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13 March 2017 • 14:41 AMT
Luxury phone maker Vertu sells to exiled Turkish businessman

In 2012 Vertu was sold by Nokia to Swedish private equity group, EQT VI, for around £175 million.

13 March 2017 • 14:20 AMT
EU warns Erdogan amid deepening Turkey-Netherlands crisis

Erdogan twice accused Netherlands of acting like the Nazis, comments that sparked outrage in a country occupied by German forces in WWII.

13 March 2017 • 14:14 AMT
Syrian army advances in district east of Damascus

The Barza, Qaboun and Tishrin area had already been isolated from the main rebel enclave in Eastern Ghouta.

13 March 2017 • 13:40 AMT
“Degas to Mucha’” exhibit on view at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

The exhibition explores how visual artists at once documented, promoted and participated in the distinctive entertainment cultures that defined the Belle Époque.

13 March 2017 • 13:31 AMT
Piasa’s Contemporary African Art sale led by William Kentridge work

The drawing for sale evokes his research on the fragmentation of time and action. In his practice, Kentridge tears, gathers and assembles shapes.

13 March 2017 • 13:13 AMT
Chip giant Intel buys self-driving tech firm MobilEye for $15.3 bn

The deal was first reported by Israeli business site The Marker but has now been confirmed by the two companies.

13 March 2017 • 13:10 AMT
U.S. ambassador to Armenia meets ORO bloc leaders in Yerevan

The bloc members dwelled upon the upcoming elections, briefing ambassador Mills on the process of the campaign.

13 March 2017 • 13:07 AMT
From concessions to reunion

On the threshold of the parliamentary elections, PanARMENIAN.Net has inquired about the participating parties’ and blocs’ vision for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.

13 March 2017 • 13:03 AMT
Scientists make stretchy electronics using a soup ingredient

Plastics are normally insulators, but using two different polymers, Bao and her team came up with one that conducted like a champ.

13 March 2017 • 12:53 AMT
Claude Barras’ “My Life as a Courgette” tops Cartoon Movie event

Switzerland’s Claude Barras, the director of “Courgette,” was also honored with European Director of the Year.

13 March 2017 • 12:50 AMT
Scotland to make request for new independence referendum: Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement as MPs in Westminster prepared to give Theresa May the power to begin Brexit negotiations.

13 March 2017 • 12:43 AMT
Poland prosecutors summon EU’s Tusk as witness in intel probe

Tusk’s spokesman said he would not be available for the March 15 summons because he had prior engagements in the European Parliament.

13 March 2017 • 12:28 AMT
Tsarukyan bloc rules out coalition with Republican Party of Armenia

“Tsarukyan bloc has always considered forming a coalition irrational, undesirable,” Tigran Urikhanyan said.

13 March 2017 • 12:23 AMT
“Game of Thrones” taps Ed Sheeran to guest star in season 7

“GOT” previously featured appearances by musical artists like Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, Coldplay’s Will Champion, Sigur Ros and Mastodon.

13 March 2017 • 12:08 AMT
Stephen King’s “It” teaser features gruesome terrors from Pennywise

“It” follows seven children known as The Losers Club, who have to face life problems, bullies and a monster.

13 March 2017 • 12:03 AMT
Violence against Syrian children “at its worst” in 2016: UNICEF

UNICEF said that cases of children being killed, maimed, or recruited into armed groups were the “highest on record” last year.

13 March 2017 • 11:53 AMT
Tigran Hamasyan – the best jazz pianist you’ve never heard: HuffPost

An Ancient Observer is yet another chapter of Tigran’s recordings that tap the deep music well of his country, The Post writes.

13 March 2017 • 11:45 AMT
Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx in “Baby Driver” action trailer

The film is scheduled to come out in the United States on August 11 after playing at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival.

13 March 2017 • 11:36 AMT
Japan reportedly plans to send largest warship to South China Sea

The Izumo helicopter carrier, commissioned only two years ago, will make stops in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

13 March 2017 • 11:20 AMT
Bob Dylan unveils cover of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust”

Dylan is gearing up to release his latest album “Triplicate” – a three-disc collection of 30 classic songs by American songwriters.

13 March 2017 • 11:11 AMT
Sia and P!nk’s new single “Waterfall” lands online

The two artists teamed up with Norwegian songwriting duo Stargate, who have previous credits on the likes of Beyoncé‘s “Irreplaceable”, on the track.

13 March 2017 • 10:19 AMT
Smart jacket from Google, Levi’s arrives this fall for $350

The connected jacket called the Commuter uses Google’s Jacquard technology to turn its denim fabric into a gesture-controlled canvas.

13 March 2017 • 10:13 AMT
Leukaemia began in ancient bats 45 million years ago – study

A blood cancer-causing virus has been found in ancient DNA traces in a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments.

13 March 2017 • 10:09 AMT
Adidas working on new, “open” digital fitness products

Since 2015, the year it bought the popular app, Adidas has focused on making Runtastic a bigger part of its business strategy.

13 March 2017 • 10:02 AMT
Iraqi forces take third of west Mosul, Islamic State “trapped”

IS “is trapped. Just last night, the 9th Iraqi army division… cut off the last road out of Mosul,” said the US envoy to the coalition.

13 March 2017 • 09:51 AMT
Pinterest’s Lens tool now open to Android and iOS users in U.S.

Pinterest says it plans to keep the feature in beta until it gets considerably better at recognizing what’s in a photo.

13 March 2017 • 09:47 AMT
Ed Sheeran scores second No. 1 album on Billboard 200 with “Divide”

In its first week of release, “Divide” sold 322,000 units in traditional album sales and 90,000 streaming equivalent album units.

13 March 2017 • 09:33 AMT
Lorde gets melodramatic on “Saturday Night Live”

The “Team” hitmaker was introduced by Scarlett Johansson who marked her first time as a host.

13 March 2017 • 09:05 AMT
Armenia election campaign: RPA eyes $1 billion trade turnover with Iran

“The level of trade turnover with Iran is too low, amounting to $50-75 million without the energy sector,” the premier said.

13 March 2017 • 09:01 AMT
Latido, Submarine nab “Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles”

The animated features about Spanish legend Luis Buñuel’s shooting 1932’s “Land Without Bread”.