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17 July 2017 • 13:35 AMT
Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott join Disney’s “Aladdin”

The original animated movie was a comic take on the Arabic folk tale of a young man granted three wishes by a genie trapped in a lamp.

17 July 2017 • 13:25 AMT
Myanmar insists has no military ties with North Korea

Ambassador Joseph Yun met Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the military’s commander in chief in the capital, Naypyitaw.

17 July 2017 • 13:14 AMT
Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns” teaser features Emily Blunt

The long-awaited sequel reunites Poppins with Jane and Michael Banks, who are now adults.

17 July 2017 • 13:08 AMT
Women assaulted at chaotic German town festival: police

Roland Eisele said “the aggression and escalation of violence” were unprecedented and unexpected in the town of about 40,000 people

17 July 2017 • 12:54 AMT
Matt Damon’s “Downsizing” to open the Venice Film Festival

The satire, written by Alexander Payne and his frequent collaborator Jim Taylor, stars Damon as a man who decides to shrink himself in order to find a better life.

17 July 2017 • 12:51 AMT
Uber suspends ride-sharing services in Macau from July 22

“We are already exploring ways to serve the city again, and have had initial discussions with business partners,” the company said.

17 July 2017 • 12:22 AMT
Armenia to expand defense spending by $54 mln each year

The minister weighed in on the issue of whether the growth of appropriations is connected with the April war and, if so, to what extent.

17 July 2017 • 12:19 AMT
Devils’ museum and witches’ hill

Devils’ Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania, is included in the list of the most unique museums in the world. Three floors have horned creatures from around the world coming in different shapes, sizes, colors and made from different materials. The devils are mischievously smiling, peeking out of the dark corner, showing the evil menace grin or a scree giggle. Some of them can be distinguished from ordinary humans only if you see horns or a tail protruding from the shaggy hair.

17 July 2017 • 11:57 AMT
Radiohead announce their own signature Fender guitar

It’s the first ever instrument designed, developed and cosigned with the help of a Radiohead member.

17 July 2017 • 11:31 AMT
Flat microscope for the brain could help restore lost eyesight

FlatScope is part of a broader DARPA initiative that aims to create a high-resolution neural interface.

17 July 2017 • 11:20 AMT
U.S., Australia finish key round of hypersonic missile tests

The tests are part of the long-running HIFiRE (Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation) program, whose first launch took place way back in 2009.

17 July 2017 • 10:59 AMT
Billie Joe Armstrong, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong form a supergroup

Recently, Green Day were forced to defend their performance at Madrid’s Mad Cool festival after an acrobat fell to his death ahead of their headline set.

17 July 2017 • 10:47 AMT
Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” debuts first trailer

The ambitious project is an adaptation of the 1963 children’s classic by Madeleine L’Engle.

17 July 2017 • 10:34 AMT
UAE denies any hacking of Qatari websites

Anwar Gargash denied as false a story that cited U.S. officials saying the UAE had orchestrated the hack of Qatar’s state news agency.

17 July 2017 • 10:28 AMT
Tim Burton’s live-action “Dumbo” release date set

Colin Farrell, Eva Green, Danny DeVito, and Michael Keaton are now confirmed to star opposite newcomers Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins in their first film roles.

17 July 2017 • 10:16 AMT
Pini Tavger’s “Pinhas” wins 6th edition of Sam Spiegel film lab

The project centers on a young boy, Pinhas, and his hard-working, heretic mother who are new immigrants from Russia living in Israel.

17 July 2017 • 10:11 AMT
Detained human rights activists face charges in Istanbul

The activists, including Amnesty International’s Turkey director Idil Eser, were detained earlier this month in a police raid on a hotel.

17 July 2017 • 09:58 AMT
President says ‘doesn’t matter’ who will be Armenia PM in 2018

In an interview on Armenia TV, Sargsyan said he hasn’t picked the next field of activity he wants to get involved in the near future.

17 July 2017 • 09:43 AMT
John Boyega hints at Finn’s “Dark Mission” in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”

The movie also sees the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Lupita Nyong’o as Maz Kanata.

17 July 2017 • 09:32 AMT
BBC’s decision to cast woman as “Doctor Who” stirs fans’ outrage

Some fans seemingly found it difficult to accept the fact that the 13th Doctor would be female and cried foul over the casting decision on Twitter.

17 July 2017 • 09:31 AMT
Elon Musk urges AI regulation before it becomes a danger to humanity

“I have exposure to the very cutting edge AI, and I think people should be really concerned about it,” Musk told a summit.

17 July 2017 • 09:00 AMT
First round of Brexit talks start in Brussels

“We made a good start last month but… we are now getting into the substance of the matter,” UK Brexit Secretary David Davis said.

17 July 2017 • 08:48 AMT
‘Planet of the Apes’ topples ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ at box office

Former champion “Spider-Man: Homecoming” drops to the runner-up place after a close battle with the newcomer.

17 July 2017 • 08:41 AMT
Porsche installs its first high-speed electric car chargers

They can ‘only’ charge existing EVs at up to a 150kW charge rate, but they can handle up to 350kW for future cars.

17 July 2017 • 08:28 AMT
Armenia mulls new military loan from Russia

According to Vardan Aramyan, some $30 million from a previous $200 million Russian loan remain to be spent on military goods.

17 July 2017 • 08:16 AMT
7.2 million Venezuelans vote against Maduro in symbolic election

Deadly violence returned as a woman was killed and three other people wounded when gunmen opened fire on people lined up to vote in Catia.

17 July 2017 • 08:06 AMT
IS chief Baghdadi almost certainly alive – Kurdish security official

“Baghdadi is definitely alive. He is not dead. We have information that he is alive. We believe 99 percent he is alive,” Lahur Talabany said.

17 July 2017 • 07:33 AMT
Sale of Russian weapons to Baku ‘biggest pain in Yerevan-Moscow ties’

Sargsyan described opinions about revising relations with Russia as “extremely dangerous words” which “could create extremely difficult situation.”

17 July 2017 • 07:25 AMT
Kingdom Hearts 3 coming out in 2018, developer confirms

In the footage shown off at D23, Sora and pals Donald and Goofy are teaming up with Woody and Buzz Lightyear.

17 July 2017 • 06:55 AMT
Australia beefs up military’s powers for terror attacks

Among the changes, police will no longer have to wait until they have exhausted their capacity to call on the army during a terror attack.