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23 February 2017 • 06:41 AMT
4 richest Indonesians have more wealth than poorest 100 million

The report released by Oxfam said Indonesia, with a population of more than 250 million, has the sixth-worst inequality in the world.

23 February 2017 • 06:35 AMT
Seven Earth-like planets discovered in our galaxy

The Trappist-1 system, a mere 39 light years distant, has the largest number of Earth-sized planets known to orbit a single star.

23 February 2017 • 06:30 AMT
Mexico slams new U.S. deportation guidelines

The new rules include sending undocumented people to Mexico, even if they are not Mexicans.

23 February 2017 • 06:21 AMT
Le Pen increases lead in the 1st round of French presidential election: poll

Independent centrist Emmanuel Macron was seen coming in second in the first round with 21 percent of the vote.

23 February 2017 • 06:17 AMT
UN mediator not expecting immediate breakthrough in Syria peace talks

They will be the first UN-mediated negotiations on Syria in almost a year, during which time the military and geopolitical context has changed massively.

22 February 2017 • 14:16 AMT
Sir Elton John to host screening of Genocide movie “The Promise”

“The film’s theme #KeepThePromise can be interpreted as keeping the promise to remember and learn from the atrocities of the past,” John said.

22 February 2017 • 13:59 AMT
Jazz-rock fusion pioneer Larry Coryell dies at 73

Coryell was best known for his 1970 album “Spaces” in which he stayed true to jazz but brought a new rock power and psychedelic ambience to the music.

22 February 2017 • 13:43 AMT
Moscow not indifferent to future of OSCE office in Yerevan: Lavrov

“I believe the last proposal by the Austrian presidency solves all the problems,” Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrovsaid.

22 February 2017 • 13:39 AMT
Louvre exhibit questions legend of Vermeer the lone genius

The Louvre in Paris has gathered a third of the 17th-century painter’s canvasses for the show — the most ever shown in one place since his death.

22 February 2017 • 13:12 AMT
UK posts faster-than-thought growth

The upward revision is mainly due to manufacturing industry having done better than thought.

22 February 2017 • 13:05 AMT
Germany to speed up expulsions of rejected asylum seekers

Under the new measures, immigration agency officials will in future also be allowed to access applicants’ smartphones in certain cases.

22 February 2017 • 12:59 AMT
Five airlines told to pay flight compensation

American, Etihad, Emirates, Singapore and Turkish Airlines will have to obey European laws or be taken to court.

22 February 2017 • 12:34 AMT
Turkey close to crossing Greece’s red lines in the Aegean: Athens

“A year-and-a-half ago I described Turkey as a nervous power, which did not maintain a balance with its environment,” Kotzias said.

22 February 2017 • 12:26 AMT
Tom Hanks to publish his first short story collection

Hanks will also narrate an audiobook from Random House Audio. Each of the 17 stories is related to a typewriter.

22 February 2017 • 12:22 AMT
“Arrival” scribe Eric Heisserer to produce TV thriller “The Scrawl”

Heisserer won the WGA award for writing “Arrival” in the best adapted script category and is nominated for an Oscar in the same category.

22 February 2017 • 12:21 AMT
Turkish army lifts ban on female officers wearing Islamic headscarf

The move, ordered by the defence ministry, applies to female officers working in the general staff and command headquarters and branches.

22 February 2017 • 12:12 AMT
Google’s mixed reality tech shows faces behind VR headsets

It doesn’t completely remove the VR headset, though: it just replaces it with a transparent version to prevent the uncanny valley effect.

22 February 2017 • 11:24 AMT
Intel, Ericsson team up to explore 5G applications

At launch, the 5GI2 will focus on the Industrial Internet of Things, including AR and VR applications for drones and first responders.

22 February 2017 • 11:17 AMT
HRW: 90% of children in Armenian orphanages have at least one parent

Even well-resourced orphanages are often overcrowded, with children organized into large groups with few caregivers, the report says.

22 February 2017 • 11:10 AMT
NASA to unveil “discovery beyond our solar system”

NASA’s press conference will see the revelation of major information about exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars other than our sun.

22 February 2017 • 10:52 AMT
Snail venom provides a new way to relieve chronic pain

The newly discovered compound blocks a type of pain pathway receptor known as nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR).

22 February 2017 • 10:42 AMT
Implants enable richer communication for people with paralysis

The study participants were able to output words at a much faster, more accurate rate than ever recorded thanks to the advanced technique.

22 February 2017 • 10:14 AMT
British IS bomber was ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee: media

An image released by IS and published by the SITE Intelligence Group was confirmed as al-Harith by his brother Leon Jameson.

22 February 2017 • 10:10 AMT
Ride release first new song in 20 years “Charm Assault”

The four-piece, considered to be pioneers of shoegaze, last released a full-length record, “Tarantula”, back in March 1996.

22 February 2017 • 10:03 AMT
Mourinho says Shaw should learn from Mkhitaryan to play for United

Luke Shaw was left out of the United squad to face Saint-Etienne in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League last-32 tie.

22 February 2017 • 10:01 AMT
The 1975 cover Sade’s “By Your Side”

Meanwhile, The 1975’s Matty Healy recently revealed his plans to collaborate with Skepta.

22 February 2017 • 09:46 AMT
Oscar winner Tim Robbins to star in HBO’s Alan Ball family drama

Robbins will star as Greg, a philosophy professor questioning his life, purpose and the world in which he lives.

22 February 2017 • 09:44 AMT
Microsoft says second big Windows 10 update due in 2017

During a recent session at its Ignite conference in Australia, Microsoft revealed a rough timeline for the second Windows 10 update.

22 February 2017 • 09:37 AMT
U.S. stance toward operation in Syria’s Raqqa has changed: Turkey

The Defence Minister said Turkey had once again spoken with U.S. officials on the withdrawal of the Syrian Kurdish YPG from Syria’s Manbij.

22 February 2017 • 09:19 AMT
UN chief rejects term “frozen conflict,” calls for peace in Karabakh

“The United Nations fully supports the efforts of the OSCE’s Minsk Group and urges the parties to the conflict to de-escalate tensions,” he said.