Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
NATO to receive 2026 International Award of the Peace of Westphalia
The NATO military alliance has been announced as the recipient of the International Award of the Peace of Westphalia in 2026. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is to accept the award on behalf of the trans-Atlantic defence alliance at Münster City Hall, the organizers announced in the western German city on Wednesday. The prize’s title…
Read MoreThe Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The Administration, for its part, has denied causing widespread harm, even as it has made the scale of the damage harder to measure—halting data monitoring and dismissing the inspectors general who might have documented it. This is common in cases of public man-made death. During Mao Zedong’s disastrous Great Leap Forward, from 1958 to 1961,…
Read MoreSteinmeier mourns last German-Israeli hostage after remains returned
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has offered his condolences to the family of Itay Chen, the last hostage with German citizenship whose remains have been returned to Israel. “After agonizing months and years of waiting, the family now has sad certainty,” Steinmeier said in Luanda, Angola, where he is on an official visit. “I would like…
Read MoreIt’s Cool to Have No Followers Now
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There are many ways to be big on social media, but they are not created equal. Maybe an account belongs to a popular brand or to a famous person, whose online following is preordained, no exertion required. Maybe one’s internet fame is homegrown and hard-won, the result of hustling for followers on a particular social…
Read MoreCentury-old jazz players: Do bowhead whales hold secret to long life?
It has the largest mouth of any animal and uses its truck-sized curved head to batter through Arctic ice to surface from the depths. And while swimming in freezing waters and smashing cranium-first up into ice sheets might not seem like the best way to guarantee longevity, such bone-chilling rough and tumble is no obstacle…
Read MoreHyatt Place hotel brand to debut in Bhuj, India, in 2029
Global hospitality group Hyatt Hotels has formalised an agreement to introduce its Hyatt Place brand in Bhuj, Gujarat, India, with the opening planned for 2029. The property will be developed by Primitive Property on a site spanning approximately 7,500m² and will mark the entry of the Hyatt Place brand into the city. Designed to suit…
Read MoreUltra-fast fashion and ‘childlike’ sex dolls: Why Shein isn’t winning friends in France
In the spiritual home of fashion, the newest kid on the block is most definitely not welcome. Chinese-founded e-commerce giant Shein is set to open its first brick-and-mortar store in the world in Paris Wednesday, amid a storm of outrage in France over the platform’s reputation for throwaway fashion and a headline-roiling scandal over the…
Read MoreEdel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani”
For the cover of the November 17, 2025, issue, the artist Edel Rodriguez chose to portray Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s incoming mayor, in the subway. “Mamdani spent much of his campaign out and about in the city—visiting bodegas, riding with taxi-drivers, asking questions, dancing, and laughing,” Rodriguez said. “He showed everyone he came across…
Read MoreJordan’s Queen Rania compares Israel to Nazi Germany in Munich speech
Queen Rania misquoted Israeli officials, accusing them of spreading hate speech against Palestinians in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 massacre. Queen Rania of Jordan compared Israel’s treatment of Gazans over the course the the Israel-Hamas war to Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jewish people while speaking to a crowd of thousands of youths in Munich,…
Read MoreIran releases two French nationals from detention
Iran has released two French nationals who were detained there for more than three years, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. Cécile Kohler, 41 and her partner Jacques Paris, 72, have been released from Evin prison, Macron said on Tuesday, with France’s foreign minister later confirming they were “safe” at the embassy in Tehran “ahead…
Read MoreLucy Dacus and Rufus Wainwright Talk with Amanda Petrusich
On October 26, 2025, the musicians Lucy Dacus and Rufus Wainwright took the stage for a discussion with the New Yorker staff writer Amanda Petrusich at the 26th annual New Yorker Festival, a weekend of conversations, screenings, performances, and more. The Festival, which is the magazine’s signature event, was held in New York City and…
Read MoreIsrael, India sign major defense deal in shadow of weapons boycotts
The defense deal is going forward at a time when many other democracies have cut back on their defense relations with Israel due to the war in Gaza. The Israel-India Joint Working Group (JWG) convened on Tuesday for its annual meeting, led by Defense Ministry Director-General Maj.-Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram and Indian Defense Secretary Shri…
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