Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A fraudster posed as the actor Jason Statham to cheat a woman out of hundreds of thousands of pounds A fraudster posing as Hollywood actor Jason Statham cheated a British woman out of hundreds of thousands using an online scam, the BBC has learned. It comes as police warn […]
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Image copyright Piers Fenwick Image caption Piers Fenwick with his sons Matthew and William It’s the dream of many dads: being able to spend more time with their children. For many people, work commitments make it difficult to have as much time as they would like with their growing kids. And right from the start,
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National Army forces led by General Khalifa Haftar have launched air strikes on Tripoli in a bid to gain control of Libya’s capital. This comes as the government agreed to agree to negotiate with General Haftar on a ceasefire and insist on the withdrawal of troops to the east of the country. BBC Arabic correspondent
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“All the nongazillionaires, we need this money from renting out our homes,” said Kathryn Klenawicus, who says she supports her disabled husband by renting their house out in the Heights each August, while living in their guest quarters. “But we definitely have some people here, they are of a certain financial stature, and they really
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Ford Motor has agreed to invest $500 million in Rivian, an electric-car start-up that is widely seen as a potential rival to Tesla, Ford announced on Wednesday. Rivian, based in Plymouth, Mich., plans to begin producing a pickup truck and a sport utility vehicle by the end of next year. Both will be powered by
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Felipe Lopez somehow forgot what all the attention was like. That would have been impossible to imagine 25 years ago, back when he practically owned magazine covers and newspaper headlines. But he has been out of the spotlight for a while, at least until it came time to promote a film about him. Then it
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Asian stock markets were mixed on Monday as investors looked ahead to U.S.-Chinese trade talks and the Federal Reserve’s update on its U.S. interest rate outlook. Benchmarks in Hong Kong and Seoul advanced, while Shanghai and Sydney declined. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday and India was closed for elections. On Wall Street, the
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Image copyright Getty Images Step inside the offices of Bluescreen and you’ll find some of the UK’s most talented young hackers, dragged from a world of crime to fight for the other side. These computer experts have swapped the confines of their bedrooms for a fairly ordinary looking cyber-security company in Plymouth. Bluescreen employs hackers
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Work messaging platform Slack is taking the next step in filing to go public, the latest in several highly anticipated tech IPOs. In documents posted with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, Slack Technologies Inc. says it posted a loss of $138.9 million on revenue of $400 million in the fiscal year ended Jan. 31,
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Trailing in the second period and in danger of going down 2-0 in the series, Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar put his three top scorers back on a line together and got the results he sought. Gabriel Landeskog scored the first goal and Mikko Rantanen’s hustle helped create the tiebreaking tally from Tyson Barrie, sending
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