Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Russia says it used Oreshnik missile in Ukraine attack
Russia used its Oreshnik intermediate-range missile in its attack on western Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry, marking the second strike on Ukraine involving the weapon. According to the ministry, the attack was carried out in response to a “terrorist attack” by Kiev on the residence of Russian…
Read MoreRussia attacks Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing 3 in Kyiv
Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing three and injuring at least 16 in the capital overnight into Friday, Ukrainian authorities said. Russia also struck critical infrastructure in the western city of Lviv using an unidentified ballistic missile, said Mayor Andriy Sadoviy. The Western Command of Ukraine’s Air Force later said the missile traveled…
Read MoreWhere to Stay in Mexico City: Four Boutique Hotels Worth Booking in 2026
Mexico City rewards travelers who choose their hotels the same way they choose their neighborhoods. Where you stay shapes how your days unfold—how easy it is to walk out the door, how much quiet you get when you come back, and whether the hotel feels like part of the city or separate from it. For…
Read MoreBéla Tarr’s Unbroken Visions
A titanic artist’s death is a terrible shock. In the case of the Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, who has died after a long illness, at the age of seventy, I confess that I’d expected—without necessarily hoping for—a faint premonition, perhaps a grim tingle in our collective cinephile sixth sense. Tarr, unique among his European art-film…
Read MoreKatz says Palestinian trash burning nat’l security threat, okays rules for confiscating vehicles
Reportedly, Palestinians lack sufficient local landfills, requiring them to transport their waste by truck to other sites. However, truckers often dump the waste earlier to save time and money, and i Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday announced the approval of new government regulations providing for the confiscation of vehicles and equipment used for mass…
Read MoreThis $4 Billion Bridge Could Connect Asia And Africa In A Meaningful Way
For several decades, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have considered physically connecting their two countries using a massive sea bridge. The project — first proposed in the 1980s — was unofficially dubbed the Moses Bridge as a cultural reference to Moses parting the Red Sea (on which the bridge is proposed). Besides connecting Egypt and Saudi…
Read MoreRocket launched by terrorists in Gaza misfires, crashes near hospital inside Strip
IDF graphic showing the trajectory of the rocket that landed short in Gaza on January 8, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON The military noted that it detected the launch coming from Gaza City and that it quickly responded by striking the source of the fire. Terrorists in Gaza attempted to launch a rocket at Israel…
Read MoreBarry Blitt’s “Guzzler”
When President Trump announced the U.S. military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the cartoonist Barry Blitt decided that his image for the cover of the January 19, 2026, issue could hark back to Gilded Age political cartoons that skewered the oil barons and petty tyrants of the era. “After years of depicting Donald Trump,…
Read MoreIndonesian independence celebrations falsely shared as Christmas Day event at Jakarta mosque
Old footage of an event at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta to commemorate Indonesia’s independence has resurfaced in posts falsely claiming it shows Christians celebrating Christmas at the Muslim place of worship and an example of religious tolerance “going too far”. A senior mosque official refuted the claim, and the group that organised the event…
Read MoreRare mountain gorilla twins born in Africa’s oldest national park
A pair of twin mountain gorillas has been born in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo – a rare occurrence for the endangered primates, conservationists at Virunga National Park say. The community trackers, who discovered 22-year-old Mafuko hugging her newborns on Saturday, said the mother and her two baby sons all appeared to be well…
Read MoreWelsh first minister says plane crash was ‘biggest shock of our lives’
Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan has spoken about the moment she and her family survived a plane crash in Spain as a child. A small aircraft carrying an 11-year-old Morgan, her relatives and a family friend crashed at a golf course near Bilbao in 1978 after avoiding smashing into a cliff, with the occupants having…
Read MoreReading for the New Year: Part Two
To start the new year, New Yorker writers are looking back on the last one, sifting through the vast number of books they encountered in 2025 to identify the experiences that stood out. This is the second installment in a series of their recommendations (read the first here) that will continue in the coming weeks.…
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