Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
IHG adds two new ANA Holiday Inn hotels to portfolio
Hospitality group IHG Hotels & Resorts has entered a new agreement with Fet System to rebrand two existing hotels in Sanda and Tosu, Japan, to ANA Holiday Inn properties. This rebranding marks the introduction of the first internationally branded hotels in the two locations. The 130-room Celecton Premier Kobe Sanda Hotel will be rebranded as…
Read MoreIn African politics, the rampant belief in witchcraft fortifies some and vexes others
MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn’t want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that he aimed at Watira. “He looked at me and picked that piece of paper of the program. He folded it…
Read MoreUN rapporteur demands global action to stop Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza
The United Nations’s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian Territories has said that it is time for nations around the world to take concrete actions to stop Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza. Francesca Albanese spoke to delegates from 30 countries meeting in Colombia’s capital, Bogota, on Tuesday to discuss Israel’s brutal assault and ways nations can…
Read MoreUnanimous vote: Landmark verdict rules women can take Rabbinate exams
The women spent years studying the necessary halachot for the exam, as well as solidifying and investing in their Jewish and Torah knowledge as a whole. In a landmark verdict, the High Court of Justice unanimously ruled on Monday that women cannot be barred from taking Chief Rabbinate of Israel exams. The ruling put to…
Read MoreEx-Nigeria President Buhari buried at home
Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari has been buried at his home in northern Nigeria two days after his death at the age of 82 at a clinic in London. His body was flown back to the country earlier on Tuesday and his successor, Bola Tinubu, was at the airport in Katsina state to receive the…
Read MoreZeynab’s Quiet Power: Redefining Fashion Influence Through Grace, Grit, and Global Vision
From high fashion campaigns to candid everyday moments, Zeynab effortlessly blends glamour with authenticity. While her striking presence on social media might suggest a world of curated perfection, meeting her reveals something even more compelling — a woman who is warm, grounded, and disarmingly shy. Zeynab’s journey into the digital space began organically. What started…
Read MoreKhamenei responds to Gallant’s open letter, calling it a ‘full-scale psychological operation’
The statement described the letter as “a conflict whose primary battlefield is not border zones, but public perception and the realm of awareness.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office responded to an open lettersent by former defense minister Yoav Gallant to Iran’s leader on Tuesday, calling it a “full-scale psychological operation” and propaganda, Iran…
Read MoreHow “The First Homosexuals” Shaped an Identity
About those faraway realms: Can we really credit two white Victorians, and their peculiarly German fetish for classification, with the invention of homosexuality? Anticipating this question, the exhibition opens with a global survey of same-sex desire before it had been named. A Japanese woodblock print shows two women preparing to have sex using a strap-on…
Read MoreWyndham to boost presence in South Asia with new alliance
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has announced a strategic alliance with Indian hospitality group Cygnett Hotels & Resorts to expand its footprint in South Asia. The collaboration will introduce Wyndham’s La Quinta and Registry Collection Hotels brands to India and add more than 60 hotels across India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal over the next decade.…
Read MoreEthiopian troops ‘executed’ aid workers in Tigray war, charity says
Ethiopian government forces “executed” three employees of medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) while they were on a humanitarian mission in Ethiopia’s war-hit northern Tigray region four years ago, a senior MSF official has told the BBC. Raquel Ayora’s comments came as MSF released its findings on what it called the “intentional and targeted” killing…
Read MoreHyundai Ioniq 5 Drives Nearly 20,000 KM to the Arctic Ocean on a Single Charge… Sort Of
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Drives Nearly 20,000 KM to the Arctic Ocean on a Single Charge… Sort Of originally appeared on Autoblog. You wouldn’t typically take an electric crossover to the Arctic Circle. You’d take a shovel, a thermos, and maybe a Ford Super Duty filled with regret. But one stock Hyundai Ioniq 5 has just completed a…
Read MoreGaza father’s outrage after Israeli strike kills son ‘searching for sip’ at water point
Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Ahmed says his son, Abdullah, was “searching for a sip of water” when he took the family’s jerrycans on Sunday morning and headed as usual to one of the water distribution points in the urban Nuseirat camp, in central Gaza. “That area was inhabited by displaced people, others who were exhausted by…
Read More