The European Union has launched membership talks with Ukraine, starting a process likely to take years
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has launched membership talks with Ukraine, starting a process likely to take years.
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Dutch airline KLM announced a “painful” round of cost-cutting and other measures Thursday aimed at boosting the carrier's finances as it continues to recover from the COVID pandemic that grounded planes worldwide. The Dutch carrier is part of the Air France-KLM group that had a 7.1 billion-euro ($8.4 billion) loss in 2020 as the global pandemic grounded planes and halted travel plans worldwide, causing a 67% slump in passenger numbers. KLM said the package of measures is intended to improve its operating result by 450 million euros ($497 million) in the short term.
- HuffPost
Harvard Law Professor Spots 2 'Jaw-Dropping' Details In New Trump Filing
Laurence Tribe recalled saying one word to himself over and over and over again while reading the document.
- CBC
Father demands answers after video of public attack on B.C. teen
WARNING: This story contains a graphic description of an attack.A violent attack on a teenage girl that was caught on video by multiple people in Kelowna, B.C., has prompted her father to come forward, demanding answers and justice.Kelowna RCMP say the attack happened on Friday night, and that the video has been circulating "widely" online in the southern Interior community, around 270 kilometres east of Vancouver in B.C.'s Okanagan.RCMP say the attack happened in the area of Boyce-Gyro Beach Pa
- BuzzFeed
People Are Calling Tim Walz’s Mike Pence Line The Knockout Line Of The Debate
"Well, it came pretty late, but that 2020/Jan 6 section was quite a moment!"
- The Daily Beast
Donald Trump Takes Aim at Jimmy Carter on His Milestone 100th Birthday
Not only was Donald Trump the sole living president—current or former—to not deliver a video message for Jimmy Carter in honor of the 39th president’s milestone 100th birthday on Tuesday, but he made no mention of the historic occasion despite talking about Carter’s presidency in an attempt to criticize Joe Biden.On Tuesday, the Carter Center shared excerpts of messages of support from Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden that were shown at Carter’s birthday concert last mont
- People
Man Shot Dead in Front of Tourists at Mexico Beach Resort by Gunmen Who Fled on Jet Skis: Reports
The incident reportedly prompted visitors to seek shelter at a nearby hotel on Wednesday, Oct. 2
- BuzzFeed
Donald Trump Pretty Much Lost It During The VP Debate
I hope his keyboard is okay after this.
- The Independent
‘Nostradamus’ pollster reveals who won VP debate between Walz and Vance
Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the result of nine of out 10 presidential elections since 1984
- USA TODAY
43-foot, nude statue of Trump near Las Vegas interstate called 'deplorable'
A 43-foot-tall nude statue of former president Donald Trump was put up near a Las Vegas interstate and local Republicans have condemned it.
- Cosmopolitan
Ben Affleck's Longtime Friend Kevin Smith Is Out Here Spilling About His Divorce from J.Lo
Kevin Smith did an interview and spilled about Ben Affleck and J.Lo's divorce—check out his quotes.
- HuffPost
Democratic Senator Questions If Trump Is OK After Yet Another Onstage Flub
Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii wondered "if there’s something actually going on" with the former president.
- HuffPost
'You're A Mature Grown-Up': CNN Host Calls Out Trump Aide For Botching Kamala Harris' Name
Jim Acosta was clearly frustrated with Corey Lewandowski.
- The Daily Beast
Cheryl Hines May Divorce RFK Jr.—But Not for the Reasons You Think
Cheryl Hines is reportedly considering divorcing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but not because of his digital affair with politics reporter Olivia Nuzzi.Page Six reports that the Curb Your Enthusiasm actress is more upset about his flirtation with Donald Trump and his endorsement of the Republican for president.The site quoted sources as saying Hines was aware that RFK Jr. was a “serial philanderer” but what didn’t expect was to see him step out with Trump.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beas
- The Canadian Press
Bloc Québécois motion on old age security passes without Liberal support
OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is upping the ante for the Liberals, threatening to move toward an election as early as next week if the government doesn't back a plan to increase old age security payments.
- Yahoo News Canada
Shaq tries to stroll through downtown Toronto unnoticed, fails miserably in hilarious viral video: 'Can’t go incognito at 7-foot'
It's not easy staying low-key in Canada's largest city when you're the size of a small pickup truck. Being a famous NBA legend doesn't help, either.
- Miami Herald
Who won the Vance-Walz debate? Takeaways from a civil, substantive faceoff | Opinion
Voters could have been forgiven for wishing the Trump-Harris debate was more like the vice presidential contest. | Opinion
- HuffPost
Democrats Troll Trump On His Own Building With 'Idiot' Message From JD Vance
The projection reportedly appeared hours after Vance arrived at Trump Tower in New York ahead of the vice presidential debate.
- The Independent
It took nearly 90 minutes, but Tim Walz made clear exactly why Donald Trump chose JD Vance
ANALYSIS: There may not have been a knockout blow in the vice presidential debate, but Vance’s answer to the last question couldn’t have been more revealing, writes Andrew Feinberg
- The Hockey News - Edmonton Oilers
Rugged Ex-Oiler Doesn't Make New Team
The former Edmonton Oilers forward was trying to join the Detroit Red Wings.
- The Daily Beast
New Forecast for Texas Senate Race Is Bad News for Ted Cruz
Things aren’t looking good for notorious Republican Party hardliner-in-a-hardline-state Ted Cruz’s re-election hopes.The Cook Political Report has just updated its assessment of the Texas Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican” amid what appear to be significant signs of momentum behind Democrat Colin Allred’s campaign.Even among Republicans, the forecaster reports that Allred—“a Black football captain at Baylor University who played for the Tennessee Titans before working in t