The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 06:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca sponsored by IG Private Wealth Management. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Gina Louise to the outdoor mass in St. Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV's

inaugural mass begins. Speaking to tens of thousands of people in the crowd, the new pontiff vowed to work for unity so the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world. Leo also spoke out against an economic paradigm that exploits the earth's resources and marginalizes the poorest. Prime Minister Mark Carney is among dozens of world leaders and European royalty in the Vatican City. Today's service marks the official start of Leo's papacy. Russia intensified its drone attacks against Ukraine overnight. Firefighters trying to douse flames from what is considered the most intense strike since

the start of the invasion in 2022. According to the Ukrainian military, Russia launched a total of 273 exploding and decoy drones. Ukraine says it intercepted 88 of the drones launched, while most of the rest were lost. Kiev's regional governor says a woman was killed and three others were injured in a drone attack in her region. The increased barrage came after the first direct talks in years on Friday failed to yield a ceasefire.

A shipping accident in the East River in Brooklyn, New York has left two people dead and 19 others injured. Video posted to social media shows the moment a Mexican tall ship lost its way and crashed underneath the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. Sharing off the ship's masts that then fell to the deck, 277 people were on board. Wilson Aramboles, chief of special operations for the New York City Police Department. The ship was departing from Pier 17 where it was heading out to sea. The pilot, the captain that was maneuvering the ship, lost I guess power of the ship and the current mechanical function caused the ship to go

right into the pillar of the bridge, hitting the mass of the ship where there was a couple of sailors on top of it. The ship was on a multi-country tour scheduled to visit 22 ports in 15 countries. The Brooklyn Bridge did not suffer major damage. Canada now has a Minister of Artificial Intelligence. It's a new role but the demands are already piling up. Catherine Tunney reports. I, Evan Solomon, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to... Former broadcaster and newly elected Toronto Centre MP Evan Solomon was sworn

in earlier this week as the minister responsible for artificial intelligence and digital innovation. So what does the job actually look like? There's no public mandate letters yet, but the prime minister's office pointed CBC to the Liberal platform. It says a Mark Carney government will be relentless in using AI to make government more efficient and improve service delivery to Canadians. Boye Ojo is a Canada research chair in governance and artificial intelligence at Carleton University. He says that could look like AI power chat bots helping Canadians get basic information from the government in any language they need at any hour of the day.

And in a way that is really, really comprehensive, even more comprehensive than what a human agent at the other side may be able to provide. The platform also calls for more Canada-owned and operated AI data centers and infrastructure. Catherine Toney, CBC News, Ottawa. To the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Cup quest is over for the Winnipeg Jets. Back to the net, Seager to Harley-Stokes! Tyler Toney wins the series for Dallas! As seen on CBC and Rogers Sportsnet, the Dallas Stars scored on the power play early into the first overtime to beat the Jets 2-1 in Dallas and win their first Western Conference

semifinal series in six games. Kitchener, Ontario native Mark Scheifle scored the lone Jets goal and carried a heavy heart into the game following the passing of his father Brad Friday night. For CBC News, I'm Gina Luiz Phillips.