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Friday September 12nd, 2025 morning edition

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A Florida man was arrested after a meetup with a woman he met on a dating app turned violent when he allegedly ran over her after she refused to allow him to smell her feet, police say.

It happened around 2 p.m. on August 24 at the Serena Hotel in Aventura, about 20 miles north of Miami.

Investigators say 28-year-old Elmoncy Sercle met the woman through the dating app Seeking and invited her to the hotel, Law&Crime reported.

“When I got there, he just wanted to sniff my feet and I didn't feel comfortable with that,” she explained.

open image in gallery Sercle was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery ( Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ).

That’s when, officers say, Sercle accelerated toward her, stopped, made a three-point turn, and struck her with the vehicle.

I've met a lot of people who have foot fetishes, obviously, and nobody has ever done anything to this caliber.". »

Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup

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Bolsonaro, who was put under house arrest after being deemed a flight risk, did not attend this final phase of the trial in person.

His words have previously been echoed by US President Donald Trump, who imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods, framing them as retaliation for Bolsonaro's prosecution.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Brazil's Supreme Court had "unjustly ruled to imprison former President Jair Bolsonaro" and threatened to "respond accordingly to this witch hunt". »

EU to slash food and fast fashion waste – DW – 09

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Following negotiations between its 27 member states, the EU has introduced 30% reduction targets on food waste generated by households, retailers and restaurants.

Food waste also has a significant climate impact, generating about 16% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the EU food system.

Fast food restaurants will also have to curb food waste under an expanded EU directive Image: Martin Gerten/picture-alliance/dpa. »

Groundbreaking Brazilian Drug, Considered Capable of Reversing Spinal Cord Injury, Presented in SĂŁo Paulo

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From a tender wrapper of human life, the placenta, comes the extraction of a protein that points to a solution for something that, until now, science had no clear path to—and never one so celebrated: restoring the spinal cord in people who suffered injuries and lost body movement.

SAO PAULO/ SP, BRASIL, 09/09/2025 Tatiana Sampaio (Foto: Zanone Fraissat/Folhapress, SAUDE) - Zanone Fraissat/Folhapress.

During the experimental phase of the antidote, which is applied directly to the spine, patients experienced full recovery of their conditions, with no aftereffects and resuming a routine without restrictions. »