Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
Germany’s Vossloh to supply rail fastening systems in China deal
A View of the administrative offices of Vossloh Locomotives. Vossloh said its Chinese subsidiary Vossloh Fastening Systems China has been awarded contract to supply rail fastening systems for a high-speed line between the two southern Chinese cities of Yulin and Cenxi. Frank Molter/dpa German rail technology group Vossloh said its Chinese subsidiary Vossloh Fastening Systems…
Read MoreThe Battling Memoirs of The New Yorker
In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. Before doing so, however, he sat around with the boys in the bar and thrashed out what exactly he meant to create. The same is true, pretty much, of Harold Wallace Ross, who begat The New Yorker. Until the first issue was published, on February…
Read MoreWhy I Can’t Quit the New York Post
Worse, I’m not sure I want to. If I’m away and something big happens, I usually ask a friend if he can stop by a newsstand so I don’t miss the hard copy of a good front-page headline. If I’m somewhere with a critical mass of vacationing New Yorkers, I set out on foot, knowing…
Read MoreKeith McNally’s Guide to Making a Scene
McNally seemed to enjoy occupying a place in New York’s cultural landscape; he describes McInerney asking for permission to use the restaurant’s image and giving him a manuscript to read. “My instinct told me the book was going to be a turkey,” McNally writes. “Feeling sorry for the unknown McInerney, I let him use the…
Read MoreA Brit who fought in Ukraine says Russia’s army is so barbaric his unit vowed never to be taken alive
An international volunteer who fought in Ukraine said his unit vowed never to be taken alive by Russia. Macer Gifford told BI that Putin sees this as a “war of annihilation,” with tactics taken from ISIS. Gifford gave a stark warning to onlookers who view it as just a “war on the edge of Europe.”…
Read MoreGaza war footage falsely linked to Kashmir attack
Arch-rivals India and Pakistan have traded gunfire along their border almost every night since gunmen killed 26 people in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22, 2025. But a video of people fleeing bombardment is unrelated to the attack and in fact shows Israeli air strikes near a hospital in Gaza in November 2023. “Breaking News: Al…
Read MoreCable theft in Spain delays thousands of high-speed rail passengers
MADRID (AP) — Thousands of rail passengers in Spain were hit with delays after the cable used in the signaling system of the high-speed line between Madrid and Seville was stolen at four locations, Spanish rail authorities said Monday. The theft, which happened late Sunday, affected dozens of trains traveling between Madrid and Andalucía, just…
Read MoreIndigenous Catholics hope the next pope shares Francis’ approach to Native people
SIMOJOVEL, Mexico (AP) — At a recent service in the remote southern Mexican community of Simojovel, Catholic and Mayan symbolism mingled at the altar as the deacon — his wife beside him — read the gospel in his native Tsotsil and recalled Pope Francis’ teachings: work together for human rights, justice and Mother Earth. The…
Read MoreSingaporean opposition candidate misquoted online ahead of polls
Ahead of Singapore’s national elections on May 3, a graphic spread in social media posts falsely claiming a candidate from the opposition Workers’ Party said the “Israel-Palestine conflict is more important than bread and butter issues”. In fact, Siti Alia Abdul Rahim Mattar said during a rally that Singaporeans wanted to meet their members of…
Read MoreBerlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945. After decades of division and its revival as the capital of a reunited, democratic Germany, the city is now transformed, blending painstakingly restored buildings with modern…
Read More“The Rehearsal” Finally Achieves Liftoff
The second season of “The Rehearsal” is instantly better than the first because it’s about something. In the show’s previous season, Nathan Fielder developed and applied his methodology—the so-called Fielder Method of role-playing amid elaborate simulations—to situations in which the participants’ investment was principally emotional and narrowly personal in scope. The new season starts with…
Read More13 workers kidnapped from a Peruvian gold mine are found dead
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday, Peru’s Interior Ministry said, their deaths coming as violence escalates in the Andean nation’s crucial mining industry. The gold mine, La Poderosa, said that a search-and-rescue team recovered the staff…
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