Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Tribute to woman killed in Spain in possible case of gender violence
“She was just fantastic, in every sense of the word. If you looked up the definition of mother, that was her, she did everything for those kids.” Maxine Hill is describing Victoria Hart, a 33-year-old British mother of three, who was living in Spain when she was killed last month, in a case police are…
Read MoreGroundhog Day to bring warmer temperatures
After back-to-back weekends impacted by an arctic assault, we’re finally starting to put the worst of the cold behind us. While today wasn’t the warmest, temperatures did climb above freezing for the first time in a couple of days, allowing for a very slow melting process to continue. A much larger warm-up is on the…
Read MoreIsrael partially reopens Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza in pilot
Israel says it has partially reopened the critical Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in a limited capacity. Israel announced on Sunday that the crossing had reopened in a trial. Meanwhile, COGAT, the Israeli military agency that controls aid to Gaza, said in a statement that the crossing was actively being prepared for fuller…
Read MoreWhat a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
What did you make of the President and Melania? And what’s different about filming a movie in the White House or on Air Force One? Well, the film we were doing was actually a documentary. The organization was highly impressive because, on Inauguration Day, we had something like twelve crews all around town. Once they…
Read MoreFamilies take legal action as British tourists die
Four British people have died within four months after being struck down with stomach bugs while on holiday in Cape Verde, lawyers representing their families have said. Mark Ashley, 55, of Bedfordshire; Elena Walsh, 64, from Birmingham; 64-year-old Karen Pooley, from Gloucestershire, and a 56-year-old man all died last year after contracting severe gastric illnesses…
Read MoreWhy Jackie Robinson Testified Against Paul Robeson
Six days later, he gives another performance, in Washington, D.C., in Room 226 of the Old House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Senator John Wood, of Ku Klux Klan progeny, then shepherd of the HUAC, had invited him to testify about the “communist infiltration of minority groups,” seemingly evidenced by the interest that Black American…
Read MoreGood Deeds Day is underway – Twenty years of doing from the heart
Good Deeds Day 2026 will take place on March 10 in Israel and April 12 worldwide, under the key message: United in Good . Good Deeds Day, the flagship project of Ruach Tova of the Arison Group, will mark its twentieth anniversary this year and will be held on March 10 in Israel and April…
Read MoreInfantry will still be fighting in muddy holes even as drones change war, British officer says
A UK battalion is turning to drones as the technology becomes a more prominent element of modern warfare. Its commanding officer said he suspects infantry life and combat will still involve classic fighting. Even with drones, he said, the infantry is likely to still end up fighting in muddy holes. A British military unit that…
Read MoreLei Is a New Jewel of Chinatown
Doyers Street is a one-block strip in Chinatown that starts off perpendicular to the Bowery and then curves ninety degrees, like a lowercase “r,” to terminate against the bustle of Pell Street. A notorious battleground for gang fights in the early nineteen-hundreds, it has, in recent decades, scrubbed out the bloodstains and redefined itself as…
Read MoreMore than 200 killed in mine collapse in DR Congo
More than 200 people have been killed in a mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel authorities have said. The mine, in the town of Rubaya, gave way on Wednesday due to heavy rains, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesman for the North Kivu region’s rebel governor, told reporters. At the time, the death toll…
Read MorePolice called to extract haredi soldier from Jerusalem anti-draft protest
According to Israel Police, the IDF soldier was caught up in one of the haredi anti-drafting protests in Jerusalem, and was surrounded and attacked by “400 extremist protesters.” A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) soldier was rescued from an anti-draft protest in Jerusalem earlier this week, the police stated on Friday. According to a video uploaded to Israel…
Read MoreFor Australian IDF soldiers, Bondi shooting triggered memories of Oct. 7
While the community was reeling from the attack, some of its young members were serving in the IDF on the other side of the world. On December 14, 2025, Yedidia, a soldier in the IDF, was sitting in yeshiva in Israel when he received a text from his family group chat: “There’s been a terror…
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