Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Solvej Balle’s Novels Rewire the Time Loop
Before Tara Selter, the protagonist of “On the Calculation of Volume,” a series by the Danish author Solvej Balle, gets trapped in a time loop, she is one half of a unit called T. & T. Selter. It’s a joint marital and business concern in the fictional village of Clairon-sous-Bois, France: an antiquarian-book dealership that Tara runs…
Read MoreRobert Rauschenberg’s Art of the Real
On certain days, I’d cut school and head over to the Museum of Modern Art to dream awhile. This was in the mid-nineteen-seventies, and my high school—then called the High School for Performing Arts—was on West Forty-sixth Street. I lived in Brooklyn, and the world within the walls of that school, and beyond them, was…
Read MoreAhead of the G20, is Johannesburg’s city centre in ruins?
In just under a fortnight, leaders from some of the world’s major economies will gather in South Africa’s economic heartland, Johannesburg, for the G20 summit. But just a few kilometres from the spruced-up, highly secure venue is a city centre which the authorities are struggling to improve and keep safe. They face major challenges in…
Read MoreMongolian politician’s remarks falsely subtitled as call for China integration
As resource-rich Mongolia’s deepening political crisis showed no sign of ending, a video was shared in posts claiming it showed an official of the landlocked country saying it should “re-integrate” with China. Fabricated subtitles were superimposed on the video, which in fact shows the chairman of an opposition party speaking about corruption and concerns over…
Read MoreTourists Visiting Japan Shouldn’t Be Caught Off Guard By This Charge On Hotel Bills
Travelers know to expect the unexpected when it comes to hotel bills. Even the most seasoned globetrotter has probably faced a head-scratching add-on at checkout, like a vaguely worded resort fee or a hefty cleaning charge. Japan is no exception, but the good news is that the fee you’ll encounter most often is straightforward and relatively…
Read MoreFlight to Seoul diverted to Munich after pilots smell burning
An Air France flight from Paris to Seoul was diverted to Munich on Sunday after a burning smell was detected in the cockpit, the airline said. The aircraft landed in Munich in the early evening, according to the airport. The crew chose to land as a precaution, the airline said, adding that the cause of…
Read MoreIsrael receives remains of soldier killed in Gaza in 2014
Israel has received the body of a soldier held in Gaza for more than a decade after he was killed in an ambush by Hamas fighters in 2014 during the last major ground assault in the enclave. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday that the remains were handed over to Israeli forces in…
Read MoreHamas says terrorists holed up in Rafah will not surrender
“The enemy must know that the concept of surrender and handing oneself over does not exist in the dictionary of the Al-Qassam Brigades,” the group said. Hamas terrorists holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza will not surrender to Israel, the group’s armed wing said on Sunday, urging mediators to find a solution…
Read MoreWhat Did Men Do to Deserve This?
The squishier centrist side has no such certainties. Galloway, in both his podcasts and “Notes on Being a Man,” presents masculinity not as one side of a fixed binary but as a state of mind and a life style, one equally available to men and women, and therefore impossible to define. (It’s a feeling, and…
Read MoreBack from the brink: UK red kites aid Spanish cousins
A British red kite emerges from an aviary in the remote hills of western Spain and takes flight. At six months old, this is its first taste of freedom. Without a sound, it soars high in the sky above scrubland and within seconds disappears from view into a wooded valley in the distance. It is…
Read MoreGrapevine November 9, 2025: Celebrating freedom
Movers and Shakers in Israeli society. ALTHOUGH THEY frequently say that their freedom will not be complete until the remains of the remaining hostages are released and brought home to Israel for burial, the most recently releasedlive hostages are celebrating their freedom by removing stickers, posters, and signboards bearing their images along with slogans such…
Read MoreOne man’s campaign for Commonwealth war graves restoration in Iraq
This Remembrance Sunday, Ben Soppitt will be honouring the sacrifice of his grandfather at Basra War Cemetery in Iraq. He’ll be among the very few, honouring many. His small service will be in stark contrast to the large, solemn ceremony at the Cenotaph in London. Nor do the monuments in Iraq bear any resemblance to…
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