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05 December 2016 • 14:24 AMT
CAS upholds Blatter’s six-year ban from football

In its written verdict, Cas said Blatter “requested the annulment of the ban but did not request a reduced penalty.”

05 December 2016 • 14:21 AMT
Oliver Stone novel “A Child’s Night Dream” to get film treatment

The protagonist, Chris, is a teen who leaves college to enlist in the Army shortly after the 9/11 attack, despite protests from his parents.

05 December 2016 • 14:06 AMT
Disney sets industry record at domestic box office

Helping propel Disney’s fortunes of late, Marvel’s Doctor Strange last week passed the $600M worldwide mark.

05 December 2016 • 13:56 AMT
Germany sets Greece ultimatum to reform or leave Eurozone

The country, which already has a staggering €330 billion ($349 billion) debt burden, must reform or face an exit from the EU.

05 December 2016 • 13:27 AMT
Trump picks ex-rival Carson as head of Housing Department

Carson recently said he was not interested in serving in Trump’s administration because he lacked experience in the federal government.

05 December 2016 • 13:15 AMT
Saatchi Gallery features artists of today who inspire artists of tomorrow

Painter’s Painters pays tribute to artists who have forged their own intriguingly diverse paths and techniques.

05 December 2016 • 13:10 AMT
Russia says field hospital hit in Syria’s Aleppo, nurse killed

The developments were a blow to Russia, which has been one of the staunchest supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

05 December 2016 • 12:50 AMT
Manchester City, Chelsea wait to learn FA disciplinary fate

City and Chelsea could face extra disciplinary action from the FA on Monday for failing to control their players.

05 December 2016 • 12:42 AMT
Sotheby’s auction of Israeli & Int’l Art led by Marc Chagall’s “Juif à la Thora”

In addition to a rich selection of works, the sale includes significant examples by New Horizons artists Joseph Zaritsky and Avigdor Stematsky.

05 December 2016 • 12:33 AMT
Turkey shifts crackdown on U.S. Christians, analysts say

Erdogan has unleashed a backlash against perceived opponents in response to the coup, using it as a basis to arrest tens of thousands.

05 December 2016 • 12:14 AMT
Exhibition explores art, architecture of ancient and modern Rome

The exhibition brings together more than 140 pieces of jewellery from Bulgari’s Heritage Collection and from a number of private collections.

05 December 2016 • 12:14 AMT
Abe to become first Japan leader to visit Pearl Harbor

Abe will visit the site of the surprise Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, that began World War II in the Pacific.

05 December 2016 • 12:09 AMT
LACMA presents “Picasso and Rivera: Conversations Across Time” exhibit

This exhibition is presented in five thematic sections, highlighting the moments of interaction and divergence between the two artists.

05 December 2016 • 12:09 AMT
Shavkat Mirziyaev wins Uzbekistan’s presidential election

The vote was called to determine a new leader following the death in early September of longtime autocratic ruler Islam Karimov.

05 December 2016 • 11:58 AMT
Iran, Armenia to quadruple power exchange volume

Iran’s Energy Minister has announced that the capacity of electricity exchange will soon grow from 300 to 1200 MWs.

05 December 2016 • 11:41 AMT
New travel series “Ghosted” to explore haunted destinations

The show will explore spooky locations across America, as host LeeAnna Vamp journeys to the sites of notorious murders, hauntings, and catastrophes.

05 December 2016 • 11:06 AMT
Netflix announces “Sense8” X-mas special, season 2 premiere dates

Lana Wachowski, Grant Hill and J. Michael Straczynski are the show’s executive producers.

05 December 2016 • 10:31 AMT
Social media ads to reach $50 billion by 2019: Zenith

Global spending on advertising has been stable since 2010 the report showed, although growth has declined in the Middle East and North Africa.

05 December 2016 • 10:17 AMT
EU calls on U.S. tech giants to act faster against hate speech

This included removing or disabling access to the content if necessary and better cooperation with civil society organizations.

05 December 2016 • 10:07 AMT
Fukushima reactor briefly loses cooling

The reactor had enough water left inside and there was no temperature increase or radiation leak from the incident, a spokesman said.

05 December 2016 • 10:06 AMT
Panasonic “in talks to buy ZKW to accelerate push into auto electronics”

Panasonic is targeting annual sales of 2 trillion yen for its automotive business in the year ending in March 2019.

05 December 2016 • 09:54 AMT
73 killed in air strikes on rebel-held Idlib province: Monitor

The Observatory said the death toll in Maarat al-Numan included five children and six members of a single family.

05 December 2016 • 09:46 AMT
UN humanitarian agency wants record $22.2 bn in 2017

More than one-third of the total expected need, or $8.1 billion, projected by OCHA aims to help people in Syria and refugees from there.

05 December 2016 • 09:38 AMT
Scientists say small electricity jolts can help recover “lost” memories

Small jolts of electricity to the brain (specifically, a pulse of transcranial magnetic stimulation) can revive recent memories.

05 December 2016 • 09:23 AMT
Natalie Portman’s “Jackie” tops indie box office

“Jackie” stars Natalie Portman in what’s being billed as an intimate portrait of the iconic first lady, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

05 December 2016 • 09:13 AMT
Baku denies air access to Russian plane en route to Syria via Armenia

“You can’t reach Yerevan. Azerbaijan won’t allow. Overflight is prohibited ,” the controller said. The crew was instructed to return to Sochi.

05 December 2016 • 09:09 AMT
“Absent Without Leave” claims Audience Award at Singapore Fest

The previous evening a red carpet event saw Nepal’s “White Sun” claim the best film prize in the Silver Screen awards.

05 December 2016 • 08:51 AMT
Clean Bandit score 4th week at No. 1 with hit single “Rockabye”

The group racked up 82,500 combined sales, including 4.24 million streams, over the last week to keep hold of their place at the top.

05 December 2016 • 08:38 AMT
Fleet Foxes indie folk band reveal more details about upcoming tour

Fleet Foxes last released an album since 2011’s “Helplessness Blues,” but Robin Pecknold has been writing and performing as a solo artist.

05 December 2016 • 08:29 AMT
Diaspora Armenians to observe 2017 parliamentary elections

Khanjyan said several groups both in Armenia and the Diaspora have already started working on the implementation of the program.