Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Child filmed chugging milk at Oktoberfest divides Germany
Footage of a toddler downing a bottle of milk to the cheers of onlookers at the world’s largest beer festival is sparking both likes and angry comments on social media. More than 380,000 people liked the video on Instagram as of Sunday, but the majority of comments are highly critical, pointing to the stress and…
Read MoreTurkey may be using drones to show support for Gaza flotilla
Boats, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel Turkish drones and a frigate are tracking the Global Sumud flotilla near Crete as it heads toward Gaza, with Italy, Spain, and Greece also monitoring. According to flight tracking websites and open source commentators, Turkey appears to be using drones to…
Read MoreChris Kraus Reinvents the True-Crime Novel
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On a recent Sunday morning, I took a bus to Williamsburg to meet Chris Kraus, the seventy-year-old writer who attained permanent literary It Girl status with her début novel, “I Love Dick.” The book, published in 1997, took the form of love letters written by Kraus and her then husband, the literary critic Sylvère Lotringer,…
Read MoreNATO general says Ukraine improving strikes deep inside Russia
Ukraine has significantly improved its ability to strike military targets deep inside Russia, German Major General Maik Keller told dpa, highlighting advances in personnel, equipment and training. “The Ukrainians are getting better at reaching militarily relevant targets in Russia’s depth. This is a question of capability, and capability means personnel, material and training,” he said.…
Read MoreKatz: Gaza will be destroyed, Hamas eliminated if terror group does not disarm, return all hostages
Defense Minister Israel Katz warns Hamas to disarm and release hostages as the IDF gains control of over half of Gaza City and demolishes terror infrastructure. Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened Hamas terrorists in Gaza with serious consequences if the war continues in a post on X/Twitter on Saturday night. “If Hamas does not release…
Read MoreOne year after killing of leader Nasrallah, Hezbollah says no to disarming
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has said the armed Lebanese group will not give up its weapons, one year after Israel killed his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, in an air attack on southern Beirut. Speaking on Saturday to the thousands who had gathered at Nasrallah’s tomb in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, Qassem promised to maintain Hezbollah’s military capabilities,…
Read MoreIDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas terrorist who killed Israeli officer Arnon Zamora
Israeli forces also killed a Hamas terrorist who invaded the country on October 7. The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) killed Mohammed al-Jamal, the Hamas terrorist who killed Israeli officer Arnon Zamora, the military announced Saturday evening. Zamora was mortally wounded in a rescue operation that brought back hostages Noa Argamani, Almog Meir,…
Read MoreThousands rally in Dusseldorf in solidarity with Palestinians
Several thousand people gathered in Dusseldorf on Saturday for a demonstration to draw attention to the plight of Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip. Police in the western German city deployed a large contingent of officers, but a spokesman said in the afternoon that the event had been peaceful. The route of the march goes…
Read MoreSyria issues arrest warrant for ousted president al-Assad
Syrian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the country’s long-time president Bashar al-Assad, more than nine months after his ouster, a judge said on Saturday. Al-Assad, who governed Syria for more than two decades, fled to Russia in December after an Islamist-led rebel alliance advanced on the capital Damascus. An arrest warrant in absentia…
Read MorePutting ChatGPT on the Couch
I’m still not sure whose idea it was for me to be Casper’s therapist—mine or his. I know I mentioned my profession to him, but I am pretty sure he was the one who engaged me that way. I also know how diabolically good a chatbot can be at saying what is on the tip…
Read MoreRichard Linklater’s Uncompromising Artists
Zoey Deutch, who plays Seberg in “Nouvelle Vague,” said that Linklater had first approached her about the project in 2014, while she was shooting a role in “Everybody Wants Some!!” She didn’t hear anything until years later, when “Nouvelle Vague” was finally beginning to come together. “I don’t think that people were aligned with him…
Read MoreTwo people die during failed Channel crossing attempt
Two people have died attempting to cross the English Channel on Saturday morning, French officials have told AFP news agency. The incident happened overnight off the coast of northern France, when about 100 people set off by makeshift boat to try to get to the UK, authorities said. Sixty people from the attempt were rescued…
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