Image copyright Getty Images Have you been asked by your bank recently to input a one-time passcode in order to complete an online transaction? It seems more and more of us have, as lenders and credit card companies gradually start to roll out new measures to reduce card fraud known as Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). […]
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During the month leading up to the July 31 trade deadline, Mike Minor heard often he might wind up pitching in the Bronx. Whatever the Yankees had in mind, this certainly wasn’t it. Minor and two relievers became the first pitchers in 221 tries to shut out New York’s vaunted lineup, helping the Texas Rangers
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From meat-free burgers to sausage rolls, vegan foods are growing in popularity. One in six food products launched in the UK in 2018 claimed to be vegan or free of animal ingredients – more than in any other country, according to market research company Mintel. A range of new offerings, and the involvement of big
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Image copyright Getty Images In July 2019, the US women’s football team won the World Cup. Their success was, in part, attributed to having tracked each player’s menstrual cycle and adapted individual training loads and diet accordingly. It is an approach which many think is long overdue. In recent years, a number of top sportswomen
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After not scoring for nearly three full games, the Cubs were desperate for a big hit or a lucky break. Both played a role in Chicago’s late rally on Monday. Kyle Schwarber had a three-run triple to highlight a five-run seventh, and the Cubs snapped a 24-inning scoreless streak in a 5-1 victory over the
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Aristides Aquino broke another one of Rhys Hoskins’ records. Hoskins more than paid him back. The Philadelphia first baseman drove in three runs with two homers and Bryce Harper and Scott Kingery added two-run shots as the Phillies overpowered the Cincinnati Reds 7-1 on Monday. Aquino maintained his dizzying home run pace, leading off the
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Thomas Markle took his daughter, Meghan Markle, and son-in-law, Prince Harry, to task in a new interview slamming the couple for being “hypocritical” with their private plane use and for not sending him a picture of his grandson. “You can’t portray yourself as being charitable and bringing people together and then ghost your own father
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With Bobby Cox in the house, the Atlanta Braves found instant extra motivation. Josh Donaldson and Johan Camargo hit two-run homers and Mike Soroka snapped a streak of eight starts without a win as the Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Monday. The NL East-leading Braves have won five straight, all against American
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The Church of Kanye West has found a new disciple in Brad Pitt. The “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” star made a surprise appearance at the most recent installment of Kanye West’s Sunday Service, a weekly religious gathering that has attracted famous types like Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom and Busy Philipps alongside regular KarJenner attendees.
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Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, who as director of the National Library of Medicine — the world’s largest — computerized its vast holdings and made them accessible to researchers around the world, died on Aug. 17 at a hospital in Bethesda, Md. He was 85. His wife, Mary, said the cause was a cerebral hemorrhage sustained
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