56 h. ago France hunts thieves who stole crown jewels from Louvre in daring minutes

The hunt was on Monday for the band of thieves who stole eight priceless royal pieces of jewellery from the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris in broad daylight. Officials said a team of 60 investigators were working on the theory that Sunday’s raid was planned and executed by an organised crime group. In France, it reignited a row over the lack of security in France’s museums, which the new Interior Minister Laurent Nunez acknowledged was a “major weak spot”. The thieves arrived between 9.30am...

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2 w. ago Will new accountability system be fair to Hong Kong’s civil servants?

Alarm and despondency could spread through Hong Kong’s civil service in the coming weeks as the significance of last month’s policy address begins to sink in. The proposal to introduce a heads of department accountability system and make other changes to performance assessment methodology is a real game changer. Despite ritual praise of our 170,000 officials as “an outstanding team”, it is clear Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu feels there is considerable scope for improvement in management, and...

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2 w. ago Think through what it means to discipline Hong Kong’s top civil servants

Alarm and despondency could spread through Hong Kong’s civil service in the coming weeks as the significance of last month’s policy address begins to sink in. The proposal to introduce a heads of department accountability system and make other changes to performance assessment methodology is a real game changer. Despite ritual praise of our 170,000 officials as “an outstanding team”, it is clear Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu feels there is considerable scope for improvement in management, and...

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2 w. ago Alibaba’s Amap AI feature an instant hit with 400 million users since launch

Alibaba Group Holding said the destination ranking feature in its Amap mapping service has racked up 400 million users since being launched last month, as the tech giant doubles down on efforts to challenge rival delivery platform Meituan in local services. Amap Street Stars, launched on September 10 to provide artificial intelligence-based rankings for restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions, has so far been used by 400 million users, nearly half of Amap’s monthly active users, Alibaba said...

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2 w. ago Alibaba's Amap hits record 360 million users as China's National Day 'golden week' begins

Alibaba's Amap hits record 360 million users as China's National Day 'golden week' begins  Yahoo

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2 w. ago Alibaba’s Amap hits record 360 million users as ‘golden week’ begins

Amap, Alibaba Group Holding’s answer to Google Maps, saw a record 360 million daily users on the first day of China’s “golden week” National Day holiday, as the company strengthens its local service offerings amid increasing competition with Meituan. On Wednesday, the first day of the extended eight-day break, Amap provided navigation for trips totalling over 9 billion km, also a record high, according to Alibaba, owner of the Post. Meanwhile, Amap’s new road safety alert system, Eagle Eye...

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3 w. ago Alibaba’s Amap teams up with official safety agency to detect road emergencies

Amap, the online mapping service owned by Alibaba Group Holding, has joined hands with China’s official crisis management agency to launch an AI-powered technology designed to detect and prevent emergencies on the road, as the country expects 1.87 billion people to travel by car during one of its busiest holidays. The “Eagle Eye Guardian” alert system, which was launched on Sunday by the Alibaba unit and China’s Academy of Safety Science and Technology, an agency overseen by the Ministry of...

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