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港人北上就医更方便了！ Ant Health and Manulife Hong Kong launch cross-border commercial insurance direct payment service

On November 10, Manulife Life Insurance (International) Co., Ltd. ("Manulife Hong Kong") and Ant Health jointly announced the launch of a new cross-border medical support service for eligible Manulife Hong Kong customers. Manulife Hong Kong has also become the first insurance company in Hong Kong to cooperate with Ant Health to provide cross-border medical direct payment. It is understood that eligible customers in Manulife Hong Kong can activate the electronic "medical insurance card" provided by Ant Health on AlipayHK, search for designated hospitals, and arrange outpatient treatment through the 24-hour appointment hotline. If the doctor recommends designated treatment, such as hospitalization, day surgery or outpatient cancer treatment, the customer can apply for the cross-border commercial insurance direct payment service - eligible medical expenses will be settled directly by the insurance company with the hospital. In the past, insurance customers who were interested in seeking medical treatment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area often needed to follow up through different channels one by one, from searching for suitable hospitals, making appointments, applying for pre-approval, and processing payments. The new service integrates these key links, allowing customers to more easily grasp relevant arrangements, thereby enjoying a smoother, more convenient, clearer and more transparent cross-border medical treatment experience. Li Xuming, chief health director of Manulife Hong Kong and Macau, said, "As customers' needs are no longer limited to traditional protection, we are committed to creating more coherent health solutions, allowing customers to more easily obtain the medical services they need and control the entire medical treatment process. Now more and more customers live, work or travel in Hong Kong and other cities in the Greater Bay Area, and expect medical support The service can match their lifestyle. As the first insurance company in Hong Kong to launch cross-border medical direct payment services with Ant Health, we combine insurance, medical services and digital innovation to simplify the cross-border medical treatment process for customers. This cooperation fully reflects Manulife’s commitment to becoming a trusted health partner and helping them obtain cross-border medical services more securely and conveniently.” This service combines Manulife Hong Kong’s insurance expertise,

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MARA Stock Price Prediction 2026, 2027, 2030 – 2040: Is MARA Holdings the Best Bitcoin Stock To Buy?

The post MARA Stock Price Prediction 2026, 2027, 2030 – 2040: Is MARA Holdings the Best Bitcoin Stock To Buy? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News MARA Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) remains one of Wall Street’s most closely watched Bitcoin proxy stocks, offering investors indirect exposure to the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Although the stock has pulled back after failing to sustain momentum near its 52-week high of $23.45, its long-term investment thesis remains firmly intact. Like most crypto-linked equities, MARA’s performance …

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International

Impeachment resolution against U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth blocked for now in House of Representatives

The US House of Representatives on the 10th blocked an attempt to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth. A resolution containing articles of impeachment had been proposed against the secretary for starting a war against Iran without Congressional approval, but the decision was made to refer the matter to a committee. Hegseth held his first press conference in six months at the Pentagon on the same day, denouncing the impeachment move as a "travesty" and "sabotage."

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International

Who is Stephen Miller, the new gateway man to Trump? – Decoding America podcast

Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad examine the Democrats’ failed impeachment attempt against US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and ask: could we see another bid soon? Jonathan also delves into the backstory of Trump’s new chief of staff, Stephen Miller, to find out how the descendant of a family fleeing persecution developed such hardline views on migration

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Technology

Lingguang 2.0 has been online for two weeks, and the cumulative number of managed transactions has exceeded 3 million.

On November 11, Ant Group’s personal AI assistant Lingguang announced the latest data: Since the launch of Lingguang 2.0 on October 27, the cumulative number of managed transactions has exceeded 3 million, and the cumulative number of tasks has exceeded 11 million. This is another disclosure of transaction custody data since the launch of Lingguang 2.0. On November 5, Lingguang announced that it had hosted more than 1.16 million transactions within a week of its launch, performed more than 3.6 million tasks cumulatively, and had more than 20 million users. Different from traditional AI product indicators such as user size and number of conversations, transaction hosting volume measures how many things a user has handed over to AI for continuous follow-up. Its growth reflects that the use of personal AI assistants is extending from instant question and answer and single task execution to long-term transaction management. The key to this change is that AI shifts from responding to instructions to continuously fulfilling contracts. Traditional AI assistants usually complete an interaction after the user initiates a question or instruction. The "Help Me Manage" function launched by Lingguang 2.0 allows users to hand over matters that require long-term attention to AI after authorization, which will continuously monitor the status and proactively remind and perform corresponding operations when conditions are met or critical nodes are reached. For example, parents can ask Lingguang to continue to follow the DingTalk class group and summarize important notifications and to-do items; consumers can host ticket price change monitoring and automatic membership renewal reminders; users can also connect smart home devices to let AI automatically perform operations based on preset conditions. What these scenarios have in common is that the task does not end in a conversation, but requires the AI ​​to maintain attention and take timely action without continued user intervention. Supporting this capability are long-term task scheduling, cross-session context management and external service connection capabilities. As of November 3, Lingguang has connected to more than 40 external connectors such as Alipay, DingTalk, Quark, Feishu, etc., expanding the scope of AI services to work,

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