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29 March 2017 • 06:03 AMT
Trump team wants revamped NAFTA deal: lawmakers

Members of the House Committee on Ways and Means met with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and acting U.S. Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn.

29 March 2017 • 05:49 AMT
Quadriplegic man regains use of arm in medical first

The study’s only patient, Bill Kochevar, has two surgically-implanted clusters of electrodes — each no bigger than a baby aspirin.

28 March 2017 • 14:16 AMT
Karabakh soldier killed in Azerbaijani fire

On March 28, Nagorno Karabakh soldier Artak Rafayelyan (b. 1997) received a fatal gunshot wound in an Azerbaijani attack.

28 March 2017 • 14:03 AMT
Alternative Energy Project brings outdoor lighting to Armenian villages

An outdoor lighting system, consisting of 65 LED lamps, has been installed in Horbategh community of Vayots Dzor.

28 March 2017 • 13:46 AMT
Iconic Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to build fences in New York

A champion of refugees and migrants, Ai is calling his new large-scale conceptual installation “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.”

28 March 2017 • 13:44 AMT
Facebook adds camera features to its smartphone app

Facebook will allow users to get to the app’s camera with one swipe of their finger and then add visual details like a rainbow.

28 March 2017 • 13:40 AMT
100-kilo gold coin “Big Maple Leaf” stolen from Berlin’s Bode museum

Bode Museum gave the face value of the coin at $1 million (920,000 euros), though the market price of 100 kg of gold is around $4 million.

28 March 2017 • 13:36 AMT
Iran oil minister says deal on global oil cuts likely to be extended

Asked whether Iran would be ready to cut its own output, he said: “I think it is necessary that all members comply with their commitments.”

28 March 2017 • 13:26 AMT
Comedienne Sarah Silverman heads to Hulu with “I Love You, America”

The series, from Funny or Die, will have Silverman discuss the current political and emotional landscape of the country.

28 March 2017 • 13:25 AMT
AI to be main way banks interact with customers in 3 years: report

Four in five bankers believe AI will “revolutionise” the way in which banks gather information as well as how they interact with their clients.

28 March 2017 • 13:19 AMT
Miles Teller cast in Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Too Old to Die Young”

The series explores the criminal underbelly of Los Angeles by following killers’ existential journeys in becoming samurai.

28 March 2017 • 12:52 AMT
Ameriabank unveils Drops app for automated payments

Drops commercial director Ashot Mesropyan said that the number organizations represented in the app will grow.

28 March 2017 • 12:23 AMT
Tsarukyan bloc pledges to attract $15 bn once it wins Armenia elections

According to him, the bloc will first implement the 15 points on its program and then pass on to attracting investments in various sectors.

28 March 2017 • 12:16 AMT
Phoenix announce their first world tour since 2014

The French band will tour North America through May and June, before playing festival dates in mainland Europe in July and hitting Asia in August.

28 March 2017 • 12:07 AMT
Queens Of The Stone Age have “just finished” their new album

The band are gearing up to hit the road for a number of tour dates this summer, having been working on their new record on and off since last summer.

28 March 2017 • 12:00 AMT
France’s TF1 nabs “Downton Abbey” star Joanne Froggatt’s “Liar”

Froggatt stars alongside Ioan Gruffudd in a story of a night that changes the lives of their characters, Laura Nielson and Andrew Earlham, forever.

28 March 2017 • 11:52 AMT
U.S. Congressman demands U.S. recognition of Armenian Genocide

“America denounce all crimes against humanity, if we are to live up to our moral and historic responsibility,” Schiff said.

28 March 2017 • 11:47 AMT
George Clooney’s “Suburbicon” gets award season release

The movie will be set in the quiet family town of “Suburbicon,” where the best and worst of humanity is reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people.

28 March 2017 • 11:29 AMT
Ryan Gosling’s “Blade Runner 2049” reveals new footage at CinemaCon

It shows a better look at apocalyptic Los Angeles and Las Vegas, which are packed with snow, dust storms and androids.

28 March 2017 • 11:13 AMT
Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey in “The Dark Tower” 1st footage

The movie follows The Gunslinger (Elba) who attempts to reach the mythical Dark Tower to save dying Mid-World.

28 March 2017 • 10:51 AMT
Scientists hack a human cell, reprogram it like a computer

With further development, this could lead to cells capable of responding to specific directions or environmental cues in order to fight disease.

28 March 2017 • 10:42 AMT
Uber resumes self-driving car tests after Arizona crash

After launching in Pittsburgh in Sept, Uber moved into San Francisco in Dec, but refused to apply for the proper autonomous driving permits.

28 March 2017 • 10:37 AMT
Armenia’s basketball team to participate in World Cup qualifiers

The secretary general said that new coach Niksha Bavtsevich will get acquainted with basketball players in the summer.

28 March 2017 • 10:25 AMT
MakeVR turns the HTC Vive into a virtual design tool

The app interface resembles a studio where you can do hands-on work with the controllers.

28 March 2017 • 10:08 AMT
Intel rolls out extra-fast 3D storage for consumer market

The chip maker has introduced Optane modules designed to boost the performance of your desktop PC.

28 March 2017 • 10:03 AMT
Armenia elections: Race for parliamentary seats heats up

If party ratings are calculated based on support for candidates in each district, the Republican Party of Armenia comes out on top.

28 March 2017 • 09:58 AMT
Scientists turn spinach into a farm for human heart cells

Existing approaches to generating heart cells, such as 3D printing, aren’t good at replicating the complex network of veins needed to grow cells.

28 March 2017 • 09:40 AMT
Germany warns Turkish residents over surveillance from Ankara: report

Turkey’s spy agency has identified hundreds of alleged supporters of Fethullah Gülen living in Germany, a report said.

28 March 2017 • 09:32 AMT
Georgians start travelling to most EU countries visa-free

The deal for Georgia will not be honored in Schengen countries that are not EU members: Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland.

28 March 2017 • 09:20 AMT
Millions in Mideast unsure of their next meal, UN warns

“Food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated over the last five years,” UN said in a report.