Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
‘We have to prioritise South Africans’: Anti-migrant movement blocks foreigners from healthcare
A community clinic just north of Johannesburg has become the frontline of a battle in South Africa over whether foreigners can access public health facilities. What started as a small local action in one area in 2022 has spread, with activists from the avowedly anti-migrant group, Operation Dudula, picketing some hospitals and clinics in Gauteng…
Read MoreThe Best Historic Canal Cities To Wander (Other Than Venice), According To Research
With its labyrinth of canals, puttering vaporettos, and grand palazzos, Venice is undoubtedly the world’s most enigmatic canal city. Not only is it steeped in history, but every aspect of Venice — from its art to architecture and culture — seems tinged in beauty. Yet for all it has going for it, Venice grapples with…
Read MoreFact Check: Freed Israeli prisoner Alexander Turbanov didn’t release statement praising his captors
Claim: Freed Israeli prisoner Alexander Turbanov released a statement praising his captors in October 2025, in which he said, in part: “Your kindness will forever be etched on my soul. I spent 498 days among you. Despite the oppression and aggression you endured, I learned from you the true meaning of manhood, pure bravery, humanity,…
Read MoreRichard Linklater on His Two New Films, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague”
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox. Richard Linklater is one of the most admired directors working today, and yet moviegoers may admire him for very different things. There are early comedies such…
Read MoreTurkey to send Syria weapons in exchange for greater reach against Kurdish group
Syria has reportedly elected to only use the equipment on its northern border, to avoid further stoking the already tense relations with neighboring Israel. Turkey has reportedly agreed to supply the Syrian regime with military equipment in exchange for Damascus allowing Ankara to target Kurdish militant groups on Syrian soil, anonymous Turkish officials told Bloomberg…
Read MoreThe Lessons of “The Perfect Neighbor”
“The Perfect Neighbor” chronicles how Lorincz, in her attempts to turn law enforcement against members of her own community, managed only to unite the two groups in shared disgust. (I haven’t felt such visceral and intensely gendered loathing for a documentary termagant since “Dear Zachary.”) One cop, walking to his car after responding to another…
Read MoreRoyal Mail moves quickly to diversify non-home parcel shipping points
Royal Mail plans to almost double the number of parcel exchanges — including shops, lockers and parcel post boxes — to 45,000 locations by 2030, as part of a strategy to meet growing demand for drop off and collection points outside of the home. In the past two years, Royal Mail has moved to expand…
Read MoreTame Impala Is an Obsessive, Not a Perfectionist
The magic of Parker’s music—what makes his records so restless, dithery, dynamic—hinges on the minuscule yet crucial difference between perfectionism (endlessly boring) and obsession (endlessly interesting). “Everyone thinks I’m a perfectionist,” Parker said. “That’s the assumed narrative when someone orchestrates a whole album—the Brian Wilson idea. But if people actually saw me in the studio,…
Read MoreGunmen ambush security patrol in Nigeria’s northwest, killing 8
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen ambushed a security personnel in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state and killed at least eight people, the state’s governor said. The attack took place Thursday on the Gusau-Funtua road in Zamfara state’s Tsafe area, and killed five police officers and three members of a local paramilitary group that works with the…
Read MoreMaccabi World Union hosts released hostages, families at Kfar Maccabiah
Maccabi World Union has opened its Kfar Maccabiah facilities to hostages recently released from captivity in Gaza and their families, providing them with a place to recover and readjust to daily life Maccabi World Union has opened its Kfar Maccabiah facilities to hostages recently released from captivity in Gaza and their families, providing them with…
Read MoreHamas says return of Israeli hostages’ bodies may take time
Hamas claims the return of Israeli hostages’ bodies will take time, saying some are buried in destroyed tunnels and others under bombed buildings. Hamas claimed on Thursday that the return of Israeli hostages’ bodies may take time, as some were buried in tunnels destroyed by Israel, and others remain under the rubble of buildings that…
Read MoreChina Launches 600th Long March Rocket as Guowang Constellation Expansion Continues
China successfully launched its 600th Long March rocket with the lift-off of its Long March 8A on Oct. 15. With it, the rocket took the 12th group of Guowang constellation satellites, expanding China’s low Earth orbit broadband network designed to one day compete with Starlink. This launch continues that rollout and highlights the accelerating launch…
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