Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Seal Pup Rescued From Plastic Bag Wrapped Around Its Neck
There are many heroes in this world, and some of them are involved with a group called Ocean Conservation Namibia. The workers there tirelessly save animals along the Namibian coastline that have been wrapped in trash or otherwise injured, and recently they found a seal pup with a plastic bag wrapped tightly around its neck.…
Read MoreNATO to boost presence in Baltic Sea after cable outages
NATO will strengthen its presence in the Baltic Sea following the outage of the Estlink 2 submarine power cable, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday after speaking to Finnish President Alexander Stubb. “I expressed my full solidarity and support,” the head of the 32-country military alliance wrote on X after their talks. Earlier, Estonian…
Read MoreOsamu Suzuki, who led Japanese automaker into India, dies at 94
Osamu Suzuki, an ingenious penny pincher who led Japan’s Suzuki Motor for more than four decades and played a key role in turning India into a flourishing auto market, has died aged 94. He died on December 25 of lymphoma, said the company, which he steered ambitiously, during his time as either chief executive or…
Read MoreBrazil bridge collapse death toll rises to 9, with 8 other people unaccounted for
SAO PAULO (AP) — A woman’s body has been found after a bridge linking two northern states in Brazil collapsed, bringing the death toll so far to nine. Brazil’s navy said on Friday that the body was found 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge. Another eight people remain unaccounted for.…
Read MoreGerman rail operator records around 4.9m passengers over Christmas
Around 4.9 million passengers travelled on long-distance trains in Germany over the Christmas holidays, the country’s national rail operator Deutsche Bahn told dpa on Friday. This was 8% more than during the same period last year, it said. It evaluated booking data for the period from December 18 to December 28. Germany’s InterCity Express (ICE)…
Read MoreLebanese fear collapse of ‘fragile’ Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire
One month after the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel came into force, there is growing concern in Lebanon about its possible collapse. “We are sitting on a time bomb: We do not know when it will explode again,” a Lebanese government source told dpa. In late November, the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia and Israel agreed to…
Read MoreNigeria denies colluding with France to destabilise Niger
Nigeria has denied accusations from Niger’s military leader, Brig Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, of colluding with France to destabilise the junta-led nation. In a Christmas Day interview, Gen Tchiani accused France of allying with militant groups in the Lake Chad region to undermine Niger’s security, allegedly with Nigeria’s knowledge. “Nigerian authorities are not unaware of this…
Read MoreWorld Health Organization head caught in Israeli bombing of Yemen airport
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed he was inside an airport in the capital of Yemen when Israeli forces launched a deadly strike on the facility. On Friday, the Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported that the rebels’ forces had targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The Israel Defense Forces and…
Read MoreNearly 70 migrants died when their boat sank en route to Spain, a Malian minister says
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Nearly 70 migrants died when their boat sank as they tried to reach Spain earlier this month, Mali’s Minister for Malians Living Abroad said. In a press release on Thursday, Mossa Ag Attaher announced that a migrant boat bound for Spain sank on Dec. 19. The migrants in this boat “numbered…
Read MoreNATO to boost military presence in Baltic after cables ‘sabotage’
NATO will bolster its military presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia this week, the Western military alliance’s chief Mark Rutte said on Friday. On Christmas Day, the Estlink 2 submarine cable that carries electricity from Finland to Estonia was disconnected from the grid,…
Read More‘Tears of joy’ – Sudan capital gets first aid convoy since war began
A convoy carrying food aid has arrived in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, for the first time since civil war erupted in April 2023. The country is currently experiencing the “world’s worst hunger crisis”, according to the United Nations, as a result of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). When trucks loaded…
Read MoreKenya human rights groups raise concerns over abductions of government critics
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has raised concerns over the rising number of government critics who were apparently abducted as four people were reported missing over the weekend, bringing the total number of abductions to 82 since the anti-government protests in June. Four social media users went missing after…
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