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Chinese scholars use AI to screen newborns for genetic disorders via facial scan

The new assistive diagnosis tool was designed to detect more than 100 disorders with distinctive facial features.

World

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to end safeguards for immigrant 'Dreamers'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Tuesday to hear arguments over the legality of President Donald Trump's effort to rescind a programme that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants - dubbed "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children, part of his tough immigration policies.

Nation

Women main target for Macau, love scams, but men fall prey too, says Home Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR: Not only Malaysian women but men too have fallen prey to love scams to the tune of more than RM67mil this year, revealed the Home Ministry.

Nation

Breaking Bad: Father of five with no criminal record nabbed with RM400,000 worth of syabu

MELAKA: A father of five with no previous criminal record was detained with RM400,000 worth of drugs in his possession.

Tech News

Facebook to give users ability to turn off annoying red-dot notifications on app navigation bar

Facebook is rolling out a new feature for its app so users will be able to hide the red notification dots and unused tabs on their navigation bar.

Nation

S'wak asks Education Ministry to withdraw directive imposing conditions on GPS reps attending school functions

KUCHING: Sarawak wants the federal Education Ministry to withdraw a directive imposing conditions on Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) elected representatives in attending functions in schools.

Cricket

Factbox: India v Bangladesh test series

(Reuters) - Factbox on the two-test series between India and Bangladesh which begins at Indore on Thursday:

Cricket

India finally join the pink-ball party in Bangladesh series

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India play their first day-night test as part of a two-match series against Bangladesh this month and while there may be some apprehension about using the pink ball for the first time they are unlikely to lose any sleep about facing a team in disarray.

Rugby

Gatland says didn't go for All Blacks job due to Lions, Chiefs commitments

(Reuters) - Warren Gatland has said he did not throw his hat into the ring to replace All Blacks coach Steve Hansen as he wanted to honour his commitments to the Waikato Chiefs and British and Irish Lions.

World

After hiatus, Rajapaksa brothers set to dominate Sri Lanka again

COLOMBO (Reuters) - One brother is considered a shoo-in for the job of Sri Lanka's president in elections this weekend and another is eyeing the prime minister's post when that election becomes due early next year.

Tech News

Facebook ordered to ban scam ads using Big Brother founder

Facebook Inc suffered a blow as a Dutch judge imposed a penalty payment for each time it fails to block cryptocurrency ads improperly using the image of the originator of the Big Brother television franchise.

World

Damascus attack hit Islamic Jihad official's home, group says

GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said an attack was carried out against the home of one of its officials in Damascus on Tuesday, killing the man's son.

Nation

Pakatan rubbishes claims Dr M influenced judiciary in Najib’s SRC trial

KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Harapan has rubbished claims by an Umno leader that Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had influenced the judiciary in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s SRC International trial.

World

Sirens sound in central Israel, warning of rockets from Gaza

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Sirens sounded in central Israeli towns on Tuesday, the military said, warning of possible rocket launches from the Gaza Strip after Israel killed a top Palestinian militant there.

Tech News

China orders ByteDance's Toutiao to fix search, saying national hero smeared

China's Internet regulator ordered ByteDance news app Jinri Toutiao to clean up its search engine, saying the search function threw up "slanderous" information on a late Communist Party military leader.

Corporate News

Nestle Malaysia's 3Q net profit up 8.2% to RM149m, Div 70c

KUALA LUMPUR: Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd posted stronger net profit in the third quarter ended Sept 30,2019 as it focused on driving sustainable efficiencies and savings and it declared an interim dividend of 70 sen a share.

Football

Mancini says won't call up Balotelli just to make a statement

(Reuters) - Italy coach Roberto Mancini has said he will only call up Mario Balotelli if he deserves it for football reasons, not to make a statement against racism.

Tech News

Microsoft says it will follow California’s digital privacy law in US

Microsoft Corp said in a blog post on Nov 11 that it would honour California's privacy law throughout the United States, expanding the impact of a strict set of rules meant to protect consumers and their data.

Nation

Monty, is that you? Firemen capture 80kg python believed to have swallowed goat, cat

IPOH: A team of firemen successfully captured an 80kg python here on Tuesday (Nov 11), after they received an emergency call at 8:40am.

Banking

Businesses urge BNM to set cash transaction limit at RM50,000

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) proposal to set a cash transaction limit (CTL) of RM25,000 per transaction next year has received a mixed reaction from businesses, with some quarters suggesting it should be at least RM50,000.