Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Border police rescue Israeli who mistakenly entered Area A of West Bank
The resident of Gan Yavne was driving from the Binyamin area toward Jerusalem when he entered the village by mistake. An Israeli citizen who entered what police described as a hostile Palestinian village by mistake in the West Bank was removed from the area on Thursday, the Israel Police said Friday. According to the police,…
Read More‘It’s coming home’ – the undignified row over the body of Zambia’s ex-president
“It’s coming home!” – a phrase indelibly linked to English football fans – has now gained currency among some Zambians in the battle over what to do with the body of former President Edgar Lungu. The 68-year-old died two months ago in South Africa where he was being treated for an undisclosed illness. In the…
Read MoreKing says VJ Day heroes will ‘never be forgotten’
King Charles will honour those whose “service and sacrifice” helped to bring an end to World War Two in a personal message marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. In an audio message recorded earlier this month, the King will vow that those who fought and died in the Pacific and Far East “shall never…
Read MoreLiberty Walk Unveils Aggressive Widebody Dodge Challenger R/T
⚡️ Read the full article on Motorious Japan’s Liberty Walk transforms Dodge Challenger R/T with dramatic widebody styling, capturing global attention at Tokyo Auto Salon. Japanese automotive tuner Liberty Walk has taken the iconic Dodge Challenger R/T and turned it into a head-turning spectacle with its signature widebody makeover, debuting the bold creation at the…
Read More“My Undesirable Friends: Part I” Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent
Because the Russian alphabet has no direct equivalent of the letter “H,” speakers often substitute a “G” sound; “Harry Potter” thus becomes “Garry Potter.” We’re reminded of this funny detail early and often in “My Undesirable Friends: Part I—Last Air in Moscow,” a film that otherwise does not overflow with amusements. In this gripping, fiercely…
Read MoreRoman Polanski’s Self-Centered “An Officer and a Spy”
The prime parallel between the movie “An Officer and a Spy” and the life of its director, Roman Polanski, is obvious but inexact. The film, whose original French title is “J’Accuse,” tells the story of the French captain Alfred Dreyfus, who was wrongly convicted of treason, in 1894. (Dreyfus was Jewish, and antisemitic prejudice played…
Read MoreThe EU urges China to lift ‘unjustified’ sanctions on Lithuanian banks
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The European Union on Thursday called on China to revoke sanctions imposed on two Lithuanian banks, arguing there is no justification for them. Beijing announced the measures this week against Urbo Bank and Mano Bank in retaliation for EU penalties on two Chinese lenders. The Lithuanian banks do not operate in…
Read More“An Open Heart,” by Jamil Jan Kochai
This is the seventh story in this summer’s online Flash Fiction series. Read the entire series, and our Flash Fiction from previous years, here. They cut open my father’s chest and splayed his ribs out beneath their halogen lamps and, inside his heart, they inserted a ticking device whose purpose we couldn’t exactly discern, and…
Read MoreYemeni forces bust Iranian weapons shipment bound for Houthis, including chemical weapons
A 750-ton weapon shipment from Iran to the Houthis terror group in Yemen was intercepted, with interrogations of the crew revealing the smuggling lanes that are being used. The Yemeni National Resistance, the main military faction fighting against the Houthis, seized 750 tons of weapons smuggled to the terror group by Iran, including chemical weapons,…
Read MoreNext batch of Gimcheon Sangmu recruits announced
Pohang Steelers winger Hong Yun-sang, new Korea international centre back Byun Jun-soo, and FC Seoul starlet Kang Ju-hyeok headline the next batch of players set to begin their military service with Gimcheon Sangmu. On the morning of August 14th, the results of the third round of conscriptions for this year for the Korea Armed Forces…
Read MoreN Korea denies removing propaganda louspeakers at border
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister has rebutted South Korea’s claims that Pyongyang removed some of its propaganda-blasting loudspeakers along the border. North Korea has “never removed” the speakers and “are not willing to remove them”, Kim Yo Jong said in a statement published by state media KCNA on Thursday. “We have clarified on…
Read MoreThe Amazon has lost an area larger than Spain in 40 years
Some 52 million hectares of natural land have been lost in the Brazilian Amazon region since 1985 – an area larger than Spain. Nationwide, the loss over the past four decades amounts to 111.7 million hectares – more than three times the size of Germany – a report by the initiative MapBiomas released on Wednesday…
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