Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Hungary’s Orbán accuses Ukraine of election interference and summons ambassador
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused Ukraine on Monday of seeking to meddle in his country’s upcoming elections and ordered Kyiv’s ambassador to be summoned to the foreign ministry. The step was the latest in Orbán’s long-running anti-Ukraine campaign as he seeks to convince voters that the neighboring country, embroiled…
Read MoreSouth Sudan army threat to ‘spare no-one’ condemned
The United Nations says it is gravely concerned after a senior military leader in South Sudan urged his troops to “spare no-one” including “children, the elderly, and civilians” when they are deployed to opposition-held areas of the country. “Inflammatory rhetoric calling for violence against civilians, including the most vulnerable, is utterly abhorrent and must stop…
Read MoreEU finalizes Russian gas import ban
EU member states on Monday approved a complete ban on gas imports from Russia by the end of 2027 at the latest. According to the agreement, imports of Russian gas delivered via pipeline are to be phased out from November 1, 2027 at the latest, including long-term contracts. Twenty-four of the 27 EU member states…
Read More“Infinite Jest” Has Turned Thirty. Have We Forgotten How to Read It?
In 2023, the writer Patricia Lockwood chafed at Wallace’s supposed sainthood in a long piece for the London Review of Books. The essay, in its ambivalence, did things other than chafe; Lockwood’s Technicolor mind, much like her subject’s, tends to move quaquaversally, to use a word that perhaps only a sesquipedalian math nerd who modelled…
Read MoreEaster Island and the Allure of “Lost Civilizations”
She also formed a bond with a Rapanui prophetess named Angata, the leader of an uprising against the sheep-ranching operation then dominating the island, which took place during the Routledges’ stay. Scoresby dismissed Angata as a “mad woman” and her followers as “ruffians.” Katherine saw a “charming, frail old lady,” with expressive eyes, at the…
Read MoreDaily life in subzero Kiev without heat or power amid Russian strikes
Snow is falling and night-time temperatures are dropping to as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius but hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are without electricity or heat due to mass Russian strikes that target energy facilities. As Moscow’s war against Ukraine soon begins its fifth year, the country is enduring its harshest winter since the…
Read MoreTearful goodbyes as Japan returns pandas to China amid worsening ties
Thousands of people flocked to a zoo in Japan on Sunday to say farewell to the country’s last two giant pandas, who are set to return to China on Tuesday. Emotions ran high at the Ueno zoo in Tokyo as people stood in line – some for as long as three-and-a-half hours – to see…
Read MoreIranian merchants only have 20 minutes of supervised Internet access per day for transactions
The president of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Majidreza Hariri, said Iranian merchants have only 20 minutes per day, according to a report by Iran International. Iranian merchants have only 20 minutes of internet access per day to conduct their operations with other countries, Farsi-language news network Iran International reported on Sunday. According…
Read MoreWitnessing Another Public Killing in Minneapolis
“They killed another guy,” someone announced, in my group chat. That message was followed quickly by a link to a video, shot from behind a pane of glass, level with the street. Sadly, you’ve probably seen that video by now: ICE and Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis surround a slim young man squirming helplessly on…
Read MoreIDF searching for slain hostage Ran Gvili’s body in Gaza before time runs out
The IDF is rushing to find the last Israeli hostage in Gaza as the clock ticks down for opening the Rafah Crossing. The IDF on Sunday night announced it is in mid-operation to try to find the last remaining Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili, in northern Gaza. According to the IDF, a series of clandestine operations…
Read More4 Species of Giraffe Explained: How Scientists Rethought the Classification of Giraffa
The post 4 Species of Giraffe Explained: How Scientists Rethought the Classification of Giraffa appeared first on A-Z Animals. Quick Take The official 4-species status was achieved only after reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic studies on giraffes. The great reduction of price in genetic and genomic analyses allowed for new insights into giraffe lineages.…
Read MoreInside Iranian narco trafficking in Iraqi Kurdistan
In recent years, the Sulaymaniyah governorate in eastern Iraqi Kurdistan has become a hub for Iranian narco trafficking. The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has always been a major node for regional and international trade, heading both east and west. But, in recent years, the Sulaymaniyah governorate in eastern Iraqi Kurdistan has become a hub for…
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