Author: Stephanie Gauthier

North Korea has deployed 3,000 of its troops to Russia for training, and Volodymyr Zelensky fears that they will then be sent to fight in Ukraine.

He also claims that more North Korean troops could be sent by December.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says North Korea has deployed troops to Russia, the first US official to publicly confirm the developmenthttps://t.co/uEqO7x4fAg

— CNN (@CNN) October 23, 2024

This major new development was confirmed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin:

“We are seeing evidence that North Korean troops have traveled to Russia.”

Around 3,000 North Korean troops are now believed to be deployed in eastern Russia, but the US does not yet know their precise mission, according to a senior administration official.

In addition, North Korean troops have reportedly been observed on Russian territory since September.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has regularly warned that North Korean troops would soon be joining the war alongside Russia, now claims that “10,000” troops are being prepared to go to Russia.

Since the invasion of Ukraine, relations between Russia and North Korea have strengthened. Moscow, in search of allies in the face of Western sanctions, and Pyongyang, eager to bolster its military and economic support, are engaging in strategic cooperation.

Reciprocal visits by leaders, including Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to North Korea, illustrate this new dynamic.

Putin paid a two-day diplomatic visit to North Korea on June 19, while Kim Jong-un visited Russia on September 13, 2023.

These rapprochements raise growing concerns about the escalation of the war in Ukraine, as well as regional and global security.

Members of the Central Park 5, wrongly accused of raping a woman in New York’s Central Park when they were teenagers and with a long history with Donald Trump, are suing him for defamation over comments he made during the presidential debate broadcast on ABC News.

JUST IN: Members of the "Central Park Five" have filed a defamation suit against former Pres. Trump, accusing him of spreading "false, misleading and defamatory" statements during the Sept. 10 ABC News presidential debate, according to a court filing. https://t.co/LJWm2J1aeR

— ABC News (@ABC) October 21, 2024

The Central Park 5 are a group of five African-American and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a jogger in Central Park in 1989.

After years in prison, their innocence was proven by DNA, but their story highlights racial and judicial injustices, including the controversial involvement of Donald Trump.

In 1989, Trump took out a full-page ad in the New York Times, calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty to execute the Central Park 5.

Even after their exoneration in 2002, Trump continued to assert their guilt, even as recently as his September 10 presidential debate against Kamala Harris when the latter sharply criticized him for publishing the ad in 1989, calling for the execution of the “young teenagers” accused at the time.

According to the defamation suit, Trump responded during the debate to what Harris had just said by claiming that the Central Park 5 “killed a person and pleaded guilty to the crime”, whereas these statements “are patently false” according to the lawsuit.

The complaint filed in federal court in Philadelphia states that the plaintiffs “never pleaded guilty to any crime” and were subsequently “cleared of any wrongdoing”.

What’s more, the victim of the Central Park assaults “was not killed”, a fact Donald Trump should have known since he’s taken this cause so personally since 1989.

The lawsuit contends that Donald Trump’s statements are “part of an continuing pattern of extreme and outrageous behavior going back many years.”

Because of the consequences of his remarks, which include allegations of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, the Central Park 5 are seeking damages in excess of $75,000, with the total amount of compensatory and punitive damages to be determined at trial.

A passenger fell overboard from a Taylor Swift-themed Royal Caribbean cruise ship, while it was off the coast of Nassau at the time of the incident.

A 66-year-old woman fell overboard from a Taylor Swift-themed Royal Caribbean cruise ship in the Bahamas, officials said. https://t.co/lwVIwPu6TK

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 23, 2024

A 66-year-old woman fell off the Allure of the Seas cruise ship. According to authorities, she fell overboard at around 9:40pm on Tuesday.

A search and rescue operation was immediately launched to find the missing passenger, according to a Royal Caribbean spokesman, who also said the company was providing support and assistance to the victim’s family at this difficult time.

The U.S. Coast Guard has been called in to support the planes and helicopters involved in the search operations.

The “In my cruise era” cruise began on October 21, one day after the singer’s concert series during her three-day stay in Miami for The Eras Tour.

The cruise, which is not affiliated with Taylor Swift, was organized by travel agents Jessica Malerman, Nicole Rivera and Shelby Reyes of Marvelous Mouse Travels, who promised an experience entirely devoted to the artist’s universe.

Search operations for the missing woman were continuing at the time of writing.

Ten U.S. states face major E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers.

The CDC has issued a warning about a deadly multistate E. coli outbreak that it says is linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders https://t.co/LAnqDQP0DV

— CNN (@CNN) October 22, 2024

Most of the people reportedly sickened by the E. coli outbreak ate the Quarter Pounder, which has been temporarily removed from the menu in states with reported cases.

According to the CDC, 49 cases of illness and 1 death have been reported so far as a result of this E. coli outbreak.

McDonald’s in Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Oklahoma are at the center of this outbreak.

The CDC has advised the public to seek medical attention if they develop symptoms after consuming a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, and to report eating a burger from the famous golden arch to the healthcare professional.

McDonald’s restaurants have stated that “serving our customers safely in every restaurant, every day, is our top priority”.

The restaurants have also removed sliced onions from the menu, in addition to the Quarter Pounder.

With polls showing the Democratic nominee and her rival Donald Trump neck-and-neck, with no predictable winner just days before the election, Kamala Harris is clearly winning the fundraising battle!

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign raised more than three times as much money as former President Donald Trump in September, even as the polls remain neck and neck. https://t.co/X54X07IJTn

— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 21, 2024

The Vice President’s campaign raised more than three times the amount of Donald Trump’s in September, while we also learn that Kamala Harris has crossed the record threshold of one billion dollars in funds raised since the start of her presidential race.

An unprecedented amount!

According to CBS News, these figures do not take into account the other political action committees supporting Harris and Trump.

Trump receives millions of dollars in support from several billionaires, including Elon Musk, Diane Hendricks, Richard Uihlein and others.

Harris also enjoys the support of wealthy millionaires and billionaires, including Reed Hastings, Dustin Moskovitz and Jeff Lawson.

The final phase of the election is underway, with record numbers of voters already casting early ballots in several states.

The two candidates are neck-and-neck in polls in key states, with Kamala Harris leading Trump in voting intentions nationwide, with 51% to 48%.

Donald Trump “worked” in “the real world” for the first time in 78 years at a campaign event on October 20.

The former president can now claim to have worked in a McDonald’s, despite accusing Kamala Harris without evidence of lying about her experience at the restaurant chain when she was a student at Howard University in Washington.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonalds in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions from reporters through the drive-thru window. pic.twitter.com/URVHJWSvjG

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 21, 2024

Trump was in Festerville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, for a publicity stunt for his election campaign.

The former president introduced himself to the restaurant owner, asking:

“I’m looking for a job.”

He could now boast that 1 in 8 Americans had worked at McDonald’s.

As soon as he arrived, Trump took the opportunity to make a comment about his rival, who is the real reason he’s in the restaurant:

“I’m running against somebody who said she did, but it turned out to be a totally phony story.”

Trump claims without proof to have shown that Kamala Harris never worked in a McDonald’s while in school, but according to a representative of the Kamala Harris campaign, the vice president was employed at a McDonald’s in Alameda, California, in the summer of 1983.

An employee of the restaurant showed her how to fry fries… then, a strange statement to the effect that he had always dreamed of working at McDonald’s:

“I always wanted to work at McDonald’s, but I never did.”

In addition to learning how to fry fries, Trump answered reporters and served his supporters at the drive-thru of a McDonald’s that was closed to the public for the occasion.

A reporter asked him if he would accept the election results, an important question to which he replied:

“Yes, of course, if it’s a fair election.”

Trump still gives the same vague, unconvincing answer, while he and his Republican allies are already expressing doubts about the electoral process.

However, this answer, which is worrying some people in the run-up to an election whose results look set to be very close, doesn’t seem to bother his supporters at all, who were delighted to be served a few fries by Donald Trump.