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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. If you asked someone what dead cattle and lobsters have in common, they probably wouldn’t guess …
Read More »How Major League Baseball players can turn to a robot to challenge balls, strikes this year
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues this year. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System …
Read More »Cubans turn to faith and family amid nationwide blackout
In the middle of a worship song on Sunday, the morning after Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed for a second time in six days, the preacher at Renewal in Christ Church in Havana said he had a message to share that came to him in a dream. Sunlight splashed in through …
Read More »Foreign Affairs Minister Anand says NATO must turn its focus to the North
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand touted Canada’s new commitment to defence spending and the domestic defence …
Read More »Once seen as a crisis, the RCMP’s recruitment numbers are starting to turn around
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The RCMP’s ability to recruit new Mounties was, not all that long ago, seen as a …
Read More »Restorative justice helped me turn my life around — and it started with one drum
This First Person article is the experience of Ruby Harry, who lives in Vancouver. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I’ve spent many years inside correctional institutions, moving from maximum to medium security. When people talk about justice, they often focus on punishment. But …
Read More »Desperate parents needing baby formula turn to online strangers as Canadian prices nearly double since 2017
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Cassandra Shedden has sometimes had to rummage around her home, looking for things to hawk, just to pay for baby formula. The 33-year-old mother of three in …
Read More »After 2 years of war, Gaza electric company takes first steps to turn the lights back on
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. It’s pitch black out on the street near Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The Abu Naji family huddle in their tent near the hospital around a …
Read More »As soaring AI stocks take a turn, investors say not to panic yet
Wall Street’s main indexes were subdued at the open on Wednesday, following a tech-led selloff in the previous session over surging valuation concerns. At the opening bell, Wall Street’s main indexes were muted: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.03 per cent to 47,097.31, the S&P 500 fell 0.03 per …
Read More »Pentagon reporters turn in their access badges rather than bend to new government rules
Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. The U.S. government has called the new rules “common sense.” News outlets were nearly …
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