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23 June 2017 • 08:25 AMT
Airbnb “launching premium tier to compete with hotels”

This tier will try to lure new customers who have yet to try the platform because they prefer the amenities that come with upscale hotels.

23 June 2017 • 07:50 AMT
Nissan teases self-driving features for the next-gen Leaf

Automakers’ self-driving systems will always be compared to Tesla, whose Autopilot is the most advanced available commercially.

23 June 2017 • 07:28 AMT
Mosul mosque destruction “shows Islamic State defeat”

Iraqi forces say IS blew up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its famous leaning minaret as jihadists battled to stop advancing pro-government troops.

23 June 2017 • 07:05 AMT
Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution: top education official

The secular opposition has long argued that the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is pursuing a covert Islamist agenda contrary to the republic’s founding values.

23 June 2017 • 06:57 AMT
Arab states send Qatar 13 demands to end crisis: official

The demands aimed at ending the worst Gulf Arab crisis in years appear designed to quash a two decade-old foreign policy.

23 June 2017 • 06:44 AMT
N. Korea tests rocket engine, possibly for ICBM: U.S. officials

The disclosure of the engine test came a day after the United States pressed China to exert more economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea.

22 June 2017 • 16:43 AMT
Today’s Google Doodle lets you compose your own music

The company is celebrating the 117th birthday of Oskar Fischinger, the German-born artist and filmmaker who created geometric animations using paper and card.

22 June 2017 • 15:01 AMT
Germany’s biggest industrial robotics company working on consumer robots

CEO Till Reuter said the change was being pushed by Kuka’s new parent company, Chinese home appliance maker Midea.

22 June 2017 • 14:53 AMT
HP turning trash into printer cartridges

HP is teaming up with Thread, a company that already uses recycled bottles from Haiti and Honduras to create clothes.

22 June 2017 • 14:41 AMT
Champs Elysees attacker possessed huge arsenal of weapons: official

The attacker had also wanted to go to Syria and had pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

22 June 2017 • 14:26 AMT
Lionsgate swaps the title of its eighth “Saw” film

The horror franchise revolves around the fictional character John Kramer, also called the “Jigsaw Killer” or “Jigsaw.”

22 June 2017 • 14:25 AMT
President Sargsyan talks elections, Armenia-EU agenda at EPP summit

Addressing the meeting, the Armenian president dwelled upon issues concerning the stability and security of the South Caucasus region.

22 June 2017 • 14:12 AMT
Michael Showalter aims for a breakout hit in “The Big Sick”

His debut feature as director was 2005’s “The Baxter,” which he also wrote and starred in.

22 June 2017 • 14:00 AMT
Qatar Airways interested in buying 10% stake in American Airlines

American Airlines said foreign ownership laws limited the total percentage of foreign voting interest in a U.S. company to 24.9%.

22 June 2017 • 13:51 AMT
Locarno Film Festival to honor helmer Jean-Marie Straub

Straub is considered a benchmark auteur in European cinema, known for his rigorous style of filmmaking.

22 June 2017 • 13:38 AMT
Film Movement picks up post-WWII dramedy “Bye Bye Germany”

The film follows a smooth-taking huckster who, as the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, concocts a plan to raise money to emigrate to the U.S.

22 June 2017 • 13:36 AMT
Grammy award winner Marcus Miller to perform in Armenia

Miller’s concert is scheduled as part of the #YerevanJazzFest2017, co-organized by the Armenian Jazz Association and Mezzo production.

22 June 2017 • 13:27 AMT
Removing Syria’s Assad no longer priority for France: Macron

“Because no one has introduced me to his legitimate successor,” said the French president, who took office last month.

22 June 2017 • 13:07 AMT
Foo Fighters announce new album “Concrete And Gold”

Foo Fighters headline the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday (June 24) before heading out across Europe for the summer.

22 June 2017 • 12:57 AMT
Yerevan Quantum students visit VivaCell-MTS HQ for master class

Students of Yerevan Quantum college and the high school of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia (NPUA) visited VivaCell-MTS.

22 June 2017 • 12:49 AMT
St. Vincent announces return with 2017 world tour

The singer-songwriter, otherwise known as Annie Clark, announced her first extended run of tour dates in over two years.

22 June 2017 • 12:35 AMT
U.S. will take weapons from YPG after Islamic State defeat: Turkey

In a letter to the defense minister, Mattis said Arab fighters would form 80 percent of the forces which will recapture Raqqa.

22 June 2017 • 12:29 AMT
“Downton Abbey” movie production to start in 2018

Michael Edelstein, president at NBCUniversal International Studios, said it hopes to assemble 20 cast members from the popular TV series.

22 June 2017 • 12:25 AMT
EU chief Tusk says Brexit could be reversed

Speaking in Brussels where May was due to brief leaders on her Brexit plans, Tusk suggested the process could still be reversed.

22 June 2017 • 12:05 AMT
Andie MacDowell drama “Love After Love” lands at IFC

The drama documents the divergent ways a family navigates their path forward in the wake of the loss of its patriarch.

22 June 2017 • 11:56 AMT
Focus Features acquires Joel Edgerton’s drama “Boy Erased”

The project is based on Garrard Conley’s “Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family.” Lucas Hedges will star opposite Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman.

22 June 2017 • 11:39 AMT
Denis Villeneuve “Blade Runner 2049” featurette unveiled

The featurette also teases the stunning visuals in the film as it takes us to a teeming city with holograms the size of skyscrapers.

22 June 2017 • 11:25 AMT
RPA chief Sargsyan “will be our leader in 2018” – Armenia NA speaker

According to Babloyan, the government’s sustainable development program for 2017-2022 is the project of RPA and Sargsya in the first place.

22 June 2017 • 11:22 AMT
Google wants law enforcement to have more access to overseas data

Kent Walker, Google’s senior vice president and general counsel, will announce the company’s framework during a speech in Washington, D.C.

22 June 2017 • 11:13 AMT
U.S. prisoners who saved guard’s life to have sentences cut

The work crew had been cutting grass at a public cemetery when the corrections officer who was guarding them collapsed in the heat.