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24 February 2017 • 12:25 AMT
Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods” finally announces premiere date

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

24 February 2017 • 11:50 AMT
EU has invested loads of political confidence in Armenia: envoy

“We responded to the government’s call for support and think better elections can be held this time,” the ambassador said.

24 February 2017 • 11:49 AMT
“The Fate of the Furious” trailer features Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron

The film also stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Elsa Pataky and Kurt Russell among others.

24 February 2017 • 11:35 AMT
Iraqi troops enter IS-held neighbourhood in West Mosul

The army’s assault takes them from desert and farmland into a densely packed city, where fighting is expected to be particularly hard.

24 February 2017 • 11:24 AMT
Barcelona launch major football academy in China

The new facility will be the biggest of Barcelona’s 20-plus academies around the world, and the first directly managed by club staff.

24 February 2017 • 11:04 AMT
Fasting-mimicking diet may reverse diabetes, study suggests

Restoring the function of the organ – which helps control blood sugar levels – reversed symptoms of diabetes in animal experiments.

24 February 2017 • 10:58 AMT
Opposition MP: Vote buying rates up ahead of parliamentary elections

“Publication of voter lists tackles the issue of 500-600.000 previously falsified signatures,” said lawmaker Levon Zurabyan.

24 February 2017 • 10:55 AMT
136 Turkish diplomats seek Germany asylum

The Turkish authorities have dismissed at least 100,000 public servants, including teachers, police and members of the judiciary.

24 February 2017 • 10:40 AMT
Google Fiber rolls out its first wireless gigabit project

Webpass specializes in multi-unit internet service using point-to-point wireless tech instead of cables.

24 February 2017 • 10:13 AMT
Trump wants to ensure U.S. nuke arsenal is at “top of the pack”

Russia has 7,000 warheads and the United States, 6,800, according to the Ploughshares Fund, an anti-nuclear group.

24 February 2017 • 10:08 AMT
Blogger detained in Azerbaijan can demand extradition: lawyer

“If Lapshin is found guilty and convicted in Azerbaijan as a foreign citizen, he will be eligible to demand extradition,” his lawyer said.

24 February 2017 • 09:56 AMT
India bans female empowerment drama “Lipstick Under My Burkha”

The film chronicles the secret lives of four women of different ages in small town India as they search for different kinds of freedom.

24 February 2017 • 09:42 AMT
Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen to star in comedy “Flarsky”

Rogen will play an unemployed journalist, battered by his own misfortune and self-destructive ways, who endeavors to pursue Theron’s character.

24 February 2017 • 09:37 AMT
4-year-old boy looks set to make history in Armenian chess

4-year-old Samvel Mekonyan from Narva chess club played a great game, claiming five points and snatching a special prize.

24 February 2017 • 09:36 AMT
Matthew Broderick to star in “Katrina: American Crime Story”

The second installment will focus on the legal issues surrounding Hurricane Katrina, one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the U.S.

24 February 2017 • 09:25 AMT
“Fargo” murders Santa Claus in season 3 teaser

Set in 2010, the third installment of the series centers on Emmit and his slightly younger brother Ray Stussy (both portrayed by Ewan McGregor).

24 February 2017 • 09:15 AMT
Acer to roll out an air quality monitor

“The device allows real-time monitoring of key air quality indicators through a dedicated app for smartphones,” the company said.

24 February 2017 • 09:12 AMT
Islamic State forcing children into suicide cars: U.S. military

The tactic, coupled with other increasingly desperate battlefield measures, is a sign the IS group knows defeat is inevitable, officials say.

24 February 2017 • 09:04 AMT
French presidential hopeful Le Pen has nothing but praise for Trump

Le Pen wants to pull France out of the EU, do away with the euro currency and crack down on what she calls “massive immigration.”

24 February 2017 • 09:03 AMT
Two large format iPads might not arrive until May, rumor says

Earlier this week, however, Japanese blog Mac Otakara said Apple plans to unveil a trio of new iPad models at a special event in March.

24 February 2017 • 08:54 AMT
Google’s new VR series explores racial identity

The debut follows Dezzie Dimbitsara, a UX designer at Google, as she describes how she and her children navigate society.

24 February 2017 • 08:50 AMT
Amazon refuses to hand over Alexa info for murder probe

“Amazon will not release customer information without a valid and binding legal demand properly served on us,” the company said.

24 February 2017 • 08:40 AMT
Pope Francis: Better to be an atheist than hypocritical Catholic

Less than two months after his election, he said Christians should see atheists as good people if they do good.

24 February 2017 • 08:38 AMT
Google Allo’s desktop client in development

A recent update let the built-in Google Assistant helper tie into your personal info, which can probably make things like coordinating plans even easier.

24 February 2017 • 08:37 AMT
Facebook starting to put ads in the middle of videos

These “mid-roll” ads were known to be coming but now Facebook says they’re officially live, though just as a “test.”

24 February 2017 • 08:19 AMT
UN Security Council to vote on Syria sanctions over chemical weapons

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government has denied its forces have used chemical weapons.

24 February 2017 • 08:17 AMT
Christian killed in Egypt’s Sinai, sixth in a month

The killing comes days after Egypt’s IS affiliate, which is based in the Sinai Peninsula, vowed to step up attacks against Christians.

24 February 2017 • 08:15 AMT
Samsung Electronics to boost control for donations amid graft scandal

Samsung said it would now require financial payments of 1 billion won ($882,460) or more to be approved by the board of directors and publicly disclosed.

24 February 2017 • 08:10 AMT
Alphabet accuses Uber of stealing autonomous car tech

Alphabet contends that a manager at Waymo took technical data with him when he left to launch Otto, Uber’s self-driving vehicle unit.

24 February 2017 • 08:09 AMT
Oscar-nommed “Captain Fantastic” helmer to direct “Tomorrow”

Published in 2014, the novel is set in a near future world where humanity’s relationship with evolving virtual environments becomes isolating.