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India votes in third phase of national elections as Modi escalates his rhetoric against Muslims
Voters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station during the third phase voting in India's general election, in Guwahati on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Biju BORO / AFP) (Photo by BIJU BORO/AFP via Getty Images)
Clean energy ETFs start to outperform key oil & gas ETF
Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City. N.J., on Nov. 3, 2023.
Pet Valu reports $17.5-million first-quarter profit, revenue up 4% from year earlier
Pet Valu Holdings Ltd. reported a first-quarter profit of $17.5 million, down from $18.7 million a year earlier, as its revenue rose four per cent. A Pet Valu store is pictured in Ottawa, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Apple unveils new AI-focused chip in iPad Pro upgrade
FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo is pictured in an Apple store in Paris, France, March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
Duke Energy’s first-quarter profit tops estimates as residential customers surge
FILE PHOTO: The company logo and ticker for Duke Energy Corp. is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Disney’s surprise streaming entertainment profit offset by weaker TV business
FILE - This Sept. 20, 2017, file photo shows a sign at the Disney store on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France. Disney reports earnings on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
Fashion forward: How designers are using AI to push the boundaries of creativity
Designer Edward Crutchley combines rough sketches with AI tech- nology to create his fashion pieces.
Why ‘quiet luxury’ getaways are becoming Canada’s most-sought after travel trend
One of the Green O’s 12 secluded Tree Hauses, an elevated guest house that immerses travellers in nature and quiet solitude.
The crisis in health care staffing is no secret - so don’t try to hide the gruesome data
André Picard
Saudi Aramco maintains dividend despite lower net income in first quarter
(FILES) This picture shows Aramco tower at the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh on April 16, 2023. Oil giant Saudi Aramco said on May 7, 2024 that its first-quarter net profit dipped 14.5 percent on year to $27.27 billion as the Gulf kingdom kept production cuts in place. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)
Stormy Daniels takes witness stand at Donald Trump’s hush money trial
Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 7, 2024. Stormy Daniels, the porn actress at the heart of Trump's hush money trial, was due to testify against the ex-president May 7, US media said, in a blockbuster moment in the courtroom drama rocking the scandal-plagued Republican's attempt to recapture the White House. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Wall Street bonuses to rise this year as deals return, report says
FILE PHOTO: A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Trial of Archegos boss Bill Hwang to test unusual manipulation theory
FILE PHOTO: Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang, the founder and head of a private investment firm known as Archegos exits the Manhattan federal courthouse in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon/File Photo
BHP insists Anglo American’s South African assets must go in any takeover, sources say
This file photo taken on February 21, 2023 shows the company logo adorning the side of the BHP global headquarters in Melbourne. Mining giant BHP reported an 86 percent slump in half-year net profit on February 20, 2024, hit by a write-down of its nickel assets and costs related to a 2015 Brazilian mining disaster. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)
Japan warns of action over rapid currency moves
A person looks at an electronic board showing Japan's yen and U.S. dollar exchange rate at a securities firm Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Some colleges that had been permissive of pro-Palestinian protests begin taking a tougher stance
Demonstrators break down fences to re-occupy an encampment in support of Palestinians at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
U.S. auto safety investigators seek answers from Tesla in Autopilot recall probe
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla logo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
BP’s quarterly profit slides by 40% as refinery outage offsets higher output
FILE PHOTO: The logo for a BP petrol station is seen in London, Britain, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Morning Update: Ottawa plans foreign-influence registry, new powers for CSIS to combat threats
Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Police break up a pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demonstrations spread across Europe
Police officers try to remove a banner held by pro-Palestinian activists at the university campus of the Free University of Berlin, Germany, on May 7, 2024 as police forces try to break up a demonstration of activists against Israel's war in the Gaza Strip which was sparked by Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack. According to local media reports, activists set up a protest camp with tents in a courtyard of the university. The university has ordered the evacuation and called the police, who have cordoned off the area. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Can AI companions cure loneliness?
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Eugenia Kuyda
Ethiopia tears down historic Addis Ababa enclave in controversial modernization drive
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa lived through the dangers of social media. She fears AI might be worse
Maria Ressa
Last year I was forced into a new role and now my bonus was slashed. Can I claim constructive dismissal?
Bored exhausted woman falling asleep at workplace, tired overworked deprived black female student worker sleeping at work desk after insomnia, lack of sleep, office boredom concept
New library breaks ground as first net-zero facility in Waterloo Region
A rendering of the interior of the sixth branch of the Kitchener Public Library, located near Bleams and Fischer-Hallman Roads in the city’s growing Rosenberg community. The Southwest Community Library is expected to open in 2025.
Canadian premiere of Medea delivered with guts and gusto
2016 - 2025 – Chiara Isotton as Medea in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Medea, 2024. Conductor Lorenzo Passerini, director and set designer Sir David McVicar, revival stage director Jonathon Loy, costume designer Doey Lüthi, original lighting designer Paule Constable, revival lighting designer Clare O’Donoghue, projection designer S. Katy Tucker, movement director Jo Meredith, and resident fight and intimacy director Siobhan Richardson. Photo: Michael Cooper
Maria Ressa saw the dangers of social media. AI might be worse
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Maria Ressa
These women moved countries to gain career opportunities and explore new markets
Krippit CEO Melissa Chung says that connecting with other Canadian entrepreneurs in France helped her adapt her view of success in a new environment.
Federal program matching refugees with jobs set to be made permanent
Najeebullah Nasiri and his family at StarTech.com Community Centre, YMCA and Library in London, Ont., Thursday, May 2, 2024. THE GLOBE AND MAIL/Nicole Osborne
Race for Europe’s first ‘real-time’ stock trade tape heats up
A view of HSBC building in Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, August 1, 2023.
Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Customers outside a Canadian Tire store in Toronto, on Aug. 10, 2023.
No major concessions offered on trade, foreign policy as China’s Xi wraps up two-day visit to France
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Tarbes airport, France, May 7, 2024. Aurelien Morissard/Pool via REUTERS
India envoy says Canada must rebuild brand after international student deaths
High Commissioner of India to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma speaks to reporters during an interview in Ottawa on Thursday, August 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
The uneasy intersection of oil and climate
Westridge Marine Terminal, the terminus of the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is seen in Burnaby, from Cates park in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
UBS shares soar as Swiss bank smashes profit forecast, sticks to share buybacks
(FILES) A sign and logo of the Swiss giant banking UBS is seen in Lausanne on February 6, 2024. On May 7, 2024, banking giant UBS reported quarterly earnings well ahead of expectations thanks to cost-cutting and revenue growth, returning to profit territory after two quarters in the red. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
Oil settles lower on signs of easing supply tightness
FILE PHOTO: Oil rig pumpjacks, also known as thirsty birds, extract crude from the Wilmington Field oil deposits area near Long Beach, California July 30, 2013. REUTERS/David McNew/File Photo/File Photo
Donner Prize shortlisters share the biggest surprises about writing their books
Christine Van Geyn
How to make a chatbot customers don’t hate
The Ford Mustang is America
Angela Doubikin and her 2017 Mustang GT at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on April 17, 2024 for the 60th anniversary of the Mustang celebrations
Trudeau forced to accept meeting about Sikh activists in order to land in Punjab during 2018 trip
A banner is hanged at Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, site of the 2023 murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
The close: S&P 500 and TSX extend winning streaks, despite Disney drag
A specialist trader works at his post on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 29.
Tuesday’s Insider Report: CEO adds to his sizeable position in this energy stock
A Bonavista pump jack in a farmers field with the Rocky Mountains for a backdrop just north of Calgary, Alberta, October 24, 2019.
Israel captures main aid route into Gaza as Rafah invasion intensifies
FILE PHOTO: Israeli military vehicles operate in the Gazan side of the Rafah Crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, in this handout image released on May 7, 2024. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo
Police, campus unrest and the power of student protests
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Property insurer Intact rolls out pilot project to fireproof homes when wildfires are near
Intact Financial CEO Charles Brindamour said his industry is already seeing the impact of global warming in the increasing frequency of severe storms and changing weather patterns.
What to do when a prospective client asks for a second opinion
SECOND OPINION. Text on a green chalkboard. Woman points with hand.
What young people can do when homeownership seems out of reach
Houses are seen on a hill in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. The BC Real Estate Association says there was a nearly 30 per cent increase in home sales last month compared with January 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
‘I believe a medieval era has resurfaced.’ Sex education in Saskatchewan, plus other letters to the editor for May 7
Last year, the Saskatchewan Party government barred third-party organizations from presenting sexual education in schools, a move intended to involve parents more in the classroom, but as a result, organizations that deal with sexual assault must pivot on how they spread the word and assist teachers. The Saskatchewan Legislative Building at Wascana Centre in Regina on Saturday, May 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
Edwards, Towns lead Wolves’ 106-80 blitz of Murray, Jokic for 2-0 series lead over champion Nuggets
May 6, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley (10) controls the ball under pressure from Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) in the second quarter during game two of the second round for the 2024 NBA playoffs at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
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