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31 January 2017 • 06:35 AMT
“Doctor Strange” opens on top of Japan box office

Debuting in second place was “Kiseki: Sobito of That Day,” a drama based on the career of the real-life pop group GReeeeN.

31 January 2017 • 06:24 AMT
Celebrated Spanish helmer Pedro Almodovar to lead Cannes jury

“Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” (1988) brought him a cult international following.

31 January 2017 • 06:23 AMT
Iran test launched medium-range ballistic missile, U.S. official says

An official said the test was carried out from a site near Semnan, and that the last time this type of missile was test launched was in July 2016.

31 January 2017 • 06:18 AMT
Peter Capaldi to quit “Doctor Who” after season 10

“One of the greatest privileges of being Doctor Who is to see the world as its best,” the 58-year-old actor said.

31 January 2017 • 06:16 AMT
White House fires acting attorney general for defying migrant ban

In a sharply worded statement, the White House called Sally Yates “weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration.”

31 January 2017 • 06:08 AMT
Quebec mosque shooter charged with six murders

“The charges laid correspond to the evidence available,” said Thomas Jacques, a representative of the prosecutor’s office.

31 January 2017 • 06:01 AMT
Smoking costs $1.4 tn in health care, labour loss, study finds

“Smoking imposes a heavy economic burden throughout the world, particularly in Europe and North America,” said the study.

30 January 2017 • 15:21 AMT
Rarely seen masterpieces on view in NY’s Leila Heller Gallery exhibit

The exhibited works portray the rise and development of non-objective painting, spanning from 1912 to 1951.

30 January 2017 • 15:10 AMT
Paris to host the first stage of sale of exceptional Jules Verne collection

Precious testimonies about the author, assembled by Mr. Weissenberg, will be auctioned off under the hammer of Master Antonini.

30 January 2017 • 14:59 AMT
Brain mapping could help develop better Parkinson’s treatments

In experiments on rats, it turned out that neurons involved with Parkinson’s switched on paths responsible for increasing or decreasing motion.

30 January 2017 • 14:58 AMT
Rihanna shares first official picture from star-studded “Ocean’s 8”

The first pictures of Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock shooting the new movie, which has a female-led cast, emerged in October.

30 January 2017 • 14:43 AMT
Turkey opens biggest trial over failed coup, tries 270 in absentia

Those on trial in the western city of Izmir face multiple charges including being a member of the “armed terror group”.

30 January 2017 • 14:35 AMT
“The Defenders” reunites Jessica Jones, Luke Cage in new on-set pics

“The Defenders” will see Jones, Cage, Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Finn Jones’ Danny Rand/Iron Fist joining forces to face a common enemy.

30 January 2017 • 14:17 AMT
“In Dubious Battle” trailer features James Franco, Selena Gomez

Nat Wolff, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ed Harris and Robert Duvall also star in the adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel of the same name.

30 January 2017 • 14:11 AMT
Oscar-nominee Tom Wilkinson stars in “Dead in a Week” comedy

After seven suicide attempts and a chance encounter on a bridge, William outsources the task to Leslie, an aging hit man on the brink of retirement.

30 January 2017 • 14:05 AMT
Cbonds: Ameriabank leads Armenian market in terms of bond issues

the number of bond issues and public placements outperformed the corresponding indicators registered by the neighboring countries.

30 January 2017 • 13:57 AMT
Action thriller “Mrs K” to open Osaka Asian Film Festival

The festival, which runs March 3-12, will close with the world premiere of teen music drama “Parks” by Osaka-born director Seta Natsuki.

30 January 2017 • 13:45 AMT
Trust banks to sue Toshiba Corp over 2015 accounting scandal

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has placed Toshiba on its watch list since September 2015, following the revelation of the accounting scandal.

30 January 2017 • 13:29 AMT
Iraq’s parliament votes to “retaliate” against Trump’s travel ban

It is not immediately clear whether the vote will impact American civilians and military already living and working in Iraq.

30 January 2017 • 13:14 AMT
Sony takes $1bn writedown on movie business

The rise of online streaming services has hit demand for traditional media such as DVDs and blue-ray discs.

30 January 2017 • 13:13 AMT
Lion-tiger hybrid born in Russian zoo

The cub has the beige fur of a lion and the stripes of a tiger and is currently being fed on milk from one of the zoo’s goats.

30 January 2017 • 12:49 AMT
Brussels bombing suspect charged in France over Paris attacks

Belgian investigators have said the Brussels bombers were part of the same Brussels-based cell that orchestrated the Paris attacks.

30 January 2017 • 12:48 AMT
Surrogate mother gives ‘temporary shelter’ to child

Surrogacy is an extra reproductive technology, whereby a woman agrees to carry a pregnancy for another person or persons, who will become the newborn child’s parent(s) after birth. The issue that still arouses a lot of controversies and debates has become the topic of conversation with psychoanalyst, member of the Yerevan subsidiary of the New Lacanian School, head of the social and psychological service at Quantum college Elena Barteneva.

30 January 2017 • 12:48 AMT
Black Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls dies at 68

Prior to joining Sabbath, he played with metal band Quartz, whose self-titled debut was produced by Iommi.

30 January 2017 • 12:41 AMT
Sigur Rós unveil UK tour dates

Last November saw Sigur Rós unveil a new version of their classic “Hoppipolla” for the hit BBC nature series Planet Earth II.

30 January 2017 • 12:35 AMT
Putin, Trump could meet before G20 in July: Kremlin

“To start with we must fix the date and time of a meeting between the two presidents. Aides are working on this now,” Peskov said

30 January 2017 • 12:31 AMT
First look at Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce in “The Wife”

Close plays the eponymous role of Joan Castleman, with Pryce as her Nobel prize-winning husband.

30 January 2017 • 12:25 AMT
Fenar Ahmad’s “Darkland” tops Danish box office

“Darkland” follows a successful surgeon who has it all and sets off to avenge the murder of his brother and bring down all the criminal gangs in Copenhagen.

30 January 2017 • 12:02 AMT
Google creates its biggest ever crisis fund following Trump ban

The campaign was disclosed in a memo sent by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and confirmed by a Google spokeswoman.

30 January 2017 • 12:00 AMT
Oscar-nommed Iranian helmer to skip Academy Awards over travel ban

An executive order issued last week temporarily bans the entry of citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen.