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18 May 2017 • 08:59 AMT
Armenia ready for compromise; no unilateral concessions on Karabakh

According to Sargsyan, various political parties and blocs weighed in on the issue during their election campaigns.

18 May 2017 • 08:50 AMT
Grizzly Bear announce long-awaited fifth album, “Painted Ruins”

The Brooklyn four-piece have returned after a five-year absence with the new record, which follows 2012’s “Shields”.

18 May 2017 • 08:28 AMT
Chris Cornell, Audioslave and Soundgarden singer dies at 52

The American singer was one of the founders of the grunge moment in Seattle in the Nineties, where he formed Soundgarden.

18 May 2017 • 08:27 AMT
EU looks to build alternative to London for capital market: Reuters

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May has said she wants a free trade agreement with the EU that would include financial services.

18 May 2017 • 08:12 AMT
Trump willing to try engagement with N. Korea “under right conditions”

The United States, which has 28,500 troops in South Korea to guard against the North Korean threat, has called on China to do more to rein in its neighbor.

18 May 2017 • 08:12 AMT
Tsarukyan bloc an opposition force, leader says

“If no announcement on joining the coalition has been made, then we’re opposition,” Gagik Tsarukyan told reporters.

18 May 2017 • 07:53 AMT
EU fines Facebook €110 million over misleading WhatsApp data

The 110 million euro fine was unrelated to separate investigations into data protection issues, the Commission said.

18 May 2017 • 07:45 AMT
Iran condemns new U.S. missile sanctions as “ill will”

The Trump administration chose to stick by the nuclear deal, renewing a waiver of sanctions despite his past criticism of the agreement.

18 May 2017 • 07:39 AMT
Turkey will act if faced with Syrian Kurdish militia attacks, Erdogan says

The United States sees the YPG as distinct from the PKK and as a valuable partner in the fight against Islamic State.

18 May 2017 • 07:36 AMT
Armenia: YELQ bloc boycotts president’s speech at first NA session

YELQ spokesman Tigran Avinyan said the MPs will return to the hall once the president’s speech is over to participate in the fist session.

18 May 2017 • 07:27 AMT
Google shifts mobile focus to apps, digital assistant at conference

That reflects a recognition by the search giant that the assistant and other apps will be increasingly important to its future, said Jan Dawson.

18 May 2017 • 07:21 AMT
Philippines foregoes aid from Europe to assert independence: official

The EU has been providing support to Manila’s efforts to end nearly 50 years of Muslim rebellion in a conflict that has killed more than 120,000 people.

18 May 2017 • 07:17 AMT
Brazil president taped discussing pay-off for graft probe witness: report

Temer’s office acknowledged he had met in March with the businessman, Chairman Joesley Batista of meat giant JBS SA.

18 May 2017 • 07:09 AMT
Venezuela sends 2,600 troops to quell looting amid anti-govt protests

Since the rallies for early elections and an end to the economic crisis began in early April, 43 people have died across the country.

18 May 2017 • 07:08 AMT
GOP senators demand Turkey apologize for DC brawl

“We strongly condemn the violence that took place yesterday (May 16 – Ed.) outside the Turkish Embassy in Washington,” the senators said.

18 May 2017 • 07:01 AMT
EU, U.S. discuss possible airline laptop ban

“Both sides exchanged information on the serious evolving threats to aviation security and approaches to confronting such threats,” a statement said.

18 May 2017 • 06:55 AMT
Poll: Support for Macron’s party grows before French parliamentary election

Macron gave ministerial jobs to conservatives, socialists and political newcomers appointing an unprecedented all-stripes cabinet to bridge divides.

18 May 2017 • 06:53 AMT
Azerbaijan continues violating Karabakh ceasefire

Azeri forces also employed a grenade launche, a D-44 divisional gun, as well as an 82-mm mortar in various directions of the frontline.

18 May 2017 • 06:37 AMT
Ex-FBI chief Mueller named special counsel to probe Trump-Russia ties

The move followed a week in which the White House was thrown into uproar after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

17 May 2017 • 18:05 AMT
RPA unveils nominees for posts of parliament speaker, deputy speakers

As reported earlier, the third deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament will become Mikayel Melkumyan from Tsarukyan bloc.

17 May 2017 • 14:34 AMT
“Ingrid Goes West” to close L.A. Film Festival

The dark comedy stars Aubrey Plaza as the obsessive titular woman who secretly moves to Los Angeles to get close to Taylor Sloane, an Instagram lifestyle guru.

17 May 2017 • 14:29 AMT
A24 teams Jonah Hill and Martin Scorsese together on “Uncut Gems”

Plot details are vague other then the movie being set in the New York City Diamond District.

17 May 2017 • 14:24 AMT
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment acquires “Serpent”

“Serpent” follows a husband and wife on a romantic escape out in the wild that quickly turns deadly when they are trapped in a tent with a poisonous snake.

17 May 2017 • 14:12 AMT
Qualcomm sues four Apple contract manufacturers

Qualcomm said Apple is trying to force the company to agree to a “unreasonable demand for a below-market direct license”.

17 May 2017 • 14:10 AMT
Amazon’s Fire tablets get little thinner and faster

The company is also whipping out Kiddie versions of the tablets, with both the Fire 7 Kids and Fire HD 8 Kids getting “kid-proof cases.”

17 May 2017 • 14:00 AMT
Google Assistant voice control comes to GE connected appliances

Just as Bloomberg reported a few days ago, GE worked with the tech titan to integrate Google Assistant into its system.

17 May 2017 • 13:48 AMT
Armenia’s Tsarukyan bloc names new parliament deputy speaker

Also, Naira Zohrabyan, Vardevan Grigoryan and Vardan Bostanjyan will head three of the new parliament’s committees.

17 May 2017 • 13:45 AMT
Michael Moore, Harvey Weinstein to team for Trump doc “Fahrenheit 11/9”

Directed by the liberal firebrand, the film refers to Nov. 9, 2016, the date that Trump became president-elect of the United States.

17 May 2017 • 13:39 AMT
Chaplin’s “The Kid” to get animated feature treatment

Boris Starling, a journalist and best-selling author who created the BBC1 primetime series “Messiah,” is writing the script.

17 May 2017 • 13:30 AMT
“Da Vinci’s Demons” star joins “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams”

The 10-episode sci-fi series stars Terrence Howard and Anna Paquin and is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick.