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Hope and unease among Indigenous people ahead of pope Canada visit
Pope Francis's upcoming visit to Canada, where he is expected to apologize to Indigenous peoples for more than a century of abuses at state schools run by the Church, has provoked hope but also wariness. The occasional church-goer says of Francis's visit: "It's a good thing... because if he didn't this question would always remain outstanding."
Pope in Canada: why his apology for school abuse will be significant
Indigenous Canadians have been waiting and hoping for years for an apology from the pope for abuses at state schools run by churches in the last century, where some 150,000 Indigenous children were forcibly enrolled. - The pope has already apologized.
France plans fashion revolution with climate-impact labels
Is it better for the environment if you buy a brand-new cotton T-shirt or a recycled one? Recycling has obvious benefits, but the process shortens cotton fibres and so usually has to be mixed with some oil-based material to keep it from falling apart.
Sri Lanka's president-elect set to be sworn in
Sri Lanka's six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was set to be sworn in as president Thursday, with officials saying he would set up an all-party unity cabinet to confront the country's economic crisis.
Last hours for Italy's Draghi after coalition implodes
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was expected to resign Thursday after efforts to bring the country's fractious parties to heel failed, kicking off a snap election campaign before the government had even fallen.
ECB faces dilemma as it prepares historic hike
The European Central Bank is set to raise its interest rates for the first time in over a decade on Thursday as fears of a gas supply cut cloud the outlook for the eurozone economy. - Lost transmission - The last time the ECB raised rates in 2011, the emergence of a European debt crisis quickly forced the central bank to reverse course.
Bank of Japan sticks to easing, raises inflation forecast
The Bank of Japan dug its heels in on its easy-money policies Thursday while raising its inflation forecast, even as other countries hike interest rates to tackle soaring prices. Prices are rising in Japan, and the BoJ raised its inflation forecast for fiscal 2022-23 to 2.3 percent, up from 1.9 percent in April, "due to rises in prices of such items as energy, food, and durable goods".
Asian markets fail to extend rally, focus turns to Europe
Asian investors on Thursday struggled to maintain momentum from the previous day's equity rally and keep up with another Wall Street advance as growth fears continue to haunt trading floors and sap risk sentiment. After Wednesday's bounce across Asian markets, uncertainty returned to trading floors.
A million people eager to dabble with an artificial intelligence tool that lets them speak pictures or art into existence will get their wish, creators of DALL-E said Wednesday.
A million people eager to dabble with a new artificial intelligence tool that lets them create images simply by describing them with words will soon get their wish, its creators said Wednesday. Artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI is conducting a wide-scale beta test of DALL-E, a cutting-edge software that creates images from textual descriptions.
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