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18 May 2017 • 19:51 AMT
Election of Armenian parliament deputy speakers pushed back one day

Eduard Sharmazanov and Arpine Hovhannisyan are nominated from RPA, and Mikayel Melkumyan from Tsarukyan bloc.

18 May 2017 • 19:20 AMT
OSCE chief hails work of Yerevan office ahead of its closure on Aug 31

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier on May 18 commended the work of the organization’s office in Yerevan, Armenia.

18 May 2017 • 14:04 AMT
Sam Rockwell, Taraji P. Henson team for “The Best of Enemies”

Anne Heche, Wes Bentley, Bruce McGill, Nick Searcy and John Gallagher Jr. have also joined the cast, as has 2017 BAFTA nominee Babou Ceesay.

18 May 2017 • 13:56 AMT
A.Richard Allen named winner of Moira Gemmill Illustrator of Year prize

The judging panel praised his use of Hokusai in a contemporary context “to invoke echoes of the past to reinforce the reality that history matters”.

18 May 2017 • 13:48 AMT
Amazon’s new bestseller list shows what people are actually reading

The list will be broken into two broad categories: the top 20 books read and purchased in fiction and the top 20 in nonfiction.

18 May 2017 • 13:47 AMT
Belgium marks “year of Magritte” with art exhibits

Visitors will be immersed in the Surrealist universe of René Magritte, whose paintings will be transformed into exhibition sets, split into sections for close examination.

18 May 2017 • 13:35 AMT
Cy Twombly, Francis Bacon dominate Christie’s $448 mln auction in NY

Otherwise Christie’s said Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “La Hara” sold for $35 million shooting past its $22-28 million estimate.

18 May 2017 • 13:30 AMT
Nigeria says alleged Chibok girl ‘escaped’ Boko Haram

A presidential aide confirmed the rescue on Twitter, saying the girl was “found by Nigerian troops while she was escaping from captivity”.

18 May 2017 • 13:28 AMT
Asif Kapadia, Oscar winner for “Amy” to helm “Moth Smoke”

The Lahore-based novel follows Darashikoh Shehzad, a social misfit who begins an affair with his best friend’s wife.

18 May 2017 • 13:21 AMT
Myriad Pictures Boards Zosia Mamet, Scott Speedman’s “Shadow Girl”

“Shadow Girl” stars Mamet as a girl, Holly, who has literally faded with the death of her mother until near invisible.

18 May 2017 • 12:59 AMT
Billy Crudup joins Cate Blanchett in “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?”

Billy Crudup will join Cate Blanchett and Kristen Wiig in the big-screen rendering of Maria Semple’s best-selling book from Annapurna.

18 May 2017 • 12:52 AMT
Harvey Keitel, Sonia Braga to star in “Fatima”

The film dramatizes the story of three children who said they witnessed several apparitions of the Virgin Mary sharing apocalyptic prophecies.

18 May 2017 • 12:49 AMT
Ara Babloyan from ruling RPA elected Armenian parliament speaker

The parliament voted by secret ballot with 88 in favor and 12 opposed, with Babloyan beating Edmon Marukyan from YELQ bloc.

18 May 2017 • 12:37 AMT
AI-powered Google for Jobs search engine to help you find work

The ubiquitous device has become an important tool for finding work, as for many it’s their primary means of getting online.

18 May 2017 • 12:28 AMT
YouTube mobile streaming now open to all

The ability to Go Live on YouTube previously required that you have 1,000 subscribers, and before that the requirement was set at 10K.

18 May 2017 • 12:11 AMT
Trump campaign had at least 18 contacts with Russians: Reuters

The previously undisclosed interactions form part of the record now being reviewed by FBI and congressional investigators.

18 May 2017 • 12:09 AMT
ARM to provide chips for brain injury implants

ARM will be leveraging its existing Cortex-M0 processor, the smallest one the company makes, as the basis for its wetware.

18 May 2017 • 11:43 AMT
EFSE meets in Croatia to discuss stronger startup environment

The motto of this year’s meeting highlights the areas receiving increased EFSE focus: Enabling Financial inclusion, Startups and Entrepreneurship.

18 May 2017 • 11:34 AMT
The Beatles confirm new release of legendary album

The Fab Four’s iconic album will be celebrated at a special pop-up shop in Liverpool from May 25.

18 May 2017 • 11:13 AMT
Band formed by Gorillaz and Klaxons members announce debut gig

As well as playing guitar with Gorillaz, Jeff Wootton has also played live with The Last Shadow Puppets, Beady Eye and Damon Albarn.

18 May 2017 • 11:04 AMT
NA speaker nominee vows better ties between authorities and opposition

He hailed Armenia’s transition to a parliamentary system of governance which, according to him, envisages more responsibility.

18 May 2017 • 10:46 AMT
First promo art for “Hellboy” reboot unveiled

“Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen” is reportedly aiming for an R-Rating and will have a horror movie style.

18 May 2017 • 10:38 AMT
Turkey wants ouster of U.S. envoy for anti-IS coalition

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan angrily told Washington at the time to choose between Ankara and “terrorists” there.

18 May 2017 • 10:26 AMT
“Star Trek: Discovery” unveils epic 1st trailer, photos and poster

The lavishly produced trailer later offers a glimpse of a dark and sleek new starship bridge, the royal blue Starfleet uniforms as well as introduces Lt. Saru.

18 May 2017 • 10:20 AMT
Armenia president wants four-million population by 2040

According to him, developments in the demographic situation in the last 25 years were conditioned by a number of objective and subjective factors.

18 May 2017 • 10:12 AMT
Benedict Cumberbatch’s company to adapt novel “The End We Start From”

The book, published by Picador this week, follows a new mother and her newborn, who are turned into refugees following an environmental crisis.

18 May 2017 • 10:00 AMT
Daniel Radcliffe set for prison-break drama “Escape From Pretoria”

Radcliffe will star as Tim Jenkin, one of two 20-something white South Africans branded as terrorists and imprisoned in 1978.

18 May 2017 • 09:45 AMT
200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies: UN

As military operations intensify and move closer to Mosul’s Old City area, we expect that up to 200,000 more people will flee,” Lise Grande said.

18 May 2017 • 09:10 AMT
Tilda Swinton as a villain in Netflix’s “Okja” first trailer

The film follows a little girl named Mija who tries to save her animal friend Okja from an evil multinational corporation.

18 May 2017 • 09:03 AMT
Netflix circling Michael Jackson film “Bubbles”

“Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi is set to co-direct the film along with Mark Gustafson (“The Fantastic Mr. Fox”).