Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Macron: Louvre theft an attack on France’s heritage
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday denounced the spectacular theft of jewellery from the Louvre Museum in Paris as an attack on France’s cultural history. “The theft from the Louvre is an attack on a cultural asset that we value because it is part of our history,” said Macron. “We will recover the works and…
Read MoreEx-Kenyan leader Raila Odinga buried after days of memorial events
Former Kenyan prime minister and revered long-time opposition leader Raila Odinga was buried in the west of the country after a service attended by thousands on Sunday. “Now finally Baba is home,” his son, Raila Odinga junior, said beside his father’s casket, draped in the Kenyan flag. The burial concluded days of memorials that at…
Read MoreHamas military arm denies responsibility for attacking Israeli troops
The military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has denied any responsibility for attacks on Israeli troops in the south of the Gaza Strip on Sunday. “We reaffirm our full commitment to implementing all agreed-upon terms, especially the ceasefire across all areas of the Gaza Strip,” said a statement from the al-Qassam Brigades. An…
Read MorePeruvian-Chinese Cuisine with Impeccable Vibes
The food, too, does some artful recontextualizing. Kam lu wantan, for instance, is a classic chifa dish of deep-fried wontons that are tossed in a sweet-and-sour sauce with meat and vegetables. At Johnny’s, they arrive with all of the typical parts in a totally different order. There is meat only inside the dumplings, which are still…
Read MoreUkrainian drones strike major Russian gas plant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones overnight struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire, the Russian local governor reported. The Orenburg plant, run by state-owned gas giant Gazprom and located in a region of the same name near the Kazakh border, is part of a production and processing complex that…
Read MoreAerial circus in Brazil spotlights a path to healing for female victims of gender-based violence
NITEROI, Brazil (AP) — Performers twisted and twirled above the sand on a beach across the bay from Rio de Janeiro in an aerial circus show that sought to draw attention to the widespread problem of violence against women in Brazil. Six women and two men performed the piece titled “Alone we are petals, together…
Read More‘We are one people, and we have nowhere to go’: Former hostage twins say in first video message
Hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman published their first video statement since their release from terror captivity in the Gaza Strip shortly before their release from Sheba Medical Center. Freed hostages Gali and Ziv Berman posted a video message to their social media on Saturday evening, making it their first public social media post since…
Read MoreWhy Israel’s place in Eurovision is worth fighting for
Germany has said it will withdraw if Israel is not allowed to participate, and Austria said that if there is a boycott against Israel, Vienna would not host Eurovision 2026. The Eurovision Song Contest has been in the news a great deal lately because representatives of a number of countries have been asking to have…
Read More‘We are orphans’: Kenyans bid farewell to ex-PM Odinga in his political heartland
Tens of thousands of people mourning the death of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga have filed past his open coffin at a stadium in his home city of Kisumu – many crying out the phrase “we are orphans” in their grief. “I have come here to mourn an icon of Africa,” one mourner Dixon…
Read MoreWork begins to restore power to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Work has begun to repair the damaged power supply to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said Saturday. The repairs are hoped to end a precarious four-week outage that saw it dependent on backup generators. Russian and Ukrainian forces established special ceasefire zones for repairs…
Read MoreJustin Trudeau and Katy Perry’s Teen-Age Dream
Katy Perry is a friend of Bezos and Sánchez and has herself spent time on Koru. In April, she also climbed aboard another vessel associated with the couple, when she joined Sánchez and four other women on Bezos’s Blue Origin space-tourism rocket, for an eleven-minute-long suborbital flight. This was figured as a female-empowerment-style, “Taking Up…
Read MoreIn Germany, parents concerned as conscription looms
German counselling centres for conscientious objectors say they are registering an increasing number of visits from concerned parents, as lawmakers weigh ways to strengthen the armed forces. “We are currently being inundated with enquiries,” Michael Schulze von Glaßer, political director of the German Peace Society – United War Resisters (DFGVK), told the Editorial Network Germany…
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