Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
French drug baron transferred to new supermax prison
Notorious French drug baron Mohamed Amra, known as “The Fly”, was on Thursday transferred to a new supermax prison, built to stop narcotics criminals from plying their trade from behind bars. Amra made headlines when he escaped in May 2024 at a road toll from a prison van following an attack by suspected accomplices in…
Read MoreLactalis exits Canada plant-based drinks with factory closure
Lactalis has decided to close its plant-based drinks site in Canada. The closure of the facility in Sudbury in Ontario will take effect on 12 December, marking the French dairy giant’s “full exit” from the plant-based drinks market in Canada.. Lactalis said maintaining the plant-based operations is not “financially viable” and does not represent a…
Read MoreSniffies Translates Cruising for the Digital Age
In the literature about cruising from the late twentieth century, what stands out is the physical choreography of it. David Wojnarowicz, in his 1991 memoir, “Close to the Knives,” describes walking through abandoned warehouses on Manhattan’s west-side waterfront and “passing through shadowed walls and along hallways, seeing briefly framed in the recesses of a room…
Read More“The Grass at Airports,” by Fabio Morábito
This is the fourth story in this summer’s online Flash Fiction series. Read the entire series, and our Flash Fiction from previous years, here. I’m part of the crew that takes care of the grass at our city’s airport. When I say that, people are surprised, because few associate an airport with grass. However, all…
Read MorePassenger plane with 49 on board crashes in eastern Russia
The wreckage of a passenger plane that went missing over a remote area of eastern Russia on Thursday has been located, according to the country’s Civil Defence Ministry. The Antonov An-24 was en route from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, near the Chinese border, with 49 people on board, said Vasily Orlov, governor of the Amur region.…
Read MoreSurge in anti-Druze hate speech linked to Syria unrest, CyberWell reports
According to the watchdog, the incitement includes explicit antisemitic language and conspiracy theories portraying Syrian Druze as collaborators with Israel. Amid recent violent unrest in southern Syria’s Sweida province, a new report by the watchdog group CyberWell has revealed a surge in online incitement targeting the country’s Druze minority, with over 45 million views recorded…
Read MoreArian Moayed’s Waterwell Teams With Nonprofit Nimruz on Grant Program to Uplift Iranian Artists
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Arian Moayed’s Waterwell has teamed with nonprofit Nimruz to launch a grant program to support emerging Iranian creatives to tell their stories. Under the…
Read MoreThree Books to Understand Our Ravaged Climate
The summer of 2025 has been a season of climate-driven catastrophes: wildfires in Turkey, flooding in China and the U.S., and fatally high heat across Europe. This series of events points to the increasing ferocity of extreme weather—the storms, droughts, floods, fires, and heat waves that, as global warming accelerates, have become more severe and…
Read MoreThis Colorful Mountain in Peru Was Once Hidden by Snow—Now It’s One of the World’s Most Popular Hikes
Hidden beneath layers of snow until just a few years ago, this colorful mountain in Peru is now one of the most popular and photogenic hikes in the world. Known as Rainbow Mountain, its natural stripes of red, gold, turquoise, and purple look almost unreal in person. I’ve been fortunate enough to hike to Rainbow…
Read MoreGermany’s BASF and Canada’s AltaGas agree deal to provide butane
A logo of the chemical company BASF is seen on a large storage container at the main plant. Uwe Anspach/Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH/dpa A subsidiary of German chemical company BASF and Canada’s AltaGas have signed a butane-gas deal, the companies said on Wednesday. BASF Intertrade and AltaGas said they have signed a long-term commercial agreement for…
Read MoreMore than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza
More than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups are warning of mass starvation in Gaza and pressing for governments to take action. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Save the Children and Oxfam are among the signatories of a joint statement that says their colleagues and the people they serve are “wasting away”. Israel, which…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Check In for Your D.E. Eye Exam
This vision test is far from routine—don’t forget that racism starts in the retinas. Source link
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