Technology | Amazon’s new Echo adds touch screen and video-conferencing

Amazon Inc.’s voice-activated Echo speakers already tell you things. Now, they can show you stuff, too.  On Tuesday, the Seattle-based giant unveiled the Echo Show, which features

Beijing stepping up scrutiny of active stock traders as Xi hosts summit

China is stepping up scrutiny of stock traders as the government prepares to host representatives from more than 100 countries at a summit in Beijing attended

Chinese tycoons plant money management flags on Wall Street

When a new hedge fund opened in Mountainside, New Jersey, a leafy suburb that still holds an annual little-league parade, few would have guessed where much

12 killed, including 10 S Korean children, in accident

Twelve people, including 10 South Korean school children, were killed yesterday when their bus was involved in an accident and caught fire inside a tunnel in eastern

Trump in-laws promote thorny visa-for-sale program in China

Plenty can go wrong when foreign money mixes with immigration green cards, real estate deals and political connections. Revelations that the sister of Jared Kushner, President

AP Exclusive – Philippines | Big child webcam sex bust reveals rising abuse

The suspected pedophile could see people banging on his front door. But were they neighbors? Cops? One had letters on her jacket. As David Timothy

Indonesia | Jakarta governor sentenced to 2 years prison for blasphemy

An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced the minority Christian governor of Jakarta to two years in prison for blaspheming the Quran, a shock decision that undermines the country’s

EU | Euro dodges new crisis with Macron win, but needs fixes

Vitor Rodrigues remembers when they told him in the 1990s that the euro would bring affluence. The owner and only full-time employee of the Leituria bookstore on a

Offbeat | Mayor charged with corruption hosts cruise to pay legal fees

A New Jersey mayor facing corruption charges has hosted a cruise to raise money for his legal fees. NorthJersey.com (njersy.co/2prj6AB) reports that Paterson Mayor Joey Torres charged

This Day in History  | 1994 – Mandela becomes SA’s first black president

Nelson Mandela has become South Africa’s first black president after more than three centuries of white rule. Mr Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) party won 252

Football – Champions League | Recent rout of Real Madrid boosts Atletico’s hopes

Tales Azzoni, Madrid Thursday, 2:45am Atletico M v Real M H 2.79, D 3.68, A 2.7 It was a match

Tennis | Sharapova more disappointed to lose early than to detractor

To Maria Sharapova, the most disappointing part of leaving the Madrid Open was doing so in the second round. Not losing to arch critic Eugenie

Football | Goulart double saves Guangzhou’s Asian Champs League hopes

Guangzhou Evergrande got the point it wanted and a berth in the Asian Champions League playoffs by drawing with Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-2 yesterday. Guangzhou,

World briefs

PHILIPPINES Pedophiles in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia pay facilitators in the Philippines to sexually abuse children, directing their moves through online livestreaming services. The AP

Moon declares election win, pledges to unify South Korea

Moon Jae-in declared victory in South Korea’s leadership race, pledging to unify the nation after nine years of conservative rule that culminated in the country’s biggest

Thailand | Car bomb in Muslim-dominated south wounds over 50

Suspected insurgents in Thailand detonated a car bomb yesterday outside a busy shopping center in the south of the country, wounding more than 50 people

The Buzz | California may end ban on communists in government jobs

Being a communist would no longer be a fireable offense for California government employees under a bill passed by the state Assembly. Lawmakers narrowly approved the bill

Macau Matters | Improving personal mobility

When I last visited Paris several years ago, the racks of bicycles available for rental scattered around the city were quite noticeable, as were the significant numbers of

Wednesday, May 10, 2017 – edition no. 2798

* Europe Day in Macau | UM scholar: ‘No vision’ to tackle European refugee crisis * Crown exits Macau venture * Controversial visa-for-sale program * Euro dodges new crisis with Macron   DOWNLOAD

Facial scans at ATMs introduced to deter money laundering

Macau’s government is requiring facial recognition and identification card checks at ATMs before Chinese UnionPay cardholders can withdraw cash, a stepped-up measure to curb money laundering

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