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16 March 2017 • 07:38 AMT
Apple, Google, Facebook skip signing legal brief on new travel ban

Major tech companies that signed on to the earlier effort but not this week included Microsoft, eBay, Intel, Netflix and Twitter.

16 March 2017 • 07:28 AMT
Four Armenians readying for European Chess Championship

The Coach said the team are now training intensively, set to hold a training session in the Armenian town of Tsaghkadzor on April 1-8.

16 March 2017 • 07:23 AMT
“Suicide Squad 2” nabs “The Legend of Tarzan” scribe

The follow-up is a priority for Warners, which made overtures to several directors, including Mel Gibson.

16 March 2017 • 07:08 AMT
Addison Timlin to play young Hillary Clinton in “When I’m a Moth” indie

The film will focus on the time when Clinton did odd jobs in Alaska in 1969, between her college graduation and the start of her law career.

16 March 2017 • 06:56 AMT
China, Saudi eye $65 billion in deals as king visits

The monarch, who has overseen the launch of an ambitious economic reform plan since his accession two years ago, is on a month-long Asian tour.

16 March 2017 • 06:51 AMT
John Krasinski to pen, helm and star with Emily Blunt in “Quiet” thriller

Krasinski previously helmed critically acclaimed indie “The Hollars” last year and “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men” in 2009.

16 March 2017 • 06:42 AMT
U.S. charges two Russian spies in Yahoo cyberattack

The Russian agents were identified as Dmitry Dokuchaev and Igor Sushchin, both members of the successor agency to Russia’s KGB.

16 March 2017 • 06:41 AMT
“Landline” drama-comedy to open San Francisco Film Fest

“Landline” captures a dysfunctional family that grows closer when long-buried infidelities come to light across generations, set in 1990s New York.

16 March 2017 • 06:32 AMT
Director James Gunn confirms “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on May 5, while “Avengers: Infinity War” is slated to bow on May 4, 2018.

16 March 2017 • 06:32 AMT
Philippine lawmaker seeks Duterte’s impeachment

Lower house representative Gary Alejano accused Duterte of a laundry list of offences he said were worthy of impeachment

16 March 2017 • 06:24 AMT
Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods” unleashes gory new trailer

“American Gods” pits Old Gods against New Gods, with the ancient mythological ones fearing irrelevance as their believers die off.

16 March 2017 • 06:22 AMT
Azerbaijan violates ceasefire, Artsakh refrains from retaliating

The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army troops mainly refrained from retaliating to continue protecting their positions.

16 March 2017 • 06:16 AMT
Renault management implicated in suspected pollution test fraud

“The entire chain of management” of the French car maker up to its chief executive Carlos Ghosn were implicated in the suspected fraud.

16 March 2017 • 06:06 AMT
Military wins, environment, aid lose big in first Trump budget

Some of the proposed changes, which Democrats will broadly oppose, have been targeted for decades by conservative Republicans.

16 March 2017 • 05:56 AMT
Dutch PM wins most seats, far-right rival beaten into second place

“This was the evening when The Netherlands, after Brexit and the American elections, said ‘stop’ to the wrong kind of populism,” Rutte said.

15 March 2017 • 14:39 AMT
Hungary’s Orban calls on European nationalists to rally against Brussels

Hungary’s populist prime minister called on nationalist leaders to bring about a “deep but peaceful” transformation of Europe.

15 March 2017 • 14:32 AMT
Dallas Museum of Art features a survey of Mexican modern art

México 1900–1950” reveals how Mexican 20th-century art is both directly linked to the international avant-garde and distinguished by an incredible singularity.

15 March 2017 • 14:16 AMT
Malaga museum presents a fresh reading of the work of Picasso

The museum’s new exhibition concept presents more artworks and a greater diversity of styles and techniques.

15 March 2017 • 14:02 AMT
Molly Shannon joins Paul Giamatti, Kathryn Hahn in “Private Life”

Shannon earned rave reviews for her performance in the Sundance darling “Other People,” in which she played a woman dying of cancer.

15 March 2017 • 13:55 AMT
Animated fantasy adventure “Darkmouth” finds directors

“Darkmouth” will center on an overeager kid who bites off more than he can chew when he prematurely jumps into the family business: hunting monsters.

15 March 2017 • 13:50 AMT
Suicide bomber attacks Damascus courthouse, kills 25

“The preliminary toll in the terrorist suicide bombing at the old palace of justice building is 25 dead and a number of wounded,” SANA said.

15 March 2017 • 13:43 AMT
Children starve as adults fight

Yemen, one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, has been torn by a war between forces loyal to the internationally-recognized government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement. UN-brokered peace talks between the Houthi rebels and the government stalled in the summer of 2016.

15 March 2017 • 13:39 AMT
Apple’s iOS 11 could kill almost 200,000 apps

While “app rot” is a real problem, it was hard to quantify just how many apps could be impacted by such a change.

15 March 2017 • 13:35 AMT
Mark Cuban: World’s 1st trillionaire will be an AI entrepreneur

The person closest to becoming a trillionaire, at least according to public financial records, is Bill Gates, although he is still about $915 billion short of the title.

15 March 2017 • 13:24 AMT
Over 100,000 sign petition to block Scottish independence referendum

As 62 percent of Scottish voters cast ballots to stay in the EU, the first minister said she has a duty to stand up for Scotland’s interests.

15 March 2017 • 13:20 AMT
“5-second rule” for food dropped on the floor is true: germ scientists

Professor Hilton will demonstrate his theory at the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham as part of a series of national science, technology, engineering and maths events.

15 March 2017 • 13:12 AMT
Armenia invites Azerbaijan to observe parliamentary elections

According to Guminsky, 76 observers from Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus have responded so far.

15 March 2017 • 12:42 AMT
Five more families get decent homes thanks to VivaCell-MTS, Fuller Center

As a result of the partnership, in 2016 alone, 42 families from 10 provinces of Armenia have overcome the problem of substandard housing.

15 March 2017 • 12:39 AMT
Giddens Ko comedy “Monsters” to close Hong Kong Int’l Film Fest

“Monsters” is the second film as director for prolific novelist Ko who previously made 2011 pan-Asian hit “You Are the Apple of My Eye.”

15 March 2017 • 12:30 AMT
“Most Beautiful Island” wins top prize at South by Southwest Film Festival

“Most Beautiful Island,” a New York-set thriller, is the directing debut of Spanish TV actress Asensio.