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26 December 2016 • 09:49 AMT
Powerful earthquake hits off Chilean coast, no one hurt

Chile’s Ministry of the Interior and Public Security canceled the tsunami evacuation for the beach areas near the quake zone.

26 December 2016 • 09:34 AMT
Tokyo, Washington set to sign pact to limit U.S. base worker immunity

Japanese FM Fumio Kishida said the sides have agreed on how to define what constitutes a “civilian contractor” at an American base.

26 December 2016 • 09:24 AMT
Pakistan issues nuclear warning to Israel

Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif sent a warning to Israel on Twitter that “Pakistan is a nuclear state too.”

26 December 2016 • 09:16 AMT
Pilot error or technical fault behind plane crash, Russia says

Still, several aviation experts noted factors that could suggest a terror attack, such as the crew’s failure to report any malfunction.

26 December 2016 • 08:53 AMT
35 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijani forces registered overnight

Karabakh Defense Army troops refrained from retaliating to continue controlling the situation along the entire line of contact.

26 December 2016 • 08:37 AMT
Manchester United not giving up on Premier League, says Mkhitaryan

Heading into the Boxing Day clash against Sunderland at Old Trafford, United are sixth in the table and 13 points adrift of leaders Chelsea.

26 December 2016 • 08:18 AMT
Virtual reality content startup Jaunt comes to PlayStation VR

Jaunt is now available on every major VR platform including; PlayStation VR, iOS, Android, Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive.

26 December 2016 • 08:09 AMT
Two with Armenian surnames among those killed in Russian jet crash

The Tu-154 plane went down after taking off from the southern city of Adler where it had been refuelling, a defence ministry spokesman said.

26 December 2016 • 07:55 AMT
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” dominates holiday box office

Illumination-Universal’s animated comedy “Sing” easily led the rest of the pack on Christmas Eve with a solid $7.9 million.

26 December 2016 • 07:51 AMT
China’s sole aircraft carrier enters South China Sea: Taiwan

The carrier group earlier in the day passed 90 nautical miles south of Taiwan’s southernmost point via the Bashi Channel.

26 December 2016 • 07:46 AMT
British bomb from WWII forces 54,000 Germans from homes

The effort to defuse the bomb only started around 1400 GMT due to a larger than expected number of bedridden or disabled people.

26 December 2016 • 07:45 AMT
Oscar winning Spanish helmer Gil Parrondo dies at 95

Parrondo’s two Oscars were won with director Franklin Schaffner. He snagged a further nomination for “Travels With my Aunt.”

26 December 2016 • 07:41 AMT
Turkish army: IS attack in Syria’s al-Bab killed 30 civilians

Syrian rebels supported by Turkish troops have laid siege to the IS-held town for weeks under the “Euphrates Shield” operation.

26 December 2016 • 07:33 AMT
Firefox to support Windows XP and Vista until September 2017

Mozilla will start by moving users on these operating systems to the Extended Support Release in March 2017.

26 December 2016 • 07:26 AMT
Netanyahu summons U.S. ambassador in fallout over UN vote

Netanyahu, who also holds the foreign ministry portfolio, had rejected the resolution as a “shameful blow against Israel.”

26 December 2016 • 07:07 AMT
NASA uses space laser to study polar ocean plants

The researchers have been able to study the variations in plankton with CALIOP since 2006.

26 December 2016 • 07:01 AMT
Avril Lavigne to release sixth album in 2017

She released her fifth album “Avril Lavigne” back in 2013 and dropped a couple of songs including “Fly” in 2015.

26 December 2016 • 06:55 AMT
British pop star George Michael dies at 53

Wham! scored big with hits such as “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” and “Careless Whisper.”

24 December 2016 • 14:08 AMT
Goldfrapp tease their 7th album in cryptic Instagram post

Their most successful album to date is 2009’s ‘Supernature’, which sold over a million copies worldwide.

24 December 2016 • 13:41 AMT
Tunisia arrests three linked to Berlin suspect: ministry

A statement said the three suspects were arrested and were members of a “terrorist cell… connected to the terrorist Anis Amri.”

24 December 2016 • 13:39 AMT
Benedict Cumberbatch promises “pay-offs” in “Sherlock” series 4

“It’s a much darker series,” Amanda Abbington said. “It’s very intense, and when we read the three episodes, all of us just went ‘Ah! Oh my God!'”

24 December 2016 • 13:32 AMT
Turkey detains more than 1500 for “promoting terror” on social media

The lawmakers face prosecution under anti-terrorism legislation after their parliamentary immunity was lifted earlier this year.

24 December 2016 • 13:08 AMT
JK Rowling reveals she’s working on two new books

One will be written under her real name and the other under her pseudonym, Robert Galbraith.

24 December 2016 • 12:52 AMT
Michael Schumacher’s son confirms 2017 European F3 campaign

He said he is really happy about staying with Prema, because this is such a professional team and I will again be able to learn a lot.

24 December 2016 • 12:45 AMT
Nigeria “crushes” Boko Haram in one of last strongholds: Buhari

The president said that he was “most proud” to receive the “long-awaited and most gratifying news of the final crushing of the terrorists.”

24 December 2016 • 12:44 AMT
“Sex and the City 3” may finally be happening

The “Sex and the City” films were spun off from the popular HBO television series, which won seven Emmy Awards and eight Golden Globes.

24 December 2016 • 12:40 AMT
Obama signs $611 bn defense policy bill, objects on Guantanamo

The legislation provides a 2.1 percent pay hike for the military and sets spending priorities and guidance for the current fiscal year.

24 December 2016 • 12:32 AMT
“Assassin’s Creed” movie could be 1st part of a trilogy: Michael Fassbender

Spanning different time periods and locations is a big part of the game so it’s possible we’ll see Cal returning to another place and time via the animus.

24 December 2016 • 12:32 AMT
Powers behind Iran nuclear deal to meet January 10

The meeting was called by the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, who coordinates follow-up of the nuclear deal for its signatories.

24 December 2016 • 12:07 AMT
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Fiona Tan’s work “Disorient”

Fiona Tan (Sumatra, 1966) produced Disorient in 2009 for the Dutch Pavilion of the 53rd Venice Biennale.