Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Video from Malaysian airshow in 2023 falsely linked to Cambodia-Thailand clash
Bangkok has rejected “baseless” accusations from Cambodia that it used chemical weapons during the Southeast Asian neighbours’ worst military conflict in more than a decade. However, social media users have falsely claimed an old video of jets releasing coloured smoke shows the Thai army deploying lethal gases over Cambodia. The clip was in fact taken…
Read MoreHow the Bonds Among Virtual-Reality Furries Saved a Life, in “The Reality of Hope”
Watch “The Reality of Hope.” Anyone who doubts the validity of relationships that take place only through a digital medium has never experienced one. But these days most of us have. It could be through text messages, Instagram posts, a real-time video-game chat, or plain Zoom calls. The emotions and connections that such channels elicit…
Read MoreEU condemns killing of Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza Strip
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways The European Union has condemned the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and four other employees of the broadcaster by Israeli forces in…
Read MoreWho was Anas al-Sharif, famous Gaza journalist killed by Israel?
Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Sunday – among them 28-year-old correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who had reported prominently on the war since its outset. The other four Al Jazeera journalists killed were correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, Al Jazeera said.…
Read MoreWhy Hasn’t Medical Science Cured Chronic Headaches?
Two decades ago, I was leaving my morning clinic at the hospital where I work when I suddenly felt an excruciating pain in my head. It was as if my skull were exploding while simultaneously being gripped in a vise that was getting tighter and tighter. I became nauseated and dizzy, and made my way…
Read MoreThe Lives and Loves of James Baldwin
An interviewer once asked James Baldwin if he’d ever write something without a message. “No writer who ever lived,” Baldwin said, “could have written a line without a message.” This is true. People write because they have something to say. Baldwin had something to say, and he spent his life saying it. But many who…
Read MoreJerusalem Faction plan to shut down Ben-Gurion Airport to protest haredi draft
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways The protest is in response to the continued arrest of ultra-Orthodox (haredi) men for dodging the draft and refusing to serve in the IDF.…
Read MoreFour Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital
Four Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the broadcaster has said. Correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal were in a tent for journalists at the hospital’s main gate when it was targeted, Al Jazeera reported. A fortnight ago, it…
Read MoreRobot Driver Puts Ranger Super Duty Through Ford’s Harshest Test
Robot Driver Puts Ranger Super Duty Through Ford’s Harshest Test originally appeared on Autoblog. Ford does not believe in being gentle with its trucks. To prove the Ranger Super Duty can take punishment, the brand sends it straight to the harshest road it could find. Since it didn’t meet their standards, Ford built their own.…
Read More‘You want more?’ Border Police officer indicted for assaulting journalist
Police assaulting journalists has become an increasingly common trend in Israel in the wake of the Israel-Hamas War. A border police officer was indicted for the assault of a journalist, the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department (PID), which investigates allegations of police misconduct, announced on Sunday. This isn’t the first such reported incident, and the…
Read MoreProtesters in Israel intensify pressure against plan to expand Gaza war
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Israel to oppose the government’s plan to expand its military operation in Gaza. On Friday, Israel’s security cabinet approved five principles to end the war that included ‘taking security control’ over the Gaza Strip, with the Israeli military saying it would “prepare for taking control” of…
Read MoreEthel Cain’s Anti-Pop Stardom
Midway through the music video for “American Teenager,” a feel-good pop song that has been streamed more than a hundred million times, the camera cuts, for an instant, to two children sitting in front of a television, watching live footage of the Twin Towers falling. The track itself, which the twenty-seven-year-old musician Hayden Anhedönia has…
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