Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
The Vibrant, Disappearing World of India’s Photo Studios
The Jagdish Photo Studio in Manori appeared to Ketaki Sheth as a kind of apparition. A photographer from Mumbai, Sheth owns a home in the coastal village, about a sixty-kilometre drive north of the city, and had made innumerable visits there without ever knowing of the studio’s existence. One afternoon in 2014, she was out…
Read More14 wounded in traffic accidents across Israel from Friday night to Saturday morning
Half of those wounded came on Highway 675 near the village of Kfar Yehezkel in the Jezreel Valley, which saw the collision of two cars. Some 14 individuals were wounded across Israel from Friday night to Saturday morning due to traffic accidents, according to Israeli media. Seven were wounded after two cars collided on Highway…
Read MoreChina, India watch as Myanmar rebels advance on strategic western frontier
Rakhine State stands at a pivotal moment as the Arakan Army (AA) edges closer to seizing control of Myanmar’s strategic western frontier region, a shift in power that could redefine both the country’s civil war and regional geopolitics. While Myanmar’s military government has clawed back territory elsewhere in the country, the AA now controls 14…
Read MoreVoices from the Arab press: The new elite in Egypt
A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world. The new elite in Egypt Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt, August 14 Until the early 1990s, the upper echelon of Egyptian society largely emerged from the public school system. Ministers, doctors, engineers, diplomats, and countless other professionals began their journeys in village and…
Read MoreDutch foreign minister resigns after failing to secure sanctions against Israel
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned Friday evening, after he failed to secure new sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza. Veldkamp had informed the country’s Parliament he intended to bring in new measures in response to Israel’s planned offensive in Gaza City and other heavily populated areas but was unable…
Read MoreAdvancing Entrepreneurial Excellence: Tasha Antell’s Multi-Company Leadership and Strategic Business Coaching Impact
Tasha Antell stands as a testament to resilience, vision, and the power of perseverance. An entrepreneur, speaker, business coach, and community builder, she has dedicated her career to not only achieving success but also paving the way for others to break barriers of their own. Her journey, marked by both personal responsibility and professional determination,…
Read MoreHuman rights commissioner: Afghans urgently need visas for Germany
The human rights commissioner of the German government, Lars Castellucci, has called on the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Office to expedite the admission of vulnerable Afghan men and women from Pakistan. He wrote on the platform X on Friday that the government coalition had agreed on an orderly and humanitarian migration policy. The lengthy…
Read MoreUN-backed report confirms famine in parts of Gaza for first time
Famine has been confirmed for the first time in an area of the embattled Gaza Strip, according to the international authority responsible for monitoring food security. In a report released on Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said it has “reasonable evidence” that famine has been occurring in Gaza Governorate, an administrative region…
Read MoreA Merry and Rambunctious “Twelfth Night” in Central Park
On the Saturday evening that I saw “Twelfth Night, or What You Will,” the sole production of the Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park summer season, a raccoon scurried furtively along the top of a wall at the Delacorte. “Twelfth Night” marks the exuberant reopening of the open-air venue, after an eighteen-month renovation that promised,…
Read MoreAI-manipulated clips of Malaysian immigration officers lead to Indonesian passport scam
Online scammers in Malaysia have targeted Indonesians looking to apply for immigration documents using AI-manipulated video and imposter WhatsApp accounts of border control officers from both Southeast Asian countries. The accounts dupe users into paying inflated fees for purported passport and visa application services. “I, Jeya, a Malaysian immigration officer from Kuala Lumpur, would like…
Read MoreCar bomb and helicopter attack in Colombia kill at least 13 people, including police officers
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A car bomb and a separate attack on a police helicopter in Colombia killed at least 13 people on Thursday, according to authorities. President Gustavo Petro attributed both incidents to dissidents of the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, commonly known as FARC. Petro said on X that eight police officers…
Read More‘Time to intensify efforts’: Hadash Party backs mass protest against Gaza starvation in Tel Aviv
Thousands of peace activists will stand together, participating in an anti-war, anti-hunger protest in Tel Aviv backed by the Hadash Arab party. The Hadash Party called for the broadest possible participation of the Arab public to take part in an upcoming protest on Saturday in Tel Aviv that will demonstrate against starvation in Gaza and…
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