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19 June 2017 • 10:33 AMT
Museum Barberini opens “America’s Road to Modern Art”

The exhibition provides a panorama of subjects and styles ranging from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism.

19 June 2017 • 10:09 AMT
79 dead or missing in London high-rise fire, police say

Investigators believe the fire started at around 1 a.m. local time Wednesday on the fourth floor of the 24-story Grenfell Tower.

19 June 2017 • 09:47 AMT
China’s Huayi Brothers to remake Sophie Marceau’s “The Party”

The original “The Party” follows a teenage girl (Marceau) as she tries to fit in at a new school, cope with her parents’ dissolving marriage and discover true love.

19 June 2017 • 09:39 AMT
Turkey creating free trade zone with Nakhijevan

“Representatives of the Turkish Ministry of Economy are already stationed in Nakhijevan,” Nihat Zeybekci said.

19 June 2017 • 09:30 AMT
1st look at Chinese cinema legend Zhang Yimou’s “Shadow”

Little is officially known about the film’s plot so far, but Chinese media have reported that the film is set during China’s Three Kingdom’s era (AD 220–280).

19 June 2017 • 09:25 AMT
South Korea president says plans to exit nuclear power

Moon campaigned on a program of cutting South Korea’s traditional reliance on coal and nuclear for the bulk of its power.

19 June 2017 • 09:14 AMT
UK starts bid for Brexit deal

Subjects for the negotiations, which officially start in Brussels, include the status of expats, the UK’s “divorce bill” and the Northern Ireland border.

19 June 2017 • 08:58 AMT
China propels rise of electric zero-emission cars

“We are actually pleasantly surprised how much interest we are getting,” said the CEO of NIO’s U.S. unit, Padmasree Warrior.

19 June 2017 • 08:50 AMT
Record 65.6 million people displaced worldwide: UN refugee agency

The estimated figure for the end of 2016 is an increase of 300,000 on 2015, according to its annual report.

19 June 2017 • 08:38 AMT
Armenian govt. approves own 2017-2022 development program

According to the deputy prime minister, each of the sections contain problems discovered as a result of the government’s research.

19 June 2017 • 08:34 AMT
“Little Pink House” wins Provincetown Festival Audience Award

Based on a true story, “Little Pink House” stars Catherine Keener as a nurse who leads her neighbors in a struggle to save their homes in working-class Connecticut.

19 June 2017 • 08:22 AMT
Octopus inspires South Korea ‘breakthrough’ adhesive patch

The team found the octopus’ impressive suction power was thanks to small balls inside the suction cups that line each of their tentacles.

19 June 2017 • 08:22 AMT
Ildiko Enyedi’s “On Body and Soul” wins Sydney Festival Film Prize

“On Body and Soul” is an idiosyncratic love story about two lonely slaughterhouse employees who go to absurd lengths in their pursuit of one another.

19 June 2017 • 08:14 AMT
Armenia foreign minister “takes president’s message” to Qatar

The diplomats discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation, as well as developments in the Middle East and the Gulf crisis.

19 June 2017 • 08:07 AMT
Ryan Reynolds shares 1st pic from “Deadpool 2” hit comedy sequel

Directed by David Leitch, the film will see Stefan Kapicic returning as Colossus and Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead.

19 June 2017 • 07:57 AMT
EU proposes forbidding encryption backdoors

The proposal has to be approved by Parliament and then reviewed by the EU Council, so there’s still a chance that the rules will be softened.

19 June 2017 • 07:57 AMT
“Fahrenheit 451” HBO adaptation casts digital star Lilly Singh

Based on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel of the same name, the show depicts a future where media is an opiate, history is outlawed, and “firemen” burn books.

19 June 2017 • 07:47 AMT
Bruce Springsteen set to perform on Broadway

The New Jersey musician will play five nights a week for eight weeks at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York’s theatre district later this year.

19 June 2017 • 07:41 AMT
The Stone Roses play London for the first time in four years

The Manchester legends’ most recent gigs in the capital had been at Finsbury Park, where they played twice in June 2013.

19 June 2017 • 07:38 AMT
3 French-Armenians elected MPs as Macron marches to majority

Jacques Marilosian from Paris, Daniel Kazarian from Lyon, Guillaume Kasbarian from Chartres were elected lawmakers.

19 June 2017 • 07:32 AMT
4D printed objects could pave way for outer space structures

A team at Georgia Institute of Technology is exploring a method that uses 3D printers to create small structures that expand when exposed to heat.

19 June 2017 • 07:18 AMT
Jupiter is the oldest planet in the Solar System, study suggests

The team came to the conclusion after testing for the presence and abundances of molybdenum and tungsten isotopes in some iron meteorites that fell to Earth.

19 June 2017 • 07:14 AMT
Google ramps up measures to remove extremist content on YouTube

Google will expand its collaboration with counter-extremist groups to identify content that may be used to radicalize and recruit extremists.

19 June 2017 • 07:05 AMT
Annecy: Europe’s Cartoon Forum rolls out 2017 line-up

“Mr. Passenger” is a 26-episode series produced by Portugal’s AIM Animation Studios offering poetry and adventure and singular aesthetics.

19 June 2017 • 06:54 AMT
Tom Cruise’s “The Mummy” leads international box office

The Tom Cruise vehicle had a disappointing $32.2 million opening weekend in North America and a steep drop-off during week two.

19 June 2017 • 06:54 AMT
Iraqi troops storm IS-held Old City of Mosul

The historic district, and a tiny area to its north, are the only parts of the city still under control of the Islamists.

19 June 2017 • 06:42 AMT
Foo Fighters debut new song “Lah Di Dah”

They also played “The Sky is a Neighbourhood” as a full band for the first time, having played a simpler version of the song at a benefit gig in May.

19 June 2017 • 06:41 AMT
Raging Portugal wildfire kills at least 62

Authorities declared three days of national mourning as more than 900 firefighters and 280 vehicles battled the blaze.

19 June 2017 • 06:32 AMT
Katy Perry’s “Witness” lands atop Billboard 200

Perry previously nabbed two No. 1 albums on the chart with 2010’s “Teenage Dream” and 2013’s “Prism”.

19 June 2017 • 06:30 AMT
U.S. warplane shoots down Syrian army jet in Raqqa province

The Syrian army said the plane crashed and the pilot was missing in the first such downing of a Syrian jet by the United States since 2011.