Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
UK commits to aiding Palestinians but won’t yet recognize state
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday committed to increasing British aid efforts in Gaza and advocated for a peaceful two-state solution between Israel and Palestine. However, Starmer did not announce the U.K.’s recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state a day after France said it would do so. “We’re scaling up our work.…
Read MoreAl Jazeera condemns Israeli incitement against Gaza reporter Anas al-Sharif
Al Jazeera Media Network has denounced the Israeli military for what it called a “campaign of incitement” against its reporters in the Gaza Strip, including most notably Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Anas al-Sharif. In a statement on Friday, Al Jazeera said it “strongly condemns and denounces these relentless efforts, which have consistently incited against its…
Read More“South Park” Skewers a Satire-Proof President
There’s a legal strategy known as the small-penis rule, wherein an author who writes a character based on a real person can potentially evade a libel suit by giving said character a small penis—the logic being that, in order to sue, a plaintiff would have to tacitly admit that the description of his manhood is…
Read MoreCocoa Prices Jump on Dry Weather Concerns for West Africa
Bar of chocolate by Karandaev via iStock September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25) today is up +198 (+2.44%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25) is up +125 (+2.34%). Cocoa prices today are sharply higher due to concerns about dry weather in West Africa. According to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, rainfall in the…
Read MoreLaurie Jalloul is Creating a New Language of Luxury
In a world of fashion that often celebrates noise, speed, and spectacle, Laurie Jalloul has built her legacy through something far more enduring: quiet power. The French Lebanese designer is the founder and creative director of the couture label Laurie Jalloul, a name that is steadily becoming synonymous with timeless elegance and deeply personal craftsmanship.…
Read MoreFormer MP Mhairi Black announces she has left the SNP
Former SNP MP Mhairi Black has left the party – predominantly over its stance on trans rights and Palestine. Black, who was formerly the SNP’s deputy leader at Westminster, said there had been “too many times” when she did not agree with decisions made by the party. Speaking to The Herald newspaper, she said the…
Read MoreSummer Is the Time for Off Broadway Comedy
When the political activist, comedian, and performance artist Morgan Bassichis premièred their exquisitely funny show “Can I Be Frank?” in New York last summer, they were already picturing a splendid return. Dragging a crummy prop staircase laboriously across the tiny club stage at La MaMa, Bassichis promised us that the show had grandeur in store.…
Read MoreWilliams in Williamstown
On the last day of the first weekend of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, a brief storm struck. We had gone into the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, on Williams College’s campus, for a matinée of “Camino Real”—a rare revival of Tennessee Williams’s oddest play, from 1953—under a lid of hot gray clouds; we emerged…
Read MoreLabubu frenzy hits Berlin as fans line up for first store in Germany
Fans were lining up outside Germany’s first Labubu store in Berlin hours before opening time on Friday, forming a long queue for the plush toy creatures with big googly eyes and sharp teeth. Hundreds waited in the rain with umbrellas and camping chairs, some travelling from across the country to get their hands on the…
Read MoreOne in five children in Gaza City is malnourished, UN aid agency says
One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished and cases are increasing every day, the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) says. In a statement issued on Thursday, Unrwa Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini cited a colleague telling him: “People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” More than 100 international aid organisations…
Read MoreCorn Pushes Higher into the Close, with Help from Export Business
Corn up close – by PixelAnarchy via All-free-download_com Corn futures rounded out the Thursday session with contracts up 3 to 4 cents at the close. The CmdtyView national average new crop Cash Corn price was up 3 cents at $3.78. USDA reported a private export sale of 135,000 MT of corn sold to South Korea (corrected…
Read MoreTorrent Power Chases $1 Billion Thermal Jackpot from L&T
Torrent Power is reportedly in discussions to acquire Larsen & Toubro’s (LTOUF) thermal power business in a potential $1 billion deal, including debt. According to sources familiar with the matter, both sides are working with advisers, but the structure is still taking shape. For L&T, this move could support its effort to streamline operations and…
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