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DUBLIN (Reuters) - A live video portal linking New York with Dublin has reopened after being fitted with sensors that organisers hope will block out inappropriate behaviour by passers-by - including exposing body parts - that led to its shut-down a week ago.

The Portal sculpture opened earlier this month linking a street in New York's Flatiron district to central Dublin. A large circular screen at each location displays a live video feed from the... (continue reading...)

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey set out on Tuesday an outline for how the central bank intends to ensure stable money markets as it sells more of the 875 billion pounds ($1.11 trillion) of government bonds it bought between 2009 and 2021.

Bailey said in a speech that as the BoE reduced its bond holdings - currently at a pace of 100 billion pounds a year - it would become clearer how much cash banks and other financial... (continue reading...)

By Max A. Cherney

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft talked up new tools on Tuesday aimed at encouraging programmers to build the AI-focused technology into Windows-related software as it races against Alphabet, Amazon.com and Apple to dominate the emerging technology.

At a developer conference in Seattle, Chief Executive Satya Nadella promoted new application programming interfaces, or APIs, that make it easier for developers to tap in to AI... (continue reading...)

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will no longer permit its citizens to adopt children from foreign countries, a Dutch government minister said on Tuesday.

Minister for Legal Protection Franc Weerwind added that intercountry procedures that already started will continue for the time being.

Dutch parents adopted around 40,000 children from 80 countries in the previous half-century. The practice has declined in recent years, with just... (continue reading...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A slowdown in the take-up of electric vehicles in the U.S. may prompt Tesla-supplier Panasonic to delay investing in additional plants to boost its automotive battery capacity in North America, the Japanese group's chief executive said.

Panasonic, whose energy unit makes batteries for Tesla, is closely watching its Chinese supply chain and battery material procurement following China's move last year to tighten graphite export... (continue reading...)