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05 July 2017 • 14:03 AMT
Foo Fighters premiere a new song, “Dirty Water” in Paris

Introducing the track, frontman Dave Grohl said to the crowd: “So this is where I stop looking at the setlist and we just start playing songs that we want to play.”

05 July 2017 • 13:54 AMT
Netherlands to try suspects in Malaysia plane downed in Ukraine

Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said in a statement that the decision was made by the countries jointly investigating the crash

05 July 2017 • 13:47 AMT
Arcade Fire debut a new song, “Chemistry” in London

The small and compact show was part of Arcade Fire’s Infinite Content tour and the band treated fans to a 17-song set.

05 July 2017 • 13:28 AMT
Kremlin hopes Putin-Trump meeting will create working dialogue

“This is the first meeting, the first time the two presidents will get acquainted – this is the main thing about it,” Dmitry Peskov said.

05 July 2017 • 13:13 AMT
Peter Kerekes’ “Censor” wins Karlovy Vary’s Works in Progress contest

The film centers on Irina, who works as a censor in a prison in Odessa, Ukraine. She spends eight hours a day in her office reading love letters.

05 July 2017 • 13:06 AMT
Brussels police arrest four, find arms cache

A spokesman said the raids were linked to the Kamikaze Riders, which has been implicated in terror offences.

05 July 2017 • 12:51 AMT
Armenia FM briefs OSCE Minsk Group on Azeri provocations

“The Minsk Group co-chairs urgently call upon the sides to cease military action. Violence only begets further violence,” the co-chairs said.

05 July 2017 • 12:51 AMT
Oscar-nommed Annette Bening to head Venice Film Festival jury

The last time a woman headed the Venice fest jury was in 2006, when French actress Catherine Deneuve oversaw the panel.

05 July 2017 • 12:14 AMT
Volvo to go all electric with new models from 2019

“This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car,” Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson said.

05 July 2017 • 12:01 AMT
Spain’s Rajoy calls for calm in face of ‘authoritarian delusions’ in Catalonia

In his speech, Rajoy said “Spain is a great country because it counts on the energy of many Spaniards, and many Catalans too.”

05 July 2017 • 11:37 AMT
Azerbaijan’s violence in April War

Azerbaijan on Tuesday, July 4 violated the ceasefire on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), using various caliber mortars and even employed a TR-107 rocket engine in the south of the frontline. Artsakh Defense Army opened retaliatory fire to suppress the rival’s attacks. During the incident, two civilians – a 52-year-old woman and a 2-year-old girl from Azerbaijan – were killed.

This is not the first time Baku’s adventurism results in human losses – including among civilians – and impermissible human rights violations and war crimes in Karabakh, and is certainly not the last time.

05 July 2017 • 11:16 AMT
Philippine president proposed deal to end city siege, then backed out

Agakhan Sharief said he was approached by a Duterte aide to use his connections with the militant group’s leaders to start back-channel talks.

05 July 2017 • 10:37 AMT
Nokia, Xiaomi sign patent deal

The companies did not provide financial details of the agreement, saying it includes a cross license to each company’s cellular standard patents.

05 July 2017 • 10:33 AMT
Microsoft reorganizes its global sales force to focus on cloud services

Since the appointment of Satya Nadella, the company has put more and more resources toward building out its Azure cloud computing platform.

05 July 2017 • 10:25 AMT
French govt. unveils debt-cutting, pro-business ambitious plan

The government sailed through a vote of confidence held afterwards, with 370 MPs in the lower house backing it and 67 opposed.

05 July 2017 • 10:20 AMT
Samsung working on a Bixby-powered AI speaker

Samsung had to launch the Galaxy S8 without support for English voice commands, despite marketing Bixby as a prominent feature of the phone.

05 July 2017 • 10:05 AMT
Ukraine says police prevented second cyber attack

Avakov said on Facebook the latest attack was launched at 1.40 p.m. Kiev time (1040 GMT) and was scheduled to peak at 4 p.m.

05 July 2017 • 09:47 AMT
Philippine militants behead 2 Vietnamese hostages, army says

“This is a desperate measure of the Abu Sayyaf Group because they see they have no gains from their kidnap-for-ransom activity,” Petinglay said.

05 July 2017 • 09:45 AMT
IS fights fiercely in shrinking Iraqi and Syrian strongholds

In Raqqa, U.S.-backed militia were fighting inside the historic Old City after coalition air strikes breached its walls in two places.

05 July 2017 • 09:32 AMT
Karabakh army spokesman extends condolences over Azeri deaths

Karabakh army spokesman Senor Hasratyan expressed condolences to the families of the victims in a Facebook post.

05 July 2017 • 09:23 AMT
EU approves Italy’s $6 billion state bailout for Monte dei Paschi

Outside Greece, Europe has not seen such big state bailouts since the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

05 July 2017 • 09:15 AMT
OSCE Minsk Group urges Karabakh sides to cease military action

“The only responsible and humane way to resolve this long-standing conflict is for the sides to return to the negotiation table,” they said.

05 July 2017 • 09:04 AMT
Sony posts viral teaser trailer for “Close Encounters” re-release

The nearly-1-minute video mostly shows an air traffic controller screen matched to audio from an early scene in the 1977 movie.

05 July 2017 • 08:53 AMT
Azerbaijan’s recent escalation in Karabakh: What we know so far

Artsakh’s defense ministry in a statement drew the attention of relevant international organizations to the incident.

05 July 2017 • 08:52 AMT
“Will and Grace” revival rolls out new promo

The promo sees Jack (Sean), Will (Eric), Karen (Megan Mullaly) and Grace (Debra Messing) dancing to the 1968’s R&B track.

05 July 2017 • 08:23 AMT
Amazon’s Alexa learning more new skills every day

Alexa reached 15,000 skills in June — during this month alone new skill introductions increased by 23 percent.

05 July 2017 • 08:10 AMT
Scorpion-milking robot could aid cancer research

Scorpion venom is used in a variety of medical fields, including cancer research, and the development of anti-malarial drugs.

05 July 2017 • 07:55 AMT
Laptop ban lifted on Emirates flights

The U.S. Homeland Security department unveiled further measures last week to enhance security on flights entering the country.

05 July 2017 • 07:42 AMT
Vietnam drilling for oil in China-claimed South China Sea

China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including reefs and islands also contested by other nations.

05 July 2017 • 07:28 AMT
Qatar offers compromise ahead of Gulf states’ meeting

Three Gulf states and Egypt have severed diplomatic and transport ties with Doha in a dispute that has raised concern across the Middle East and beyond.