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30 November 2016 • 12:04 AMT
Israeli air force fires missiles near Damascus: media

Israel, which is technically still at war with Syria, has sought to limit its involvement in its neighbour’s five-year conflict.

30 November 2016 • 11:59 AMT
Van Gogh Museum rules out public debate over “lost” notebook

A University of Toronto academic has declared the apparent find to be “the most revolutionary discovery” in the history of Van Gogh’s work.

30 November 2016 • 11:55 AMT
China wants smooth military ties with Trump

This month, China and the United States staged a three-day humanitarian relief military drill as part of that trust-building exercise.

30 November 2016 • 11:48 AMT
10,000 Rohingya arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks – UN

The Myanmar army has carried out a bloody crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, forcing some 30,000 people to flee their homes.

30 November 2016 • 11:30 AMT
Frank Ocean unveils European festival date

Ocean joins Radiohead on the 2017 NorthSide line-up, with the likes of Run The Jewels, Bastille, and MØ also already confirmed on the bill.

30 November 2016 • 11:18 AMT
The Weeknd sets record for most Spotify streams in a day

As Pitchfork reports, the rate of streams for the first few days of ‘Starboy”s release have made very good reading for The Weeknd.

30 November 2016 • 10:48 AMT
Religion and gambling have the same effect on your brain, study suggests

Researchers found reproducible activation in the nucleus accumbens, a region in the brain associated with reward and pleasure.

30 November 2016 • 10:42 AMT
Henrikh Mkhitaryan among world’s best 100 football players

“Mkhitaryan scored or assisted – and this isn’t a typo – 55 goals in 52 games, which is frankly obscene,” the FFT says.

30 November 2016 • 10:29 AMT
Assembly hails U.S. support to Armenia’s new election process

“Both the government and the opposition deserve credit for working out the agreement which sets Armenia apart,” said a statement.

30 November 2016 • 10:28 AMT
Aaron Taylor-Johnson psychological thriller “The Wall” release date set

“The Wall” follows two soldiers pinned down by an Iraqi sniper, with nothing but a crumbling wall between them.

30 November 2016 • 10:19 AMT
FilmSharks Intl. acquires “Los Buscadores” adventure thriller

“Los Buscadores” turns on a 21-year-old who accidentally happens upon a map in a book given him by his grandfather, a former treasure hunter.

30 November 2016 • 10:19 AMT
DJI cuts maximum speed of new Inspire 2 drone

The Inspire 2 is aimed at filmmakers, with obstacle tracking, two cameras, and a new image processing system that uses an onboard SSD.

30 November 2016 • 10:06 AMT
Russia hopes Aleppo situation can be resolved “by yearend”

“We are hoping for this of course,” Bogdanov said, when asked if the situation in Aleppo could be resolved by the end of 2016.

30 November 2016 • 09:45 AMT
Armenia, Iran eye cooperation in field of nanotechnologies

At the meeting, also attended by Seyed Kazzem Sajjadi, Sarkar briefed Martirosyan on the Islamic Republic’s achievements in this area.

30 November 2016 • 09:36 AMT
New Prince doc featuring Mick Jagger, Lenny Kravitz coming in 2017

In other news, Prince‘s Paisley Park estate is set to host a celebration of the late artist’s life during a three-day event next year.

30 November 2016 • 09:30 AMT
The Cure kick off UK leg of their European tour

The Cure’s remaining UK tour dates see them perform three nights at London’s SSE Wembley Arena from December 1-3.

30 November 2016 • 09:17 AMT
Yerevan finally counters Pakistan’s anti-Armenian policies: publisher

“This relatively minor episode is a welcome development which shows that Armenia’s leaders are willing to flex their muscle,” Sassounian says.

30 November 2016 • 09:12 AMT
Lyft joins Uber in offering upfront fares

Once you plug in your starting point and destination, you’ll know just how much it will cost to get there, including taxes, tolls and Prime Time.

30 November 2016 • 09:02 AMT
President expresses condolenses over Colombia plane crash

At this difficult times for Brazil, Sargsyan expressed condolences and support to Temer, the people of Brazil and families of the victims.

30 November 2016 • 08:59 AMT
Google is training AI to catch diabetic blindness

Researchers at Google have developed a method for artificial intelligence to analyze and detect DR in patients.

30 November 2016 • 08:48 AMT
Twitter now ranks your conversations based on replies

Conversation ranking favors threads that the original poster replied to or that includes a reply from a Twitter user that you follow.

30 November 2016 • 08:36 AMT
Saudi prince calls for “urgent” end to ban on women driving

Alwaleed is an unusually outspoken member of the Saudi royal family who holds no political posts but chairs Kingdom Holding Co.

30 November 2016 • 08:28 AMT
Merkel opposes new talks with Turkey on EU accession – media

Merkel told parliamentary members of her conservative Christian Democrats that she opposed opening new negotiations with Turkey.

30 November 2016 • 08:14 AMT
Rwanda opens probe into French role in 1994 genocide

Kigali has long accused France of complicity in the genocide of some 800,000 mostly ethnic Tutsis, at the hands of Hutu extremists.

30 November 2016 • 08:13 AMT
Intel forming self-driving car tech group

Intel is determined to stay relevant beyond the PC, and that means giving extra attention to categories like autonomy, IoT and wearables.

30 November 2016 • 08:07 AMT
Google Earth Timelapse update offers a 32-year look at Earth’s history

It also includes petabytes of high-resolution imagery from two new satellites, Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2.

30 November 2016 • 08:07 AMT
Erdogan: Turkey entered Syria to end Assad’s rule

“The task is to provide lands to their real owners. That is to say we are there for the establishment of justice,” Erdogan said.

30 November 2016 • 07:56 AMT
Islamic State claims attack at Ohio university campus

The Amaq agency said the rampage by Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a logistics student at Ohio State University, was the result of IS calls to action.

30 November 2016 • 07:53 AMT
Yahoo Answers gets own standalone iOS app

Like its web-based progenitor, Yahoo Answers Now lets users search for and answer questions with rich media like photos.

30 November 2016 • 07:49 AMT
Most acute EU globalisation fear registered in Austria, France – study

36 percent rate among British citizens was the lowest among the nine major European countries polled.