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23 January 2017 • 11:38 AMT
Tesla to have “major” car revisions every 12-18 months

For example, adding self-driving tech to earlier vehicles would require stripping the “entire car” and replacing 300 parts.

23 January 2017 • 11:30 AMT
Foxconn mulls $7 bn investment to build factory in U.S.

Terry Gou indicated that a deal was far from assured, and that he thought his discussions with Mr. Son were private and informal.

23 January 2017 • 11:21 AMT
German police arrest “accomplice” of Austrian terror suspect

A spokesman for the Austrian interior ministry confirmed that the arrest “is linked” to that of a 17-year-old man in Vienna.

23 January 2017 • 11:07 AMT
Vin Diesel’s “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” tops int’l box office

“Xander Cage” stars Diesel as a skilled government operative character who debuted in the 2002 movie “xXx.”

23 January 2017 • 10:50 AMT
Storms, tornado kill at least 18 in United States

Catherine Howden, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency said 3 deaths have been confirmed in Dougherty County.

23 January 2017 • 10:50 AMT
Guy Ritchie’s “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” unveils new trailer

The official synopsis describes the movie as “an iconoclastic take on the classic Excalibur myth, tracing Arthur’s journey from the streets to the throne.”

23 January 2017 • 10:36 AMT
When every second counts

Being extraordinarily helpful, fire gave humans the first form of portable light and heat. It also gave people the ability to cook food, forge metal tools, form pottery, harden bricks and drive power plants. However, here are few things that have done as much harm to humanity as fire, which can destroy a house with all possessions in less than an hour and can reduce an entire forest to a pile of ash and charred wood.

23 January 2017 • 10:31 AMT
Kristen Stewart set to host “Saturday Night Live”

This will mark the first time Stewart is officially hosting the show after she came up as the potential host back in 2010.

23 January 2017 • 10:00 AMT
European Space Agency to launch space weather satellite

CMEs are enormous and powerful eruptions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun’s corona, which can cause widescale blackouts.

23 January 2017 • 09:51 AMT
Change in one-child policy leads to strong baby boom in China

According to statistics, new births were concentrated in the first half of the year, before the policy could have had an effect

23 January 2017 • 09:47 AMT
Apple “reinventing iPhone’s fingerprint reader”

In order for Apple to virtually eliminate bezels, it needs a reader that sits under the screen — and that means a brand new optical sensor.

23 January 2017 • 09:26 AMT
Army killed 65 Islamic State militants in Syria, Turkey says

Sixty-five Islamic State militants were killed in operations by the Turkish army in support of rebels in northern Syria on January 22.

23 January 2017 • 09:04 AMT
U.S. non-profit to sue president Trump over foreign payments

The U.S. Constitution states that no federal official can receive a gift or “emolument” from a foreign government.

23 January 2017 • 08:52 AMT
ICRC announces release of Armenian held by Colombia’s ELN rebels

The Armenian was kidnapped in Chocó where he was looking for golden frogs in an apparent attempt to to illegally ship them out of the country.

23 January 2017 • 08:49 AMT
Microbes could survive on Mars, a year-long experiment proves

Most of the methane on Earth is produced by living organisms, and team leader Rebecca Mickol said the “the same could possibly be true for Mars.”

23 January 2017 • 08:43 AMT
SpaceX to launch one of its last disposable rockets

SpaceX’s next flight, which has a Falcon 9 delivering an EchoStar satellite as soon as January 30, should use the company’s last expendable rocket.

23 January 2017 • 08:29 AMT
Samsung unveils reason behind Galaxy Note 7 catching fire

Samsung’s mobile division president ruled out any problems with other aspects of the Note 7, either in its hardware or its software.

23 January 2017 • 08:18 AMT
Armenia’s Aronian defeats Dutch grandmaster at Tata Steel round 8

Aronian has 4,5 points and shares the 4-7th spots with world champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Karjakin and Baskaran Adhiban (India).

23 January 2017 • 08:00 AMT
Woody Harrelson confirms role in “Star Wars” Han Solo spinoff

Like fellow “Star Wars” spinoff “Rogue One,” the currently untitled Han Solo spinoff will be set prior to “Star Wars: A New Hope.”

23 January 2017 • 07:58 AMT
Gladys Berejiklian elected New South Wales premier

This will make the treasurer the 45th premier of NSW, following Baird’s surprise retirement from politics to be with his unwell sister.

23 January 2017 • 07:51 AMT
Bleecker Street nabs Jon Hamm drama “Nostalgia”

The cast also includes Ellen Burstyn, Catherine Keener, Bruce Dern, Nick Offerman, Amber Tamblyn, John Ortiz, and James LeGros.

23 January 2017 • 07:43 AMT
12 mutilated bodies found in Mexico tourist town: officials

The bodies were “mutilated, apparently decapitated, and one of the victims was a woman,” the port city’s police chief Carlos Heredia said.

23 January 2017 • 07:30 AMT
Audioslave rock supergroup play their first show in over a decade

The group is comprised of Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell and Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk.

23 January 2017 • 07:28 AMT
Israel’s Netanyahu to visit White House “in early February”

The White House said Trump told Netanyahu that peace with the Palestinians “can only be negotiated directly between the two parties.”

23 January 2017 • 07:20 AMT
The Weeknd’s “Starboy” stays at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart

At No. 2 on this week’s chart is London-based alternative trio The xx’s third studio album “I See You”.

23 January 2017 • 07:20 AMT
OSCE to monitor Karabakh contact line on January 24

Karabakh authorities have expressed their readiness to assist in conducting the monitoring and ensure the security of the Mission members.

23 January 2017 • 07:14 AMT
Hamon, Valls to vie for French leftwing presidential nod

Leftwing outsider Benoit Hamon will fight former prime minister Manuel Valls for the French Socialist presidential nomination on January 29.

23 January 2017 • 07:06 AMT
Neon picks up Sundance comedy-drama “Ingrid Goes West”

The film is a satire of the digital age, chronicling the exploits of an unstable woman (Aubrey Plaza) with an obsessive streak.

23 January 2017 • 07:04 AMT
Armenian soldier of Syrian army killed in Aleppo

According to the report, one of killed serviceman Zhano Gorachyan’s brothers, Remon, also serves in the Syrian army.

23 January 2017 • 07:02 AMT
The Orchard acquires Sam Elliott drama “The Hero”

It reunites the actor with director Brett Haley; the pair previously teamed up for “I’ll See You in My Dreams.”