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Discovery has attracted interest from activist shareholders as the company’s stock languishes.

She is looking after his eight-year-old son in Venezuela as his father languishes in El Salvador.

Like so many movies these days, “Sweethearts” languishes for the want of a decent screenplay.

Despite two judges’ clearly worded decisions in his favour, Mr Mata still languishes inside one of the toughest prisons in the world: El Salvador’s notorious Cecot, a super-max facility for the “confinement of terrorists”.

But while federal legislation languishes, some states can do more.