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26 May 2017 • 14:38 AMT
Sia unveils powerful anthem “To Be Human”

Similar to Sia’s previous contribution to film soundtracks, the singer creates sweeping, epic musical moments on “To Be Human”

26 May 2017 • 14:16 AMT
STXfilms nabs Amy Schumer comedy “I Feel Pretty”

In the comedy, an ordinary woman who struggles with feelings of insecurity wakes from a fall believing she is suddenly the most beautiful woman on the planet.

26 May 2017 • 14:02 AMT
Lionsgate acquires Eddie Redmayne’s comedy adventure “Early Man”

Redmayne was the first cast member who boarded the toon, set at the dawn of time when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth.

26 May 2017 • 13:42 AMT
Three top Islamic State militants killed in Iraq, Syria

Three senior Islamic State military leaders and planners were killed in coalition attacks in Iraq and Syria over the past two months.

26 May 2017 • 13:24 AMT
President Temer revokes decree deploying troops in Brazil

Protesters want the resignation of President Temer, fresh elections, and the withdrawal of economic reforms.

26 May 2017 • 12:51 AMT
Gunmen kill 26 in attack on Christians in Egypt

An Interior Ministry spokesman said the unidentified gunmen had arrived in three four-wheel-drive vehicles.

26 May 2017 • 12:25 AMT
Regional Energy Summit kicks off in Georgian capital

Georgia’s minister of energy opened the event, noting that the latter continues the trans-border energy trade summit and last year’s events.

26 May 2017 • 11:42 AMT
Investigation on detained blogger Lapshin case wraps up in Azerbaijan

He was arrested on December 15 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, at the request of Azeri authorities who demanded his extradition.

26 May 2017 • 11:27 AMT
Karabakh army soldier killed in Azeri gunfire

The soldier was killed in the northern direction of line of contact, at an NKR army unit’s defense position.

26 May 2017 • 10:59 AMT
Nintendo shares hit 8-year high

Past games in the series have helped Nintendo sell millions of PSPs, millions of 3DSes and literally gotten top marks from the critics.

26 May 2017 • 10:33 AMT
Rocket Lab nails 1st orbital rocket launch from private pad

The relatively tiny vehicle, designed to ferry small payloads to orbit, reached outer space around 20 minutes past midnight (Eastern time) on May 25.

26 May 2017 • 10:20 AMT
You’re more rational on a smartphone than on a PC, study finds

The researchers hypothesized that smartphones focus user attention on a single task, while PCs allow for more outside information.

26 May 2017 • 10:01 AMT
Mark Zuckerberg gets Harvard degree 12 years after dropping out

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg features in a long line of university dropouts who became millionaires after founding technology companies.

26 May 2017 • 09:56 AMT
‘Woman without paint is like food without salt’

The history of cosmetics spans at least 6000 years and is present in almost every society on earth. Some argue that cosmetic body art was the earliest form of ritual in human culture, dating over 100,000 years ago from the African Middle Stone Age. The evidence for this comes in the form of utilized red mineral pigments (red ochre) including crayons associated with the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa.

26 May 2017 • 09:40 AMT
Turkey rejects U.S. resolution on Turkish bodyguards violence

A Turkish Foreign Ministry statement described the resolution as “one-sided” and “distorted the facts.”

26 May 2017 • 09:23 AMT
Manchester bomber “planned his attack for a year”

Abedi is said to have made at least two separate trips to DIY shops to buy materials used in his homemade explosive device.

26 May 2017 • 09:11 AMT
China tightens border controls with North Korea

Beijing’s action reflects a growing awareness about the urgent need for China to pressure North Korea into halting its testing of missiles and nuclear bombs.

26 May 2017 • 08:57 AMT
EU presses Erdogan over Turkey’s human rights record in Brussels

Erdogan’s visit to Brussels, where he was also due to attend a NATO summit, comes at a time of strain in EU-Turkey relations.

26 May 2017 • 08:39 AMT
Armenian leader appoints cabinet ministers

David Harutyunyan, Chief of Staff and Minister in the previous cabinet, will head the Ministry of Justice, replacing Artur Hovhannisyan.

26 May 2017 • 08:29 AMT
Direct Yerevan-Prague flights announced

The first flight, to operate twice a week – on Tuesdays and Fridays – is scheduled for June 13. The flight duration is 3 hours 45 minutes.

26 May 2017 • 08:03 AMT
Luc Besson’s “Valerian and City of Thousand Planets” final trailer

Valerian and Laureline are special operatives for the government of the human territories charged with maintaining order throughout the universe.

26 May 2017 • 07:49 AMT
“GOT” new pics reunite the Starks, final season episode count revealed

In this upcoming seven-episode season 7 of the hit HBO series, showrunner David Benioff promises that “everybody steps up their game this season.”

26 May 2017 • 07:20 AMT
HTC Link promises a smartphone-powered high-end VR experience

The device promises to be “cableless,” though it will still connect to your phone and an external camera.

26 May 2017 • 07:10 AMT
Baidu’s text-to-speech system mimics a variety of accents

The company says that the new version has been able to “learn from hundreds of unique voices from less than a half an hour of data per speaker”.

26 May 2017 • 06:56 AMT
Philippines says foreign fighters part of IS “invasion”

Duterte recently warned that IS fighters driven from Iraq and Syria would end up in the southern Philippines and his country was at risk of “contamination”.

26 May 2017 • 06:47 AMT
Trump talks trade with EU amid lingering differences

Trump agreed to setting up a joint EU-U.S. “action plan” on trade, in an indication the new occupant of the White House is not set on shunning free trade deals.

26 May 2017 • 06:41 AMT
U.S. admits 105 Iraqi civilians were killed in Mosul air strike

U.S. Central Command (CentCom) said it had targeted two snipers from so-called Islamic State (IS) with what it called a “precision-guided munition”.

26 May 2017 • 06:31 AMT
Trump, at NATO, vows unwavering fight against terrorism

“We will never waiver in our determination to defeat terrorism and achieve lasting security, prosperity and peace,” Trump said.

25 May 2017 • 14:16 AMT
Lana Del Rey announces new album release date

Del Rey’s album has so far been preceded by lead single “Love”, her title-track and Weeknd collaboration.

25 May 2017 • 14:11 AMT
Muse talk their new “Origin Of” early material and rarities album

Earlier this week, frontman Matt Bellamy teased that not only might they play a “by request” show where the fans choose the setlist at Reading & Leeds.