Image copyright Aviva British insurer Aviva has announced that it is to cut 1,800 jobs worldwide over the next three years and split its business into two. Aviva has offices in 16 countries and a global workforce of 30,000 people, with 16,000 employees in the UK. The firm’s UK sites include London, Norwich, York, Dorking, […]
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New tools are coming to fight robocalls, but don’t expect unwanted calls to disappear. Political gridlock could derail bills aimed at beefing up enforcement and forcing phone companies to do more. The companies have been slow to act against such automated calls on their own. And even if companies do implement better technology, scammers and
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Dustin Garneau’s ground-rule double with two outs in the ninth inning scored Brian Goodwin with the game-winning run and gave the Los Angeles Angels a 10-9 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night. Oakland left fielder Robbie Grossman was playing shallow and made a long run to the warning track, but was unable to
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[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] On Friday, he read from a poem by Walt Whitman, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” seeking to highlight the need for more funding for New York City libraries. Two days earlier, he took on slightly less demanding prose: “Too Many Carrots,”
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Liverpool Community Health provided services such as district nursing, dentistry and diabetes care An independent inquiry into a failed NHS trust is expected to be announced later – amid concerns that 150 deaths were not properly investigated. Liverpool Community Health (LCH), formed in 2010, ran services for about 750,000
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Is Avenue Q’s Trekkie Monster puppet right about porn and the internet? Consider the opening lines of The Internet is for Porn, a song from the Broadway musical Avenue Q. Kate Monster: “The internet is really, really great.” Trekkie Monster: “For porn!” Kate Monster: “I got a fast connection
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Roberto Pérez wanted to do something special for Carlos Carrasco when he came to the plate with the game tied in the seventh inning Wednesday night. Cleveland’s catcher came through with a solo home run to give the Indians the lead in their 9-7 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Indians used seven relief pitchers
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At other times, Mr. Trump has been more direct in telling his supporters to ignore the news. “What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening,” Mr. Trump said last July to a gathering at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. Alex Woloch, an English professor at Stanford University who has written extensively
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Bernie Sanders took his latest fight against corporate America to Walmart’s home turf. Interested in Bernie Sanders? Add Bernie Sanders as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Bernie Sanders news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The Vermont senator and 2020 Democratic presidential contender lambasted Walmart leaders including its CEO on
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Image copyright Rockland Image caption Sri Lanka’s arrack producers are trying to take the spirit upmarket Distilled from the sap of the coconut flower, Sri Lankan arrack has been a local favourite for centuries. But now its makers are trying to take the spirit global, writes the BBC’s Ayeshea Perera in Colombo. It’s served in
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