Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Matt Connolly was convicted last year The UK’s top financial watchdog made statements for use in court that were later acknowledged by a senior official to be false, the BBC has discovered. The statements were used in a case against two ex-Deutsche Bank traders convicted of rigging interest rates. […]
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Academic institutions in West Africa have increasingly been facing allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic, but it’s almost never proven. After gathering dozens of testimonies, BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists posing as students inside the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana. Female reporters
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Teddy Bridgewater won the affection of the Superdome crowd, which chanted his name as he picked apart Tampa Bay’s struggling secondary, turning in his best performance in nearly four years. Bridgewater passed for 314 yards and four touchdowns and New Orleans beat the Buccaneers 31-24 on Sunday to keep their fill-in quarterback unbeaten in three
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[Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter.] Governors Island, a 172-acre patch of land near southern Manhattan that is vaguely shaped like an ice cream cone, has been many things over time: An outpost of the Dutch West India Company, a Civil War prison for Confederate soldiers,
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEndometriosis: The condition that can take more than seven years to diagnose More than 13,500 women have taken part in BBC research revealing the devastating effect of endometriosis. Half said they had had suicidal thoughts, and many said they rely on highly addictive painkillers. Most also said
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It’s safe to say new “Saturday Night Live” hire Bowen Yang is having a moment as the first Chinese American cast member to join the series and so is the hilarious new character he debuted over the weekend. If the ongoing U.S.-China trade war has given us one thing, it’s fictional trade representative Chen Biao, aka
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All that pregame talk about Khalil Mack and the Monsters of the Midway defense only served as motivation for the Oakland Raiders. A dominant performance from the offensive line, a breakthrough game from a rookie running back and the ability to bounce back from a third-quarter meltdown made Oakland’s weeklong stay in London a success.
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The center-left Socialist Party collected the most votes in Portugal’s general election Sunday, an exit poll indicated, leaving it poised to continue in government for another four years. However, with the exit poll predicting they would get between 36-40% of the vote, the Socialists could fall short of a majority in parliament. That could mean
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The filmmakers and studio behind “Joker” have reason to put on a happy face. Despite concerns over its violent themes and ramped up theater security, audiences flocked to the multiplex to check out the R-rated film this weekend resulting in a record October opening. Warner Bros. said Sunday that “Joker” grossed
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Ohio State and Georgia are tied at No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll, and Florida surged to No. 7 after a big victory. No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson held their spots Sunday after a week off for both, but the Buckeyes caught up to the Bulldogs in the AP Top
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