sunday. [politico]

Caitlyn Jenner’s Partner Sophia Hutchins, 23, Pines For I’m A Celebrity Star, 70 – As she shares message about ‘sleeping next to someone you love’ [dm]

Harry Morton, Pink Taco Founder And Hard Rock Cafe Scion, Dies At Age 38 – Lindsay Lohan, who once dated the restaurant mogul, wrote, “best friends. best life.” [huff]

This Smart Robot Could Become Your Cat’s New BFF — Future Blink – This smart robot gives your cat companionship — and exercise —while you’re away by rolling around, spinning, and dancing. [mash]

Latest Fitness Trend Is Great News For Beer Lovers – For many, the idea of beer and exercise might seem an odd fit. Let’s turn that notion on its head in what can be considered a huge win for beer drinkers. [here]

Can Veganism Help With Erectile Function? – A new TV documentary suggests giving up meat might help men address some common sexual issues. Do the claims stand up? [guardian]

Emily Ratajkowski Catches The Eye In Slinky Swimwear – As she poses on husband Sebastian Bear-McClard’s shoulders during idyllic Maldives trip. [dm]

These Are The Dating Terms You Need To Know For 2020 – From Fleabagging To Cause-Playing – It might seem like the landscape of love is changing for the worse, but in reality we’re just more inventive at defining the crushing blows that are part and parcel of trying to get someone to fancy you and/or have sex with you. [metro]

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