Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
A Daring Show Remixes the Monuments of the Confederacy
The first thing you see is a horse’s ass, protruding, upside down, from the thorax of a monster. A man’s arm descends from the beast’s stomach, his gloved hand clutching the blade of a fallen sabre. There’s no sign of a rider’s face, but a head of well-coiffed hair dangles from the creature’s eyeless muzzle.…
Read MoreRichard Move Channels Martha Graham
The New York City shopping scene is nothing if not cyclical; trends have a sneaky way of slinking back, even after being declared dead for decades. For example, the city is currently seeing a notable spike in independent bookstores catering to idiosyncratic tastes—but this is not a new phenomenon. New York has always been a…
Read MoreReleased Gaza hostage Gadi Mozes to receive ‘Ben-Gurion Award’
Mozes will receive the award for his exceptional personal courage, leadership, and Zionism after pledging to rebuild Kibbutz Nir Oz following his release from terrorist captivity in January. Freed Gaza hostage Gadi Mozes will receive the ‘Ben-Gurion Award’ for exemplary individuals from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev President Prof. Daniel Haimovitz in November, the university…
Read MoreHamas terrorists breached southern border, stole IDF reservist’s ATV, victim tells Maariv
The ATV was later identified by the owners in a video showing armed, masked men riding the vehicle in Gaza next to a UN vehicle. Residents of Gaza border communities are grappling with a renewed sense of insecurity after an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) was stolen from a family home before being identified in footage as…
Read More‘Just as the Third Reich lost its right to exist, so too did Israel’ Tel Hai College professor says
“Israeli academia cannot serve as a sanctuary for individuals spreading blood libels against their own country,” Professors for a Strong Israel said, strongly condemning Hairston’s post. Tel Hai College condemned the now-edited social media post made by senior lecturer Dr. Ilana Hairston on the second anniversary of the October 7 massacre, claiming that Israel, like…
Read More“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” Tamps the Boss Down
A crisis point comes during a cross-country road trip, during which Bruce’s driver, Matt (Harrison Sloan Gilbertson), has to help a distressed Bruce stay on his feet at a county fair. But that scene, too, is brisk, generic, and facile; it doesn’t so much depict a breakdown as signify one. The flashbacks to Bruce’s childhood…
Read MoreSanctioned Russian ex-general back in FIA fold
A former Russian general who has been sanctioned by the USA and UK has been invited back into the rule-making structure of motorsport’s governing body, the FIA. Victor Kiryanov stepped down from his role on the FIA world motorsport council when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem reinstated him for the…
Read More57 Nigerians rescued by police in Ghana in a crackdown on a human trafficking and cybercrime ring
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Police in Ghana rescued 57 Nigerians trafficked to the West African country and arrested five people suspected of operating a cybercrime and human trafficking ring, authorities said on Thursday. Police raided a building in the suburb of the capital Accra on Wednesday, where the victims, between the ages of 18 and…
Read MoreOff-site power is being restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Off-site power to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been occupied by Russian forces for nearly four years, is being restored after a monthlong outage, officials said Thursday. Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk said the damaged 750-kilovolt Dniprovska transmission line linking the Russian-occupied plant to Ukraine’s grid has been repaired, while…
Read MoreMartin Puryear Changes the World Through Wood
It’s an object that shouldn’t have body language, yet it does. And from body language, it’s a quick jump to personality. Those who grew up with Tove Jansson’s Moomins may see in “Self” a shade of the cold and lonely Groke, slouching through life with those same indeterminate not-quite-shoulders, that same sense of being sealed…
Read MoreForty migrants, including infants, die as boat sinks off Tunisia
At least 40 migrants, including children, have died after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia, in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in the region this year, authorities say. The boat sank off the Mediterranean port of Mahdia in central Tunisia while carrying about 70 migrants, an official said. All the people on…
Read MoreThe Muscular Compassion of “Paper Girl”
In her new book, Beth Macy returns to her home town of Urbana, Ohio, using it as a ground zero for understanding right-wing radicalization. Source link
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