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02 December 2016 • 09:34 AMT
Sia unveils new ballad “Angel by the Wings”

“Angel by the Wings” earned Sia her first Critics’ Choice Documentary Award nomination for Best Song in a Documentary category.

02 December 2016 • 09:28 AMT
South Korean opposition seeking to impeach President on December 9

The opposition had earlier planned to call for a vote this week on whether to impeach Park over a snowballing scandal.

02 December 2016 • 09:23 AMT
Iran says extension of sanctions by U.S. violates nuclear deal: TV

Congress members and U.S. officials said the renewal of the Iran Sanctions Act would not violate the nuclear agreement.

02 December 2016 • 09:23 AMT
Vera Farmiga, Jacob Tremblay’s “Burn Your Maps” for release date set

The film centers on an American 8-year-old who declares to his parents that he is actually a Mongolian goat herder born in the wrong place.

02 December 2016 • 09:04 AMT
Armenia population grew by 0.3% in 2010-2016 – UN report

Armenia’s population grew by 0.3% between 2010 and 2016, while life expectancy at birth stands at 79 among women and 71 among men.

02 December 2016 • 09:01 AMT
Julie Delpy to write, direct, star in “My Zoe”

Delpy plays Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage and raising her daughter Zoe in conjunction with her ex-husband.

02 December 2016 • 08:48 AMT
“La La Land” named best movie by New York Film Critics Circle

Isabelle Huppert is picked by the NYFCC members as Best Actress, thanks to her performances in both “Elle” and “Things to Come”.

02 December 2016 • 08:27 AMT
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” getting Broadway treatment

The play, which was premiered in London, stars Jamie Parker, Noma Dumezweni and Paul Thornley.

02 December 2016 • 08:16 AMT
Rival Cyprus leaders agree to restart stalled talks

They will bring together Greece, Turkey and Britain to decide on ensuring on-the-ground security after an accord is signed.

02 December 2016 • 08:11 AMT
Hugh Jackman boards “The Diary of a Part-Time Indian” YA novel

The novel is a first-person narrative by Native American teenager Arnold Spirit, Jr., a 14-year-old cartoonist living on the Spokane Indian Reservation.

02 December 2016 • 08:01 AMT
Trump picks Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis as Defense Secretary

Donald Trump said: “But we’re not announcing it ’til Monday, so don’t tell anyone — Mad Dog. He’s great. He is great.”

02 December 2016 • 07:53 AMT
German Oscar entry “Toni Erdmann” tops Sight & Sound critics’ poll

Last year’s winner was Hou Hsiao-hsien’s meditative martial-arts tale “The Assassin,” followed by “Carol” and “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

02 December 2016 • 07:45 AMT
Tom Cruise’s “The Mummy” unleashes first teaser trailer

Directed by Alex Kurtzman and written by Jon Spaihts, the remake is due June 9, 2017 in the United States.

02 December 2016 • 07:42 AMT
EU’s €7 mln financial aid to support electoral reform in Armenia

The EU said it has responded positively to the government’s request for assistance in funding implementation of the reform package.

02 December 2016 • 07:26 AMT
Brazil Senate president faces trial for embezzlement: court

Supreme Court judges in a ruling upheld charges brought by prosecutors who allege that Calheiros embezzled public funds.

02 December 2016 • 07:23 AMT
Rodney Rothman to pen, direct “21 Jump Street” female spin-off

Rothman is also attached to write the screenplay for a “21 Jump Street”-and-“Men in Black” crossover, “MIB 23”.

02 December 2016 • 07:17 AMT
Muslims protest Jakarta Christian governor for insulting Koran

Joko Widodo has blamed “political actors” for exploiting the popular fury over Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama to destabilize his government.

02 December 2016 • 07:15 AMT
Isabelle Huppert to play a femme fatale in Benoit Jacquot’s “Eva”

A psychological thriller, “Eva” is adapted from James Hadley Chase’s novel which turns on a beautiful, yet lethal woman, to be played by Huppert.

02 December 2016 • 07:10 AMT
Armenian disaster film “Earthquake” sells to multiple territories

The film has been submitted as Armenia’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film for this season’s Golden Globes.

02 December 2016 • 07:08 AMT
“Ethnic cleansing” underway in South Sudan: UN rights experts

“There is already a steady process of ethnic cleansing underway using starvation, gang rape and the burning of villages,” they said.

02 December 2016 • 07:02 AMT
“Big Little Lies” trailer features Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman

The miniseries follows three mothers of kindergartners whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

02 December 2016 • 07:00 AMT
Azeri reports on Karabakh casualties is disinformation: Defense Army

The Nagorno Karabakh defense troops continue controlling the situation along the line of contact, retaliating in case of necessity.

02 December 2016 • 06:57 AMT
Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer in “The Shack” drama trailer

The film follows a father who suffers from great depression after the abduction of his youngest daughter Missy.

02 December 2016 • 06:42 AMT
France’s Hollande says won’t seek second term as president

The announcement marks the first time since France’s fifth Republic was created that an incumbent president has not sought a second mandate.

02 December 2016 • 06:37 AMT
IAAF extends international athletics ban on Russia for doping

The IAAF Council ruled to uphold the suspension despite Vladimir Putin having recently approved a law criminalising doping in sports.

02 December 2016 • 06:28 AMT
1,600 Kurdish peshmerga killed in war against Islamic State

A spokesman initially said the figure applied to the offensive launched on October 17 to retake Mosul but later corrected himself.

01 December 2016 • 14:48 AMT
Two stamps dedicated to theme “Europa 2016. Think green” cancelled

Every year HayPost CJSC releases postage stamps in EUROPA series in the framework of the annual international stamps competition.

01 December 2016 • 14:18 AMT
20 families in Armenia’s Lori province get decent housing conditions

The Sukiasyans are one of the three families that have received support through the housing project in Lori in 2016.

01 December 2016 • 13:47 AMT
Armenia Europe’s most militarized country for fourth year in a row

Despite the fact that no other country spends as much money on its military as the United States does, it is only on position 31 of the GMI.

01 December 2016 • 13:40 AMT
Drake tops Spotify’s yearend most-played lists

His album “Views” becomes the most-streamed album and his song “One Dance” is named Spotify’s most-streamed track and top breakup song.