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Alipay updates anti-fraud functionsscans a quick response
Alipay, the country's top mobile payment platform, announced on Tuesday a major anti-fraud u
pgrade on its application by teaming up with 26 public security departments nationwide.
The new function, dubbed "Security Guard", allows users to set up related accounts among f
amily members or close friends. Should any abnormalities on transactions occur, the system would send
out alerts to all related accounts in order to prevent the fraud from materializing and minimize loss of funds.
"Security is the lifeline of Alipay, and we hope to fight fraud in a manner as harsh as dru
nk driving," said Rui Xiongwen, vice-president of Ant Financial, Alipay's parent company.
Alipay users can choose to delay payment for two hours or 24 hours and raise an alert
on the platform if they deem such transactions potentially misdirected or fraudulent.
The system has been linked to local public security authorities to help freeze any transaction
s in doubt. The money will be credited back to the user's account if authorities determine fraud has been committed.
A number of local anti-fraud centers in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhe
n also pledged to cooperate with Alipay on financial security education and anti-fraud alarming systems.
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Huawei strongly denies the claims and is trying har
d to persuade the world to use its 5G technology and not cave to pressure from Washington.
"This is not something that should be decided by politics," Huawei's chairman Guo Ping said on Sunday, ahead of the formal start of Mobile World Congress.
Guo said he was hoping "independent sovereign states" will make "independent decision
s based on their own understanding of the situation and will not just listen to someone else's order."
Huawei is taking the center stage at this year's MWC in Barcelona. The event is expected to attract around 100,000 visi
tors. To get in, they will all need a badge like this, with a Huawei lanyard. pic.twitter.com/D6PRmZpqxe
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The US government is trying to convince its allies to shun Huawei equip
ment, which it says could be used by the Chinese government for spying. The company vehemently denies that claim.
"Just because you are from a certain country doesn't mean your equipm
ent is not secure," Guo said. He added that Huawei must abide by Chinese law and the
laws of countries where it operates. "Huawei will never, and dare not, and cannot violate any regulations," he said.
Vice President Mike Pence described Huawei as a "threat." Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned other cou
ntries that using Huawei would make it more difficult for the United States to "partner" with them.
multi-level banking system with wide coverage and div
erse expertise should be established, while personalized and differentiated financial products that suit market demand should be developed, he said.
The number of small and medium-sized financial institutions as well as their proportion o
f businesses should be increased, while financial services to the small and micro firms as well as agr
iculture, rural areas and rural people should be improved, Xi said.Xi stressed the need to establish a standard, tra
nsparent, open, dynamic and resilient capital market that has sound fundamental institutional arrangements, pr
oper management on market access and exit and tightened full-process supervision on transactions.
He said that financial services conducive to the development of industr
ial, market, regional and green development systems of a modernized economy shall be provided.
An all-around and multi-level financial service system including ve
nture capitals, bank loans and bond and stock markets shall be put in place, he said.
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Extended talks raise hopes there's a deal in the offingChi
The extending of the talks between China and the United States to resolve their trade and econo
mic frictions will hopefully give substance to the optimism expressed by both sides that they can reach a deal.
US President Donald Trump, senior US officials, and Vice-Premier Liu He, the special envoy of President Xi Jinping, who is h
eading the Chinese delegation, all expressed the belief on Friday that the two sides have made significant progress to
ward reaching a comprehensive agreement that will put an end to the current trade standoff.
It is to be expected that the discussions at this stage will be the toughest test ye
t for the two teams of negotiators, and their task is not one to be envied. However, the un
scheduled two-day extension to their discussions indicates that tangible headway is being made in their joint effo
rts to find a mutually acceptable way to resolve their differences and put an end to their quarrel.
Given what was said on Friday, it seems the talks have gone more deeply and ext
ensively into the bilateral relationship than either side initially anticipated. As US P
resident Donald Trump observed, "we're covering things that we didn't even know we'd be covering."
A screenshot of the Weibo account of the Nanchang Fire
A residential building located at Xihu district in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, collapsed on Sunday morning, trapping people under the rubble, according to CCTV.
By 11:00 am, three people, including two adults and one child, were successfully pulled out by the fire department. They suffered minor injuries.
The second and third floor of the three-story building, which is
made of wood and bricks, collapsed. The accident trapped three households.
The search-and-rescue operation is underway.
BEIJING – China will further enhance physical activities in primary and sec
ondary schools and promote students' interests, said the Ministry of Education Friday.
Provincial-level regions in China have clearly included physics as
a subject scored in senior high school entrance exam, according to the ministry.
Details to evaluate the subject of physics are based on local conditions, it
said, adding swimming is used to assess the score in certain regions.
In 2016, the ministry released a guideline aiming to establish a senior high school ent
rance exam system based on both academic performance and comprehensive quality
In calling for "zero tolerance," a policy whose definition appe
ars to vary widely among Catholics, Openibo echoed the calls of dozens of abuse survivors gathered for protests and vigils on the streets of Vatican City this week.
Wearing glasses and speaking gently though plainly, she addressed the Pope directly as "Brother Francis." Openibo said she ad
mired his candor and willingness to admit mistakes he made in evaluating the claims of Chilean abuse s
urvivors about a notorious priest who was defrocked last year, and the bishops who covered up his crimes.
"Thank you for providing this opportunity for us to check and see whe
re we have acted strangely, ignorantly, secretly and complacently," she said.
Openibo also thanked the Pope for allowing her to address the assem
bly of 190 Catholic leaders, 114 of whom are bishops and cardinals from around the wor
ld. About a dozen of the participants are women, most Superiors General of religious orders.
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We can no longer act as bystanders. We are honour bound to
We find it unconscionable that a Party once trusted on the economy, more than any other, is now recklessly marching the country to the cliff edge of no d
eal," the group said. "No responsible government should knowingly and deliberately inflict the dire consequences of
such a destructive exit on individuals, communities and businesses and put at risk the prospect of ending austerity."
The MPs also rejected what they say May has presented as a "false binary choice" be
tween a "bad deal" and a "no deal," slamming her strategy of "running down the clock" to Brexit.
May said in a statement on Wednesday that she was "saddened" by the lawmakers' decision to quit the party, but
was determined to deliver on Brexit, affirming that it was "the right thing for the country."
The Independent Group was formed on Monday when seven MPs, including Chuka Umunna, Chris Leslie and Luciana Berger, resi
gned from Labour. An eighth Labour MP, Joan Ryan, joined their ranks on Tuesday evening. The group said v
ariously that they had become ashamed of the Labour party and its shift to the hard-left, denouncing opposition le
ader Jeremy Corbyn's handling of a wave of anti-Semitism and "betrayal" on Brexit.
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Polls across the country were scheduled to open at 8 a.m
(2 a.m. ET) and close at 2 p.m. (8 a.m. ET) Saturday, but reports soon emerged of widespread delays.
In the megacity of Lagos, CNN visited multiple polling stations, all of which opened hours la
ter than planned. Voters said they had lined up for hours before electoral officers arrived with voting materials.
To cast their ballots Saturday, voters were expected to complete an accreditation process in which officials from Nigeria's Independent National Elec
toral Commission take their fingerprints and scan their permanent voting cards.
A nurse told CNN she turned up at a polling station after working a night shift, only to face a long wait.
"I am supposed to be resting now, but I came to the polling station (at) 7:30 a.m. thinking they the electoral commissi
on officials) will be here, but it's two hours now, and they have not come," Juliet Emoedin said.
Festus Okoye, a national commissioner for the electoral commission, sa
id stations that opened late would close an hour later, according to the Nigerian Television Authority, the state
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However, a one-hour extension is less time than many
voters have spent in line to cast their ballots in the crucial election.
The incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, 76, is running against 71 other ca
ndidates, but his main challenger is Atiku Abubakar, a 72-year-old business tycoo
n and former vice president. They are both Muslim candidates from the north of the country.
When Buhari, a former military ruler, was elected in 2015, it wa
s the first peaceful transition of power in Nigeria. He promised to offer a clean sweep of the old
routine, but many have been left disillusioned and angry at the rising levels of inequality and extreme poverty.
More than 84 million people registered for the vote in Africa's largest economic p
ower, according to data from the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Videos have surfaced on social media reportedly showing the burni
ng of ballot papers and disruption of the electoral process in various parts of the country.
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On Friday, a standoff occurred between a local indigenous comm
unity and the military over aid delivery near Gran Sabana, on the Brazil-Venezuela border, said the town's mayor, Emilio Go
nzalez. He told CNN the military opened fire on an indigenous group trying to facilitate the passage of aid into Venezuela.
Gonzalez said soldiers shot and killed a 34-year-old indigenous Venezuelan woman and injured 17 others.
National Assembly member Americo De Grazia said on his official Twitter feed that two
people had died. The second victim was an indigenous man, according to De Grazia.
Gonzalez said indigenous guards detained 27 Venezuelan military members. Venez
uela's Ministry of Defense told CNN it had no information on the incident.
Tensions escalate over aid
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who invoked a constitutional provision last month to declare himself acting
president, condemned the incident in a tweet Friday, saying such acts by the military "will not go unpunished."
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