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25 April 2017 • 14:29 AMT
Apple hires NASA minds to work on its AR glasses

Jeff Norris led efforts to create new ways to control spacecraft and robots in space with virtual and augmented reality.

25 April 2017 • 14:23 AMT
Global music sales grow for second year to $15.7 bn

Despite sliding CD sales and downloads, revenue from recorded music around the world grew 5.9 percent in 2016 to total $15.7 billion.

25 April 2017 • 14:14 AMT
Council of Europe to investigate Azerbaijan vote-rigging allegations

The 324-member body is made up of delegates from national parliaments who meet four times a year in Strasbourg.

25 April 2017 • 14:00 AMT
EU to abolish mobile roaming charges on June 15

“Today’s final vote in the Council clears the path for free roaming,” said Dr Emmanuel Mallia, the Maltese Minister for Competitiveness.

25 April 2017 • 13:20 AMT
Netflix clinches licensing deal to introduce original content in China

Netflix has struggled to break into the Chinese market, where streaming services are subject to strict data storage regulations.

25 April 2017 • 13:04 AMT
IDeA Foundation pledges to attract $1.3 bn investments into Armenia

According to Vardanyan, IDeA and its partners and donors have since 2007 invested more than $550 million in various projects in Armenia.

25 April 2017 • 12:38 AMT
Zinedine Zidane may be fired by Real Madrid

A report claimed that Joachim Low has been tipped to replace Zidane, who took over from Rafael Benitez last season.

25 April 2017 • 12:30 AMT
Armenia opposition bloc details election violations in court

Tigran Yegoryan, unveiled the violations, but president of the constitutional court, Gagik Harutyunyan, interrupted him after an hour.

25 April 2017 • 12:20 AMT
“Despicable Me 3,” Pixar’s “Coco” to bow at France’s 2017 Annecy Fest

In one sign of still-continued growth at Annecy, its International Animation Film Market (MIFA) will add an extra day, moving from three to four.

25 April 2017 • 12:00 AMT
Jacqueline Bisset to topline “Journey to Miyakojima” drama

Bisset will play a quietly ailing family matriarch and NBA team owner who is hoping to reunite her shattered family.

25 April 2017 • 11:51 AMT
EU warns Britain – Don’t assume free trade deal for London

EU leaders will warn Britain it cannot assume its financial services industry will be included in any free trade deal after Brexit.

25 April 2017 • 11:38 AMT
Russian hackers targeted Macron campaign: cybersecurity group

Russia denied any involvement in the French election. “Which groups? Where do they come from? Why Russia?” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

25 April 2017 • 11:11 AMT
China to boost non-fossil fuel use to 20% by 2030

The National Development and Reform Commission said total energy demand will be capped at 6 billion tons of standard coal equivalent by 2030.

25 April 2017 • 10:47 AMT
Jordan to scrap marriage loophole for rapists

The Jordanian cabinet revoked Article 308 after years of campaigning by women’s activists, as well as Muslim and Christian scholars and others.

25 April 2017 • 10:34 AMT
Turkish military says struck PKK targets in Iraq, Syria

The Turkish military said the aim of the strikes was to prevent the PKK from sending weapons and explosives for attacks inside Turkey.

25 April 2017 • 10:23 AMT
China bans religious Muslim names in Xinjiang

Officials in the western region of Xinjiang have released a list of banned baby names amid an ongoing crackdown on religion.

25 April 2017 • 10:06 AMT
Argentine vice president remembers Armenian Genocide

“When we speak of genocide we are talking about an attack on humanity,” said Michetti, who then read a poem by William Saroyan.

25 April 2017 • 10:05 AMT
Amazon attempting to be everyone’s one-stop subscription shop

The messaging on the customer-facing portal describes subscriptions as “fun to discover” and leverages the company’s reputation and ease-of-use as key selling points.

25 April 2017 • 09:56 AMT
Le Pen’s father says daughter should have campaigned more aggressively

With 7.5 mln votes, Le Pen beat the National Front party’s previous election record but failed to pip pro-EU Macron to the first place.

25 April 2017 • 09:54 AMT
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 smashes sales records

Samsung said the S7 was the previous best launch it had, but now that title is held by the company’s latest smartphone.

25 April 2017 • 09:34 AMT
Lynyrd Skynyrd bio adds Steven Tyler, Joe Perry roles

The film centers on drummer Artimus Pyle’s recollection of the events surrounding the crash of the group’s touring plane in Mississippi in 1977.

25 April 2017 • 09:29 AMT
Indian vice president visits Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan

At Tsitsernakaberd, Ansari paid tribute to the memory of the 1.5 million victims of the first genocide of the 20th century.

25 April 2017 • 09:14 AMT
Oscilloscope nabs Tribeca Fest fantasy-drama “November”

The film is based on a novel, in which a peasant girl longs for a village boy who is infatuated by the visiting German baroness.

25 April 2017 • 09:14 AMT
Maria Sharapova may receive wild card to make return from doping ban

“My personal opinion is [I do] not agree about wild cards… about Rome, about other tournaments,” Roberta Vinci said.

25 April 2017 • 09:07 AMT
Truck driver jailed in Russia to be extradited to Armenia

Deputy justice minister Vigen Kocharyan, who confirmed the news, said it’s early to speak about the dates of Harutyunyan’s transfer.

25 April 2017 • 08:51 AMT
N. Korea marks military anniversary with massive firing drill

Speculation had mounted that the North could carry out a sixth nuclear test or another missile launch to mark 85 years since the founding of its army.

25 April 2017 • 08:47 AMT
Djemal Pasha’s grandson expresses condolences on Genocide anniv.

Hasan Cemal in a tweet on April 24 expressed condolences to the Armenian people over the 102nd anniversary of the crime against humanity.

25 April 2017 • 08:32 AMT
“Anoush opera. Avag Petrossian” postcard cancelled in Armenia

Signing the postcard were Arman Khachatryan, Armen Amiryan, the son of Avag Petrossian, Ara Petrossian, as well as Haik Avagyan.

25 April 2017 • 08:30 AMT
Iran nuke deal reviewed amid growing uncertainty

Trump’s Secretary of State Rex Tillerson earlier expressed misgivings about the nuclear deal itself, in particular time limits in key areas.

25 April 2017 • 08:15 AMT
Most Scottish voters don’t want another referendum: poll

Scots voted by a wide margin to stick with the European Union in last June’s referendum, clashing with the UK as a whole which voted to leave.