Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Some 540 held at French anti-austerity protests as new PM sworn in
Anti-austerity protests in France drew some 200,000 participants and resulted in around 540 arrests on Wednesday, the French Interior Ministry said, as the country’s new prime minister took office amid a serious political crisis. Sébastien Lecornu called for a change in politics as he was sworn in, warning at the handover of power in Paris…
Read MoreWhy New Yorkers Yearn for Barneys
On September 8, 1993, the opening night of the brand-new Barneys flagship store on Madison Avenue, the escalators shrieked. The two-hundred-and-sixty-seven-million-dollar palace of consumption was sheathed in pristine French limestone and decked out with luxe flourishes, such as custom aquariums full of saltwater fish. (A baby sand shark named Sinatra eventually had to be removed,…
Read MoreHerzog to meet UK’s Starmer, warns Britain against Palestinian statehood recognition
Herzog’s office warned that recognizing a Palestinian state at this time would “constitute a reward for terror” and undermine efforts to release the hostages and end the war in Gaza. President Isaac Herzog announced in a statement on Wednesday that he will meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street to discuss the…
Read MoreMuted German reaction to EU halt on payments to Israel
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has said Berlin has “taken note” of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to halt EU payments to Israel over the country’s conduct in Gaza and Qatar. The German minister, speaking alongside his Dutch counterpart in Berlin, refrained from commenting further, but only said that his government was…
Read MoreShock as Kenyan lawyer killed in drive-by shooting in Nairobi
Kenya has been left in shock after the killing of a senior lawyer in a drive-by shooting on a busy street in the capital Nairobi. Mathew Kyalo Mbobu, a respected lawyer and former head of a political parties’ dispute tribunal, was driving home on Tuesday evening when a gunman on a motorcycle pulled alongside his…
Read More“Cashing Out” Examines an Investment Strategy That Profited from AIDS Deaths
As grateful as I am to the director Matt Nadel for making “Cashing Out,” a vital and outstanding film about a terrible time, it also made me angry—angry about an epoch in our nation’s history that fewer and fewer people know about, which is to say the AIDS crisis, and how it affected gay men,…
Read MorePoland says it shot down Russian drones that repeatedly violated its airspace
Poland says it shot down several drones that violated the Russia-Poland border. The prime minister said the Polish armed forces downed drones that could have posed a threat. Warsaw’s Chopin Airport said it had temporarily stopped flight operations. Poland said it shot down multiple Russian drones that violated its airspace early Wednesday morning. Poland’s Operational…
Read MoreNato scrambles jets as Russia targets Ukraine near Polish border
Nato scrambled fighter jets early on Wednesday as Russia launched a widespread attack on Ukraine with drones and missiles. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness,” the operational command of the Polish armed forces said in…
Read MoreHamas says five of its members were killed in Israeli attack on Doha
The official statement named five individuals, including Humam al-Hayya, the son of Hamas’s exiled Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya. They also said that the attack “failed.” Hamas said on Tuesday that five of its members had been killed in an Israeli attack in Doha, including the son of Hamas’s exiled Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya. The official…
Read MoreActing leader, finance chief: The Hamas terror heads targeted in Doha
Key targets in Israel’s operation include acting leader Khalil al-Hayya, former head Khaled Mashaal, and finance chief Zaher Jabarin. Israel on Tuesday carried out a targeted airstrike in Doha, Qatar, in an attempt to assassinate several top members of the Hamas leadership. Key targets in this operation were Khalil al-Hayya, Khaled Mashaal, and Zaher Jabarin,…
Read MoreStephen Shore’s Precocious Adolescent Eye
How did this happen? To begin with, Shore had an uncommonly encouraging and generous family. His uncle Leo, a naval engineer, noticed that his nephew was a budding tinkerer and gave him a Kodak photo-chemistry set for his sixth birthday. (In an essay for the new book, Shore recalls, “It was as though this gift…
Read MoreSurprise as Ivory Coast’s ex-first lady cleared to contest presidency
Ivory Coast’s former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, 76, is the surprise inclusion in a list of five candidates who have been officially cleared to contest next month’s presidential election. She will run against President Alassane Ouattara, 83, who took power after she and her former husband, Laurent Gbagbo, were captured in a presidential bunker during…
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