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Rhonda Alexander: Dating app boss who ‘bullied staff to tears’ judged industry diversity and inclusion awards A former CEO of a dating app company, who was accused of bullying staff and reducing them to tears, was drafted in to judge an industry diversity and inclusion awards. Rhonda Alexander, who was the boss of female-friendly dating app Fluttr, boasted about her judging credentials on social media despite claims against her including reducing colleagues to tears and “throwing eggs at ideas”. A native New Yorker, Ms Alexander set out to create Fluttr, a dating app that sought to beat “Tinder Swindler” type…

Moldovans to choose president in decisive runoff overshadowed by fraud and intimidation claims Moldovans are casting votes in a decisive presidential runoff Sunday that pits pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu against a Russia-friendly opponent, as ongoing claims of voter fraud and intimidation threaten democracy in the European Union candidate country. In the first round held Oct. 20, Sandu obtained 42% of the ballot but failed to win an outright majority. She will face Alexandr Stoianoglo, a former prosecutor general, who outperformed polls in the first round with almost 26% of the vote. Polls opened Sunday at 7 a.m. local time (0500…

Adidas have signed a teenage sprinting sensation who has been branded ‘the next Usain Bolt’. Australian Gout Gout, 16, has followed in the footsteps of the likes of Lionel Messi, Steph Curry and Patrick Mahomes in joining the Adidas stable. ‘I’m super excited to have signed with Adidas,’ he told Citius Mag. ‘I’m not stopping here. I’ll work so hard to repay the faith they have shown me. I’ll stay hungry and chase down what’s next.’ Gout was born in Queensland in 2007 to parents from South Sudan who moved to Australia two years earlier. He is regarded as one…

Researchers who studied babies in Scotland believe cuts to benefits and services are linked to rise. Linking the lack of nutrition in mothers to UK’s austerity measures. To investigate the impact of such policies in the UK researchers at the University of Glasgow and Public Health Scotland analysed records for almost 2.3 million babies born in Scotland between 1981 and 2019. UK austerity policies increased rate of premature The introduction of UK austerity policies has been associated with a striking increase in the number of babies in Scotland being born smaller or earlier than expected, data suggests. Researchers believe cuts…

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Dogs and drones used in hunt for racoons which escaped zoo on Isle of Wight Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailA hunt using tracker dogs and drones has been launched to trace a group of raccoons which managed to break out of a zoo on the Isle of Wight.The four animals escaped their compound at Amazon World Zoo Park in Sandown on Friday morning.Staff are now appealing to locals to keep an eye out for the 18-month-old sisters, which only arrived at the zoo last…

Stolen engagement ring of veteran’s late fiancée returned with apology note Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailA former British soldier who served in the Falklands War saw his late fiancée’s engagement ring returned in the mail after it was burgled from his home.Darren Horsnell, 62, had been on a fundraising trip organised by the veterans’ charity he works for last month when he returned to his home in Lancashire to find it had been rifled through and possessions taken.But the most precious of the things…

Birmingham Council latest to consider cycling ban in city centre Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailAnother council is considering a cycling ban in parts of the city centre to prevent the “dangerous combination” of pedestrians and bikes.Birmingham City Council has become the latest in a string of local authorities to consult on clamping down on cyclists in pedestrianised areas, in addition to Colchester, Bedford, and Grimsby.Cycling guru Professor David Cox, former chair of Cycling UK and leader of the charity’s Bike West Midlands Network campaign…

Crypto is is on the verge of becoming mainstream, according to Jonathan Steinberg, founder and CEO of asset manager WisdomTree. In a recent interview on CNBC, Steinberg highlighted the factors driving adoption of cryptocurrencies, including regulatory clarity, publicly-traded cryptocurrency funds, and the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). Steinberg is basing his theory on the support presidential candidate Donald Trump’s gave crypto in recent speech at the Bitcoin 2024 conference. Trump’s ambitious tone US political leaders are becoming more open to crypto. Trump’s ambitious tone and promises of regulatory clarity for the industry could have a positive impact on both crypto…

15 Year old who fatally stabbed another teen Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, was killed by stranger after a four-minute conversation in city centre. The teen was followed by another teenager through Birmingham city centre, that he did not know, who consequently stabbed him to death after a four-minute conversation has finally been jailed for life with a minimum of 13 years. Muhammad Hassam Ali, known as Ali, was 17 when he died in hospital on 20 January, hours after he and his friend were confronted by two masked 15-year-old boys they had never met as they sat in Victoria Square,…