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14 April 2017 • 08:14 AMT
Long-awaited Freddie Mercury biopic release date set

The film has been in the works for over four years, with several actors being rumoured and involved before ‘Mr Robot’ star Rami Malek landed the lead role.

14 April 2017 • 07:51 AMT
#KeepThePromise gaining pace as Samantha Power joins campaign

“My name is Samantha Power, and I vow to keep the promise to be an upstander for human rights,” she said in a video

14 April 2017 • 07:49 AMT
Oscar winner Robert Duvall joins Viola Davis in “Widows” thriller

Duvall joins an impressive ensemble cast, including Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson, Andre Holland, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo.

14 April 2017 • 07:34 AMT
Seoul police find no explosives at Samsung Life headquarters

A police official said officers dispatched to the Samsung Life building in Seocho, a district of Seoul, concluded there were no explosives.

14 April 2017 • 07:31 AMT
Paramount hires original “Coming to America” writers to pen sequel

The project is still early on in the development process, but Kevin Misher (Carrie, Public Enemies) is attached to produce.

14 April 2017 • 07:25 AMT
Apple reportedly targeting stake in Toshiba’s chip business

The company is prepared to make a direct investment of several billion dollars in Toshiba Memory for a stake of “several tens” of percent.

14 April 2017 • 07:23 AMT
Comedian Ricky Gervais to narrate Bron Animation’s “The Willoughbys”

The animation follows Willoughby children, who are abandoned by their parents and must learn how to adapt their old-fashioned values to the contemporary world.

14 April 2017 • 07:20 AMT
Uber may face $1 million fine over drunken-driving complaints

In only 21 of those cases did the company conduct any follow-up driver investigation, a commission inquiry found.

14 April 2017 • 07:11 AMT
“Goodbye Christopher Robin” drama set for awards season

Domnhall Gleeson portrays British author A.A. Milne, who found the inspiration for his two Winnie the Pooh books from his son Christopher Robin Milne.

14 April 2017 • 06:59 AMT
A24, DirecTV nab Bill Pullman’s “Ballad of Lefty Brown”

Pullman plays a sidekick to a famed frontier lawman, portrayed by Peter Fonda, who is unexpectedly killed.

14 April 2017 • 06:57 AMT
Trump quietly signs law rolling back Planned Parenthood funding protection

Republicans say their stance upholds states’ rights. But opposition Democrats see the move as a “Republican war on women.”

14 April 2017 • 06:49 AMT
“Don’t Breathe” sleeper hit helmer to tackle “Labyrinth” sequel

Fede Alvarez and Fede Alvarez are developing “Girl in the Spider’s Web,” and will tackle the “Labyrinth” project after that.

14 April 2017 • 06:47 AMT
Mortar, grenade launcher used in Azerbaijan’s ceasefire violations

To suppress the rival’s attacks, the Karabakh troops took retaliatory measures and continued controlling the situation on the contact line.

14 April 2017 • 06:40 AMT
Nicole Kidman set for busy Cannes Fest with four titles in lineup

Kidman stars in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” alongside Colin Farrell, which is screening in the main competition.

14 April 2017 • 06:38 AMT
Elon Musk says Tesla semi truck to debut in September

The truck would add to the production schedule at Tesla, which also is gearing up to build its widely anticipated Model 3 mid-market sedan.

14 April 2017 • 06:29 AMT
“The Bad Batch” trailer features Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves

The movie marks Ana Lily Amirpour’s next project after cult film “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”.

14 April 2017 • 06:28 AMT
U.S. drops biggest non-nuclear bomb on Islamic State in Afghanistan

It’s official name is the Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb but it is widely known in the U.S. military as the “Mother Of All Bombs”.

14 April 2017 • 06:16 AMT
Facebook suspends 30,000 fake accounts in France

Also, Facebook took out full-page ads in Germany’s best-selling newspapers to educate readers on how to spot fake news.

14 April 2017 • 06:07 AMT
Trump pledges “to take care of” North Korea problem

Trump, responding to a question about what his message is for North Korea, said, “North Korea is a problem. The problem will be taken care of.”

14 April 2017 • 06:02 AMT
Egypt identifies second church bomber after Sisi pledge

Sisi said “state agencies were exerting their utmost effort to chase down the perpetrators of those vile acts,” the presidency said in a statement.

13 April 2017 • 18:08 AMT
People and apes

The orangutans are the two exclusively Asian species of extant great apes. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are currently found in only the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Orangutans are the most arboreal of the great apes and spend most of their time in trees. Fruit is the most important component of an orangutan’s diet; however, the apes will also eat vegetation, bark, honey, insects and even bird eggs. They can live over 30 years in both the wild and captivity.

13 April 2017 • 17:50 AMT
EU envoy talks Armenia elections with investigative committee chief

Hovsepyan highly appreciated the cooperation with the EU delegation and attached great importance to the assistance provided by the EU to Armenia.

13 April 2017 • 14:37 AMT
Russia blocks app used to organize protests

The app, called Zello, reportedly has been popular among long-distance truckers in Russia who are conducting strikes to protest a road tariff system.

13 April 2017 • 14:21 AMT
Kathryn Bigelow’s “Detroit” 1st trailer features John Boyega

The movie is based on true horrific events which took place in 1967’s Detroit, where devastating riots happened for five days in summer.

13 April 2017 • 14:12 AMT
Microsoft to unveil its Project Scorpio Xbox console at E3

Microsoft will now host its E3 press conference on June 11, where we the final design, naming, and price of the next Xbox will be revealed.

13 April 2017 • 14:06 AMT
Gold price soars to 5-month high amid geopolitical unrest

Heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula and in the Middle East following US strikes on Syria have left investors nervous.

13 April 2017 • 13:59 AMT
Researchers capture 1st “image” of a dark matter web

Dark matter doesn’t shine, absorb or reflect light, which has traditionally made it largely undetectable.

13 April 2017 • 13:51 AMT
Kremlin slams European court ruling on Beslan siege as ‘unacceptable’

The court said although Russian authorities had information that an attack was being planned, they failed to do enough to disrupt the plot.

13 April 2017 • 13:42 AMT
UK scientists say samples from Syrian attack test positive for sarin

Samples taken from Khan Sheikhoun “have tested positive for the nerve agent sarin, or a sarin-like substance,” the delegation said.

13 April 2017 • 13:29 AMT
Saudi Arabia’s first Islamic bond sale raises $9 billion

Investors placed orders in excess of $33 billion, the country’s Ministry of Finance said, adding bonds will be split equally between five and ten-year tranches.