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CBC
2 days ago
- General
- CBC
Canada off to gold-medal game at para hockey worlds after win over Czech Republic
Liam Hickey and Adam Dixon scored 18 seconds apart in the opening period as Canada booked its ticket to the gold-medal game of the world para ice hockey championship on Friday with a 3-0 win over Czechia. Tyler McGregor also scored for Canada. Hickey and McGregor both had an assist in the game at LECOM Harborcenter. Canada will next face the United States in the final after the Americans defeated China 6-1 in their semifinal game. "We came out flying and kept our composure all night," Hickey said. "When we take over games early, there isn't much that can slow us down and I think we did a great job right from the start. Physicality is something the boys love. We play fast and hard. WATCH | Canadian Para hockey team gears up for U.S. rivalry: Canadian Para hockey team gears up for U.S. rivalry 21 minutes ago Duration 0:44 "Honestly, the Czechs brought it tonight. They came ready to play, but we wore them down. Hard-hitting games like that are so much fun to play in and that mentality of `hard to play against' is what we will need tomorrow in the gold-medal game, no matter who the opponent is." The Canadians have outscored their opponents 30-2, including Friday's win, across four games in the tournament. Only China has managed to score against Canada, with Canada taking that game 4-2 on Tuesday.
Reuters
2 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Czech growth helped by investment, exports, tariffs cloud outlook, central bank says
PRAGUE, May 30 (Reuters) - Czech Republic's 2.2% year-on-year economic expansion in the first quarter was above the central bank's forecast of 2.1% mainly thanks to more resilient investments and exports, but the uncertainty over the impact of U.S. tariffs cloud the outlook, the central bank said on Friday. The bank said increase in household consumption -- which is the overall growth driver -- was lower at 2.5% than its forecast of 3.3%. Investment dropped year-on-year but less than expected and grew in quarterly terms, while exports were also more resilient than expected, the bank said. "For both investment and exports, however, the question is how much the positive developments were due to one-off stockpiling by firms ahead of an expected rise in trade barriers," the bank said. It said that while investments and exports would be the first to be hit by large tariff barriers, continued strong household spending should put full-year 2025 growth at around 2%.
South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
China accused of ‘malicious cyber campaign' targeting Czech foreign ministry
The European Union and the Czech Republic have slammed a group associated with the Chinese Ministry of State Security for conducting a 'malicious cyber campaign' targeting the country's foreign ministry. The ministry said the attack started in 2022 and 'affected an institution designated as Czech critical infrastructure', without specifying what had been targeted. 'Following the national attribution process, the government of the Czech Republic has identified the People's Republic of China as being responsible for malicious cyber campaign targeting one of the unclassified networks of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs,' the ministry said, naming the 'cyberespionage actor APT31 that is publicly associated with the Ministry of State Security' as the culprit. The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said the bloc 'holds a Chinese state-backed actor responsible for a malicious cyber campaign targeting Czechia … this is a clear and unacceptable violation of international norms'. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said the attack was 'detected during the intrusion', and that the Chinese ambassador to Czechia had been summoned 'to make clear that such hostile actions have serious consequences for our bilateral relations'. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said China was 'interfering in our society'. Photo: EPA-EFE 'China is interfering in our society – through manipulation, propaganda and cyberattacks,' Lipavsky said.
Reuters
4 days ago
- General
- Reuters
EU stands in solidarity with Czech Republic after cyberattack blamed on China
BRUSSELS, May 28 (Reuters) - The European Union stands in solidarity with the Czech Republic, after the Czech Republic identified China as being responsible for a "malicious cyber campaign" at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "The European Union and its Member States, together with international partners, stand in solidarity with Czechia regarding the malicious cyber campaign that targeted its Ministry of Foreign Affairs," said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in a statement. EU member states have increasingly been the target of cyber attacks from China in recent years and China should do more to prevent them, the European Union added on Wednesday. Kallas said the EU condemned these attacks, which she said were contrary to internationally agreed norms on how states should behave in cyberspace. "We call upon all states, including China, to refrain from such behaviour," she said. "States should not allow their territory to be used for malicious cyber activities." Kallas said the EU was ready to take further action if needed to prevent, deter or respond to malicious behaviour in cyberspace.
Associated Press
5 days ago
- Health
- Associated Press
People Accept Euthanasia Decisions Made by AIs Less Than Those Made by Humans
The role of AI in medical decision-making elicits different reactions in people when compared with human doctors. 'The implications of this research are significant as the role of AI in our society and medical care expands every day.'— University Lecturer Michael Laakasuo TURKU, FINLAND, May 27, 2025 / / -- The role of AI in medical decision-making elicits different reactions in people when compared with human doctors. A new study investigated the situations where the acceptance differs and why with stories that described medical cases. People accept the euthanasia decisions made by robots and AI less than those made by human doctors, finds a new study. The international study, led by the University of Turku in Finland, investigated people's moral judgements on the decisions made by AI and robots as well as humans on end-of-life care regarding people in a coma. The research team conducted the study in Finland, Czechia, and Great Britain by telling the research subjects stories that described medical cases. The project's Principal Investigator, University Lecturer Michael Laakasuo from the University of Turku, explains that the phenomenon where people hold some of the decisions made by AI and robots to a higher standard than similar decisions made by humans is called the Human-Robot moral judgement asymmetry effect. 'However, it is still a scientific mystery in which decisions and situations the moral judgement asymmetry effect emerges. Our team studied various situational factors related to the emergence of this phenomenon and the acceptance of moral decisions,' says Laakasuo. Humans Are Perceived as More Competent Decision-makers According to the research findings, the phenomenon where people were less likely to accept euthanasia decisions made by AI or a robot than by a human doctor occurred regardless of whether the machine was in an advisory role or the actual decision-maker. If the decision was to keep the life-support system on, there was no judgement asymmetry between the decisions made by humans and Ai. However, in general, the research subjects preferred the decisions where life support was turned off rather than kept on. The difference in acceptance between human and AI decision-makers disappeared in situations where the patient, in the story told to the research subjects, was awake and requested euthanasia themselves, for example, by lethal injection. The research team also found that the moral judgement asymmetry is at least partly caused by people regarding AI as a less competent decision-maker than humans. 'AI's ability to explain and justify its decisions was seen as limited, which may help explain why people accept AI into clinical roles less.' Experiences with AI Play an Important Role According to Laakasuo, the findings suggest that patient autonomy is key when it comes to the application of AI in healthcare. 'Our research highlights the complex nature of moral judgements when considering AI decision-making in medical care. People perceive AI's involvement in decision-making very differently compared to when a human is in charge,' he says. 'The implications of this research are significant as the role of AI in our society and medical care expands every day. It is important to understand the experiences and reactions of ordinary people so that future systems can be perceived as morally acceptable.' The research article was published in the journal Cognition. Michael Laakasuo University of Turku [email protected] Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
