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Autumn 2024 hair trends: the key cuts, colours and styles, from Dallas Blowdries to Bell-Bottom Bobs
22Oct By No Comments
Life Style

Autumn 2024 hair trends: the key cuts, colours and styles, from Dallas Blowdries to Bell-Bottom Bobs

Summer can be punishing on your hair — from the heat to the pool water. And if you’re still feeling the effects now the cold season is coming, it’s the perfect time to give locks a new lease of life with a fresh cut or colour. Or even just by mixing it up with a new style you can create at home. But before you book in at the salon, or reach for your hair tools, take a moment to take stock of our rundown of the season’s hottest new looks. We’ve asked trend forecasters, as well as hairdressers and colourists from some of London’s most iconic salons which styles are about to go viral. Tom Smith, artist at Olaplex and international creative colour director at Evo, is nicknamed the ‘hairvoyant’ for his ability to predict the next must-have aesthetics, and says the coming season is all about “po...
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Ripple founder has given more than $11.8 million to Harris campaign
22Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Ripple founder has given more than $11.8 million to Harris campaign

Chris Larsen, co-founder and chairman of Ripple, contributed nearly $9.9 million to Future Forward in September, in addition to more than $800,000 to the Harris Victory Fund, according to FEC data compiled by the Breadcrumbs crypto market and blockchain analyst James Delmore and independently verified by CNBC.Including Larsen's August contribution of $1 million worth of XRP tokens, the billionaire has given more than $11.8 million to PACs supporting the Harris campaign, making him one of the crypto industry's largest individual donors this cycle.Larsen, who's backed candidates across the aisle the last few years, told CNBC in an interview that his comfort level with Harris comes from conversations he's had with people inside the campaign and what he's seen from the vice president since she...
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Moldova votes to join EU by narrow margin after ‘unfair fight’
22Oct By No Comments
World News

Moldova votes to join EU by narrow margin after ‘unfair fight’

By Tom Balmforth and Alexander Tanas, Reuters President Maia Sandu said on Monday (local time) Moldovans had won a "first battle in a difficult fight" for their future, a day after a slim majority of 50.46 percent backed EU accession in a referendum that was clouded by allegations of Russia-backed meddling. The EU flag waves close to the Moldovan Parliament building. Photo: Sergei Gapon / AFP The knife-edge finish was a shock for supporters of Sandu, who had hoped the vote would deliver a firm message of intent to bring the ex-Soviet agricultural economy into the European Union by 2030 and leave Moscow's orbit for good. "The people of Moldova have spoken: Our EU future will now be anchored in the constitution. We fought fairly in an unfair fight - and we won," Sandu wrote on X. The r...
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Trump sued by Central Park Five for defamation over Harris debate claims
22Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Trump sued by Central Park Five for defamation over Harris debate claims

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on October 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFive men who were wrongfully convicted as teenagers in the so-called Central Park Five jogger rape case sued Donald Trump on Monday, saying the Republican presidential nominee defamed them by falsely claiming they killed someone and pleaded guilty.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Philadelphia, cites several statements Trump made about the men during his Sept. 10 debate with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, after she blasted Trump for taking out an ad in 1989 calling for the then-teen defendants to be executed."Defendant Trump falsely stated [at th...
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Facebook owner Meta restarts facial recognition tech in ‘celeb-bait’ crackdown
22Oct By No Comments
World News

Facebook owner Meta restarts facial recognition tech in ‘celeb-bait’ crackdown

Photo: Serge Tenani / Hans Lucas via AFP Three years after Meta shut down facial recognition software on Facebook amid a groundswell of privacy and regulator pushback, the social media giant said it is testing the service again as part of a crackdown on "celeb bait" scams. Meta said it will enroll about 50,000 public figures in a trial which involves automatically comparing their Facebook profile photos with images used in suspected scam advertisements. If the images match and Meta believes the ad are scams, it will block them. The celebrities will be notified of their enrollment and can opt out if they do not want to participate, the company said. The company plans to roll out the trial globally from December, excluding some large jurisdictions where it does not have regulatory clearanc...
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Election is Harris vs. Musk, not Trump, Cuban says
22Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Election is Harris vs. Musk, not Trump, Cuban says

Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning for president against Elon Musk at least as much as she is against former President Donald Trump, Mark Cuban said Monday, as he advocated for the Democratic nominee as the pro-business choice."It's the Harris campaign versus Elon, not even versus Trump," the billionaire investor and former "Shark Tank" host said on CNBC's "Squawk Box."Cuban took a swipe at the Tesla and SpaceX CEO over Musk's promise to give $1 million per day to the winner of a swing-state voter sweepstakes, calling it "innovative" and "desperate."But Cuban later predicted that if Harris wins, she "100%" could mend her relationship with Musk.Cuban's remarks were the latest volley between the two billionaires, who have taken on increasingly prominent campaign roles while ramping ...
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The ‘XL Bully cat’ is the latest internet-famous cat to stoke selective breeding concerns
22Oct By No Comments
World News

The ‘XL Bully cat’ is the latest internet-famous cat to stoke selective breeding concerns

By Tessa Flemming for the ABC As the name suggests, the breed closely resembles the controversial American XL Bully dog in its stocky build. Photo: Facebook / Bullycats Wrinkly with stumpy legs and a little bit ugly - the "XL Bully cat" is the latest cat crossbreed to take the internet by storm for its looks (or lack thereof). But the breed proliferation in the US and now the UK has led to fresh outrage about how designer trends and selective breeding could be harming our pets. What is a XL Bully cat? As the name suggests, the breed closely resembles the controversial American XL Bully dog in its stocky build - which was banned in England earlier this year. The XL Bully cat, also known as a Bambino, is bred by mixing the mutant gene that causes hairlessness in Sphynx cats with the ge...
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N.B. votes 2024: Higgs loses own riding as PCs take devastating election blow
22Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

N.B. votes 2024: Higgs loses own riding as PCs take devastating election blow

New Brunswick Progressive Conservative leader Blaine Higgs will no longer be the representative for Quispamsis, Global News projects. Higgs, who was seeking a third government as premier, has lost his riding to Liberal Aaron Kennedy – a trend mirroring the ultimate result: a Liberal majority with Susan Holt becoming the province’s first female premier, according to Global’s projection.“It’s certainly not the night we hoped for but nevertheless, it is what it is,” he told supporters at his election gathering on Monday.Higgs said his party will begin discussing leadership transition in the coming days.“After those discussions are complete, I will make a formal announcement,” he added. 1:55 New Br...
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Trump tax plans could exempt 93 million Americans from income taxes
22Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Trump tax plans could exempt 93 million Americans from income taxes

Former President Donald Trump's tax reform ideas could offer total or partial income tax exemptions to roughly 93.2 million Americans, a meaningful chunk of the U.S. electorate, according to CNBC's analysis of several estimates.As part of his economic pitch to voters, Trump has floated a sweeping tax overhaul, including a slate of income tax breaks.So far, the Republican presidential nominee has officially proposed eliminating income tax on tips and Social Security benefits, along with overtime pay. And last week, in an interview on the sports media site OutKick, Trump said he would consider tax exemptions for firefighters, police officers, military personnel and veterans.These exemptions are part of Trump's larger vision to transition away from the income tax system and replace it with th...
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‘Blade Runner 2049’ producer sues Tesla, Warner Bros over AI images
22Oct By No Comments
World News

‘Blade Runner 2049’ producer sues Tesla, Warner Bros over AI images

Photo: AFP Movie and television studio Alcon Entertainment has sued Tesla and Warner Bros Discovery over claims they used images tied to the film 'Blade Runner 2049' to promote Tesla's new autonomous cybercab. Alcon's California federal lawsuit alleged violations of US copyright law and accused Tesla of "false endorsement" for suggesting a relationship between Alcon and the Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle maker. "Any prudent brand considering any Tesla partnership has to take Musk's massively amplified, highly politicised, capricious and arbitrary behavior, which sometimes veers into hate speech, into account," the lawsuit said. Tesla and Warner Bros did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Warner Bros was Alcon's distributor for 'Blade Runner 2049', which won two 2018 Acad...
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