Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
South African trio charged with Bolt driver’s murder filmed on dashcam
Three South Africans have been charged with murder following the killing of an e-hailing taxi driver, the manner of whose death, captured on dashcam footage, has shocked many people. A video shared widely on social media shows a man and a woman tussling with the driver, Isaac Satlat, who they appeared to be robbing. Satlat…
Read MoreIDF kills Hezbollah operative rebuilding terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon
In a statement, the IDF said the operative’s activity violated the ceasefire framework and posed a threat to Israel’s northern communities. The IDF struck and killed a terrorist involved in efforts to reestablish Hezbollah infrastructure in the Hanin area of southern Lebanon, the military confirmed on Monday. In a statement, the IDF said the operative’s…
Read MorePeter Strausfeld, the Movie-Poster Master
Some deserving names, though, are still obscure, and that is why an exhibition at Poster House, on West Twenty-third Street, running until April 12th, is to be welcomed with gusto. Here, in the first American museum that is dedicated solely to the art of the poster, is your chance to inspect the output of a…
Read MoreFinnish FM visits Jerusalem for first time since 2016, discusses regional issues with FM Sa’ar
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosted Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in Jerusalem, marking the first such visit in nearly a decade amid EU discussions on Israel. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosted his Finnish counterpart, Elina Valtonen, at the ministry in Jerusalem during an official diplomatic visit on Sunday. Valtonen’s visit marked the first time a…
Read MoreBistrot Ha Is the Right Kind of Restaurant Evolution
A little more than a year ago, after running a successful pop-up called Ha’s Đặc Biệt, the chefs Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha opened Ha’s Snack Bar, an itsy-bitsy restaurant on the Lower East Side. The Snack Bar, like the pop-up, served Vietnamese-inspired dishes that were clever, cheffy (and more than a bit French-inflected),…
Read MoreRussian ‘pick-up artist’ accused of secretly filming women in Ghana
Ghana has requested the extradition of a Russian man accused of illegally recording his sexual encounters with several women and sharing the videos online without their consent. African and Russian media identified him as a self-styled “pick-up artist” and online blogger in his thirties who had travelled to Ghana to secretly film his interactions with…
Read More‘The world has been quiet’: Portland joins global day of action to protest Iranian regime
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dozens of people gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Saturday to join a global day of action involving thousands of people across the world protesting the Iranian government. Baby food recalled due to possible health risk The citizens of Iran have been protesting their country’s regime for nearly two…
Read More“Love Story” Is a Forgettable Elegy for Gen X
Schlossberg was not by any means alone in shading the Murphy show while it was in production. C.B.K., as she is called, is the love object of a posthumous legion of admirers. They are more than admirers, though. They are custodians of the myth. Bessette refused the profile at Vogue or Harper’s; the custodians do…
Read MoreNavalny Poisoned With ‘Dart Frog’ Toxin, Europeans Say
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny walks away from his picture after lighting a candle at the end of a service in St. Mary’s Church on the occasion of his birthday, in Berlin, June 4, 2024. Credit – Christoph Gollnow/dpa/dpa via Associated Press Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a…
Read MoreEuropean nations: Navalny murdered by Kremlin using lethal frog toxin
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison camp two years ago, was murdered by the Russian government using a powerful frog toxin, European countries said on Saturday. Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom allege that analyses of Navalny’s remains showed traces of the highly potent toxin epibatidine. The…
Read MorePlans to mark wartime tragedy which killed 100 Scottish Italians
Plans for a memorial day in Italy to honour the hundreds of emigrants who lost their lives in a wartime tragedy have been welcomed by Scottish Italians. The proposal to mark the sinking of the Arandora Star – which has cross-party support – has been agreed by the Italian parliament. It will be held on…
Read MoreLosing Faith in Atheism
If I was still in search of beliefs, many atheists would object, I hadn’t really gotten over my religious upbringing. A good atheist deals not in faith but in facts, not in belief but in knowledge. Yet I could find no obvious factual, knowledge-based answer to the question that was most pressing to me: How…
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