Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Nearly a year after truce, women in south Lebanon say war never ended
Thousands remain displaced as Hezbollah refuses to disarm, continuing to clash with the IDF along the southern border of Lebanon. Nearly a year after a truce was meant to bring calm to Lebanon’s border with Israel, tens of thousands of people have not yet returned to ruined towns in the south, kept away by Israeli…
Read MoreRussia begins nuclear drills by land, sea and air
Russia has initiated a large-scale manoeuvre of its strategic nuclear forces, running parallel to an ongoing NATO nuclear exercise in Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed on Wednesday that it was a scheduled military exercise, which he ordered to commence via video link. According to the Kremlin, the exercise is taking place by land, sea…
Read MoreThis seat taken? Thieves busted for stealing over 1,000 restaurant chairs in Spain
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police have busted a criminal group dedicated to stealing your seat. Literally. Spain’s National Police said Wednesday that they had arrested seven people suspected of stealing more than 1,100 chairs from outdoor seating areas at restaurants and bars in Madrid and another nearby municipality in just two months. The group of…
Read MoreTextEdit and the Relief of Simple Software
The so-called desktop first appeared on a home computer in 1981, with the release of the Xerox 8010 Star Information System. That device pioneered the graphical-user interface, or G.U.I., a convenient series of visual metaphors that allows us to interact more easily with our machines. The most basic computing interface is the command-line prompt, the…
Read MoreAid workers, student movement among finalists for EU rights prize
Jailed journalists in Belarus and Georgia, students in Serbia and aid workers and reporters in Gaza are vying for the top EU rights prize to be awarded by the European Parliament Wednesday. The Sakharov Prize, set up in 1988 and named after Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, is bestowed annually on individuals or organisations to recognise…
Read MoreWho was Arie Zalamanowicz, kibbutz Nir Oz founder killed by Hamas captors in Gaza?
Footage of his capture on October 7 showed 86-year-old Zalamanowicz on the back of a motorcycle, flanked by his captors seated in front and behind him. Arie Zalamanowicz, one of the founders of kibbutz Nir Oz, was taken from his home on the morning of the October 7 massacre in 2023 by Hamas terrorists rampaging…
Read MoreMother of returned hostage Elkana Bohbot shares son’s story of survival and recovery
For Ruchama Bohbot, her son Elkana’s return is both a miracle and a reminder of the pain still felt by families waiting for their loved ones to come home. Ruchama Bohbot, the mother of returned Gaza hostage Elkana Bohbot, discussed her son’s resilience, what she’s learned about his captivity, and how he’s started his recovery…
Read MoreShould We Look on New Technologies with Awe and Dread?
The inevitable progress of technology, in other words, makes the technological sublime elusive. And it’s also true that technologies tend to shrink themselves, taking on unassuming guises. (“Technologies tend toward ubiquity and cheapness,” Kelly writes.) My son and I sometimes throw around a “hoverball”—a little propeller-powered sphere that glows in the dark, and which can…
Read MoreThis Off-The-Beaten-Path Japanese Island Is A Coastal Gem Offering Beaches, Yoga, And Rocket Launches
Just off the southern coast of Kyushu lies Tanegashima, an island where tropical beaches, wellness retreats, and rocket launches coexist. Part of Kagoshima Prefecture, it’s the second largest of the Ōsumi Islands. Unlike its neighboring secluded Japanese island, Yakushima, Tanegashima is relatively flat with gentle slopes that lead to wide stretches of beach and fields of…
Read MoreNo room for pro-Israeli views in the arts, says TV writer
People in the arts community who have sympathy with Israel are treated “basically like a Nazi”, according to the writer of a new TV drama. David Ireland said that the situation in Israel and Gaza is an “impossible thing to talk about” for some people working in the arts. Ireland is the writer behind the…
Read MoreUN climate chief urges faster action
UN climate chief Simon Stiell is urging faster action on climate change one month before the next United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP30. Upon the release of the report on climate change adaptation, the Grenadian politician said there was both good and bad news. The good news, he said, is that the…
Read MoreThe Towering Musical Integrity of Christoph von Dohnányi
In September, 1943, a thirteen-year-old German boy named Christoph von Dohnányi wrote an innocuous-seeming letter to his uncle Dietrich: Uncle Klaus is planning to come tomorrow. Hopefully, it will happen. Then the family will be back together again comfortably. Except sadly it’s not quite complete. But that too will come about. And then the long-awaited…
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