Doug Varey was offered security software which sounded like a good deal. It turned out to be a frightening scam that cost him thousands of pounds. He was shown images which appeared to be of Russian gangsters buying weapons with his money, and handed over thousands of pounds to make it stop. Indian police have […]
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Gerrit Cole could be seeing a lot more of the New York Yankees real soon. While there was no Game 7 for the Astros’ ace to face the Yankees in the AL Championship Series, could he start New York’s opener at Baltimore on March 26? “The work never ends,” New York manager Aaron Boone said
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One of those options, which is said to be Mr. Trump’s choice, would keep a contingent of about 200 Special Operations forces at a few bases in eastern Syria, some near the Iraqi border, where they have been working alongside Syrian Kurdish partners. Military officials also are expected to brief Mr. Trump this week on
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Image copyright Capital Group One of the world’s leading fund managers has been forced to resign after the BBC discovered he had broken investment rules. Mark Denning helped to manage more than $300bn (£229bn; €265n) of investors’ money at Capital Group. BBC One’s Panorama uncovered evidence that suggests he was secretly acquiring shares for his
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Six months ago, on Easter Sunday, Sri Lanka was hit by one of the world’s worst terrorist attacks this century. The town of Negombo suffered the deadliest bombing, when 115 people died while attending mass. Hasura Jayakody lost his mother in the explosion – and spent his 17th birthday recovering from shrapnel injuries in hospital.
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The game was billed as the return of Saquon Barkley to the New York Giants’ lineup and the matchup of first-round rookie quarterbacks Kyler Murray and Daniel Jones. It had an unexpected star: Arizona Cardinals backup running back Chase Edmonds. Edmonds rushed for career highs of 126 yards and three touchdowns and the Cardinals’ defense
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Thomas J. D’Alesandro III, a former Baltimore mayor, City Council president and the brother of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has died. He was 90. Ms. Pelosi’s office confirmed the death in a statement on Sunday. Mr. D’Alesandro was elected president of the Baltimore City Council in 1963 before serving as mayor from 1967 to 1971.
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Image copyright PA Media The pound slipped against the dollar as commercial currency markets opened for the first time since MP’s backed a move to delay approval of the Brexit deal. Most big banks in London had called in extra staff, expecting volatile trading after the first Saturday sitting in the House of Commons for
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A high school girls soccer team in Vermont tried to advocate for equal pay at a Friday game and managed to receive multiple yellow cards in the process. After scoring their first goal of the night, several members of the Burlington High School girls team took off their blue uniforms to reveal custom white jerseys
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“Erdogan is playing to an anti-American domestic audience with his nuclear rhetoric, but is highly unlikely to pursue nuclear weapons,” said Jessica C. Varnum, an expert on Turkey at Middlebury’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, Calif. “There would be huge economic and reputational costs to Turkey, which would hurt the pocketbooks of
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