Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey
Evie Cavallo is a young woman who lives in a shoe. To be specific, she rents a twenty-foot-tall cowboy-boot-shaped building, with an industrial-grade kitchen and deteriorating bistro chairs. She has to inform confused visitors, repeatedly, that this is her home. What is this doing to her psychologically, Evie wonders. Also: could it be true? “Dwelling,”…
Read MoreWhat Happens to Public Media Now?
When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, he remarked that broadcasting is built on a collection of “miracles”—undersea cables, satellite transmissions—and that its ultimate aim is “to enrich man’s spirit.” He said that the airwaves “belong to all the people” and should be dedicated to…
Read MoreGaza aid distribution declared ‘orchestrated killing’ by MSF
Doctors Without Borders, better known by its French-language acronym MSF, has called for the immediate end to Israel’s militarised food distribution scheme in Gaza, which it described as “institutionalised starvation and dehumanisation”. In a grim report released on Thursday, titled “This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing”, the medical nonprofit said that it operates…
Read MoreAre sovereign wealth funds dumping Israeli investments?
The Norwegian government on Tuesday said it would review its sovereign wealth fund’s investment in Israel after the Scandinavian country’s leading newspaper revealed that the nearly $2 trillion fund had a stake in an Israeli company aiding Israel’s war in Gaza. The newspaper, Aftenposten, identified the company as the Bet Shemesh Engines Ltd (BSEL) group,…
Read MoreHow Europe is vying for rare earth independence from China
Solvay’s rare earths processing facility in western France is one of only two in Europe [BBC] For almost 80 years rare earth metals have been pumped out of this industrial plant in La Rochelle on France’s west coast. But as the materials become more and more crucial to the global economy, chemicals firm Solvay is…
Read MoreAndré Aciman on Reading—and Misreading—Emotions
Each of the novellas that make up André Aciman’s new book, “Room on the Sea,” picks apart the intricacies of how people comprehend the feelings of others—or fail to. In this, they share something with many of the “Call Me by Your Name” author’s favorite novels. “The fundamental trait of the novels that I like…
Read More‘Israel has declared war on Torah scholars’: Haredi leaders call for global protest
Haredim protest against the IDF draft outside Tel Hashomer recruitment base, April 28. 2025. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI) “The State of Israel has declared war on Torah scholars. The Haredi community will launch a global battle like no other,” the leaders of the Haredi community said. The leaders of the global haredi community on Wednesday…
Read MoreTwo Ghanaian ministers die in helicopter crash, along with six others
Ghana’s ministers of defence and environment have died in a military helicopter crash in the central Ashanti region, along with six other people, a government spokesperson says. Chief of Staff Julius Debrah told a press conference that Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed had been killed in…
Read MoreThe Internet Wants to Check Your I.D.
The app Tea is a kind of digital whisper network for women. No men are allowed to join. Those who wish to be members must submit evidence, including selfies, in order to prove that they are women. Once they’ve been admitted, users have access to profiles of men annotated with information such as background checks…
Read MoreWall of water slams Himalayan village, leaving multiple dead and dozens feared trapped or missing
A surge of flood water tore through a mountainous village in northern India Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead and dozens missing, officials said. Dramatic video from the Himalayan village of Dharali, Uttarakhand state, shows the wall of water, mud and debris tearing down the mountainside and through the village, destroying the homes and…
Read MoreHundreds of German public figures urge to halt arms exports to Israel
Over 160 German artists and media figures have joined a growing call to halt German weapons exports to Israel, bringing the number of signatories to 367, according to campaign group Avaaz. The open letter, addressed to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, criticizes Israel’s actions in Gaza and urges Berlin to suspend arms deliveries and consider further sanctions.…
Read MoreFire in southern France burns 11,000 hectares, injures nine
A wildfire in southern France slowed overnight into Wednesday after injuring nine people and burning through 11,000 hectares of vegetation, local officials said. The blaze, which started on Tuesday afternoon, is still threatening several villages in the Aude department, where 1,500 firefighters have been battling to extinguish it. “The fire is advancing in an area…
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