Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
A Sensualist’s History of Gay Marriage and Immigration
There is a profuse longing for the foreseen. At least since the pandemic, I have seen some version of the statement “I could really use some precedented times.” The joke is so-so, resting upon a neologism that wryly riffs on an adjective recurrent within so much American news media these days: the unprecedented funding of…
Read MoreWhich airlines still fly over Iran and Yemen?
Despite the threats, some airlines continue to schedule flights through the airspaces of Iran, Iraq, and Yemen—regions with significant risks of missile fire and terrorist attacks. A considerable number of airlines continue operating over Iran, Iraq, and Yemen, a Maariv investigation revealed, while most Western and North American airlines consistently avoid flying in these regions…
Read MoreBus traveling from Lima to Peru’s Amazon overturns on highway in the Andes, killing at least 18
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A bus traveling from Lima to Peru’s Amazon region overturned on a highway in the Andes Mountains, leaving at least 18 people dead and 48 injured, authorities said Friday. The double-decker bus belonging to the company “Expreso Molina Líder Internacional” went off the road and fell down a slope in the…
Read MoreUK 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…
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