Day: April 6, 2023
IMF head expects less than 3% global economic growth in 2023
The International Monetary Fund chief is warning the world economy is expected to grow less than 3% in 2023, down from 3.4% last year, increasing the risk of hunger and poverty globally.
UK criticized for failures in Windrush immigration scandal
A civil rights group is urging U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to follow through on promises made to thousands of people of Caribbean descent who were wrongly targeted as illegal migrants in the so-called Windrush scandal.
‘Shocked’ by the loss: Scientists sound the alarm on New Zealand’s melting glaciers
Every year scientists in New Zealand fly over some of the country’s most iconic glaciers — ancient ice “rivers” that descend from the Southern Alps, a spine of mountains that extend along the South Island. And almost every year, they find them shrinking.
IMF head expects less than 3% global economic growth in 2023
The International Monetary Fund chief said Thursday the world economy is expected to grow less than 3% this year, down from 3.4% last year, increasing the risk of hunger and poverty globally.
OpenAI to offer remedies to resolve Italy’s ChatGPT ban
Italian regulators say the company behind ChatGPT will propose measures to resolve data privacy concerns that sparked the country’s temporary ban on the artificial intelligence chatbot.
China hosts rare meeting of top diplomats from Saudi Arabia and Iran
The meeting was the latest sign of easing tensions between between Iran and Saudi Arabia, whose enmity has fueled instability across the Middle East.
Brazil wrestles with solutions after deadly day care attack
Parents in this small city in southern Brazil are struggling with how to explain to their children that a man slaughtered four of their friends, while Brazilians across the country are wondering what should be done to stem an apparently systemic rise o…