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18 January 2017 • 08:47 AMT
UN reports bright Asian growth outlook despite uncertainty

South Asia is the world’s fastest-growing region, with 6.7 percent growth in 2016 projected to reach 6.9 percent in 2017 and 2018.

18 January 2017 • 08:42 AMT
Sundance doc “This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous” gets release date

The film portrays the journey of Gigi Lazzarato who came out as a transgender female to an audience of millions.

18 January 2017 • 08:40 AMT
Amazon patents highway network to control self-driving cars

In the patent, Amazon outlines a network that can communicate with self-driving vehicles so they can adjust to the change in traffic flow.

18 January 2017 • 08:25 AMT
Henrikh Mkhitaryan among 100 most expensive players of all time

The Armenia international’s transfer from German club Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United in 2016 cost the English team €42 million.

18 January 2017 • 08:25 AMT
L.A. Italia Fest to celebrate Italian-American icon Dean Martin

Martin gained fame in the 1940s after teaming up with comedian Jerry Lewis. They starred in 16 movies together over 11 years.

18 January 2017 • 08:18 AMT
Berlin Film Fests unveils full lineup for its Panorama documentary sidebar

Politics, always front-and-center at the Berlin film festival, again dominates the documentary selection.

18 January 2017 • 08:04 AMT
Curiosity finds new water evidence in possible cracked mud on Mars

The cracked surface formed 3 billion years ago and was buried by layers of sediment, which all became stratified rock.

18 January 2017 • 07:51 AMT
U.S. on possible extradition of Russian blogger to Azerbaijan

“We are always concerned with the issue of press freedom. That is something that we speak to almost every day, sadly,” John Kirby said.

18 January 2017 • 07:44 AMT
Italy box office posts slight increase in 2016, driven by local films

The result is being touted as decent despite the fact that one local movie, smash comedy hit “Quo Vado” accounted for nearly 10% of the year’s haul.

18 January 2017 • 07:40 AMT
Tupac Shakur biopic “All Eyez on Me” release date set

“All Eyez on Me” chronicles the life and legacy of the late Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist and actor.

18 January 2017 • 07:32 AMT
Edward Norton, Bella Thorne join “The Guardian Brothers” animation

The actors join the previously announced voice cast of Meryl Streep, Mel Brooks and Nicole Kidman in the U.S. version of the animated movie.

18 January 2017 • 07:27 AMT
Japanese Anime phenomenon “Your Name” gets N. American release date

Your Name follows two teenagers, Mitsuha and Taki, who mysteriously and randomly swap bodies.

18 January 2017 • 07:26 AMT
Thousands of Verizon customers still use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones

The holdout Note 7 lovers somehow avoided the killer upgrade and are still using their relatively dangerous smartphones.

18 January 2017 • 07:18 AMT
MGM lands film rights to Brandon Sanderson’s novella “Snapshot”

The short story follows a detective assigned to Snapshot Duty, a recreation of a specific day and time.

18 January 2017 • 07:13 AMT
Joey King’s horror-thriller “Wish Upon” release date set

King stars as a 17-year-old who, 12 years after discovering her mother’s suicide, is being bullied in high school and ignored by her longtime crush.

18 January 2017 • 07:12 AMT
World needs stable U.S.-China relations, Beijing says

Xi told Biden that he “positively appraised” his efforts to increase friendship and mutual understanding between the two countries.

18 January 2017 • 07:02 AMT
USA Network gives series order to Jessica Biel’s “The Sinner”

Based on Petra Hammesfahr’s book of the same name, the series is described as a crime thriller anthology drama.

18 January 2017 • 07:01 AMT
Firearms, grenade launcher used in Azerbaijan’s truce violations

The Karabakh Defense Army troops continue controlling the situation on the contact line and protecting their positions.

18 January 2017 • 07:00 AMT
Woody Harrelson’s “White Men Can’t Jump” remake in the works

Kenya Barris, the creator of ABC’s acclaimed comedy “Black-ish”, will serve as the remake’s scriptwriter and producer.

18 January 2017 • 06:49 AMT
Obama commutes sentence of WikiLeaker Chelsea Manning

Manning was convicted in August 2013 of espionage and other offenses, after admitting to the leak of 700,000 sensitive documents.

18 January 2017 • 06:37 AMT
U.S., Mexico, Cuba aims to sign deal on territorial water limits in Gulf

One of the three officials, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the deal could be signed on January 17.

18 January 2017 • 06:32 AMT
Italy’s Antonio Tajani elected EU parliament president

After the maximum four rounds of voting that lasted all day, Tajani got 351 votes while his socialist rival Gianni Pittella got 282.

18 January 2017 • 06:26 AMT
Hong Kong sees “no room” for independence from China

Leung was delivering his final policy address before he steps down after a five-year tenure leading the financial hub.

17 January 2017 • 17:03 AMT
The Killers share details about their new album

The band started recording their long-awaited fifth album back in September, and have been working in with U2 producer Jacknife Lee.

17 January 2017 • 16:52 AMT
Kasabian’s new album features “one of the best tunes they’ve ever written”

Last year, rumours started to circulate that the band would be headlining Reading & Leeds 2017.

17 January 2017 • 14:27 AMT
Return of land possible only upon determining Karabakh status: Lavrov

Recalling the bloody events in early April, the Russian diplomat noted that the escalation caused deepest concern.

17 January 2017 • 13:50 AMT
Armenia lags behind neighbors in terms of inclusive development: report

Based on GDP per capita, Armenia ranks the 40th among developed countries, again outperformed by Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Georgia.

17 January 2017 • 13:28 AMT
Intelligent pets

A lot of pet owners by believe that their animals possess some kind of psychic ability. Actually, it’s quite natural to think that your pet is the most talented on the planet. However, the fact is that some breeds are just naturally a bit — or quite a lot — more gifted than their peers. No matter how hard you try with some breeds, they just won’t be able to perform certain tasks, experts say.

17 January 2017 • 13:26 AMT
Oscar winner Marion Cotillard to be honored at France’s Lumieres Awards

Cotillard won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Cesar and a Bafta for her role as Edith Piaf in “La vie en rose”.

17 January 2017 • 13:18 AMT
Oracle opens start-up accelerator in Israel for cloud innovation

The program provides six months of mentoring from technical and business experts, access to Oracle’s customers, and partners and investors.