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17 November 2016 • 08:50 AMT
Asian markets fluctuate amid uncertainty after Trump win

Investors have been struggling to ascertain the outlook for the global economy under a Trump presidency.

17 November 2016 • 08:46 AMT
Modern Mining in Armenia: GE, IBM, Zeppelin Cat at Yerevan conference

Representatives from seven leading U.S. companies and 35 Armenian mining companies attended the event.

17 November 2016 • 08:39 AMT
Islamic State killed 300 former policemen south of Mosul: HRW

The residents said they believed up to 200 people were killed in the weeks before Islamic State withdrew from the town.

17 November 2016 • 08:29 AMT
Obama defends globalisation on final visit to Germany

In a joint article, Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that with the global economy developing faster than ever, co-operation was vital.

17 November 2016 • 08:21 AMT
China sees THAAD deployment as indicator of future political ties

Beijing will also be keeping a close eye on Trump’s meeting with PM Shinzo Abe of Japan, sources said.

17 November 2016 • 08:11 AMT
Turkey detains Van mayor in crackdown on pro-Kurdish politicians

Turkey detained the mayor of the southeastern city of Van replacing him and two other mayors in the region, security sources said.

17 November 2016 • 08:02 AMT
Mayan “nesting doll pyramid” discovered in Mexico

The smallest pyramid was built between the years 550 and 800, engineers and anthropologists said.

17 November 2016 • 07:57 AMT
Forbes names Taylor Swift biggest-earning celebrity under 30

She makes a whooping $170 mln in a year. Her biggest earning comes from her 1989 world tour which raked in $200 mln from North America alone.

17 November 2016 • 07:47 AMT
First pictures of Rihanna on “Bates Motel” set unveiled

Nestor Carbonell, who plays Sheriff Alex Romero, was seen joining RiRi on the set that day.

17 November 2016 • 07:16 AMT
Children’s hospital hit in deadly Aleppo strikes

Activists say at least 32 people, including children, have been killed in Aleppo over the past two days.

17 November 2016 • 07:06 AMT
SpaceX seeks U.S. approval for high-speed, global web coverage

The company has filed a lengthy application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch 4,425 satellites.

17 November 2016 • 06:59 AMT
Trump to meet Japan’s PM amid concern over foreign policy direction

Shinzo Abe said he wanted to “build trust” and “work together for prosperity and world peace”, before leaving for his trip.

17 November 2016 • 06:58 AMT
Toyota’s new team to work on electric cars

Toyota will create a new in-house team to develop electric vehicles as it speeds up efforts to develop more of the lower-emission cars.

17 November 2016 • 06:55 AMT
“Kung Fu Panda” director to helm Warner Bros.’ animated “Bone”

Mark Osborne received an Oscar nomination for his 1999 animated short, “More,” and for 2008’s “Kung Fu Panda”.

17 November 2016 • 06:52 AMT
Duterte says Philippines may follow Russia’s ICC withdrawal

Duterte said that if Russia and China were to create a “new order” then the Philippines would be the first to join it.

17 November 2016 • 06:47 AMT
Azerbaijan fires 270 shots in truce violations overnight

The Karabakh frontline units remained committed to the ceasefire to continue controlling the situation on the contact line.

17 November 2016 • 06:42 AMT
Taron Egerton’s “Robin Hood” release date set

“Fifty Shades of Grey” star Jamie Dornan will portray Will Scarlett, the half-brother of Robin Hood.

17 November 2016 • 06:39 AMT
Fake U.S. election news outperformed real ones on Facebook

20 top-performing false election stories from hoax sites, hyperpartisan blogs generated 8,711,000 shares, reactions, and comments on Facebook.

17 November 2016 • 06:35 AMT
Robert Downey Jr. to helm new TV series “Singularity”

The plot remains scarce, but actor Anthony Michael Hall is expected to play the lead role.

17 November 2016 • 06:32 AMT
Two FARC fighters killed in “combat” days after Columbia peace deal

The army said that another suspected rebel who was detained said that he and the two killed were with the FARC’s 37th Front.

17 November 2016 • 06:30 AMT
Forest Whitaker joins Johnny Depp in Tupac murder movie “Labyrinth”

Johnny Depp is set to portray Russel Poole, a disgraced L.A.P.D. detective unable to solve his biggest case.

16 November 2016 • 16:56 AMT
Taraji P. Henson in “Hidden Figures” Oscar-buzzy drama trailer

Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst and Jim Parsons also star in the film directed by Theodore Melfi from a script written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.

16 November 2016 • 16:44 AMT
Netflix to nab Jared Leto action-crime drama “The Outsider”

“The Outsider” follows a U.S. army deserter who joins the Yakuza while living in post-World War II Japan.

16 November 2016 • 14:48 AMT
Merkel nominates Steinmeier as candidate for Germany President

Steinmeier hit the headlines when he called on May to take Britain out of the EU immediately to end Brexit uncertainty in Europe.

16 November 2016 • 14:43 AMT
Todoist uses AI to suggest deadlines for tasks

Doist says it researched how users postpone tasks, pushing things to the next day until their to-do list is packed with dozens of items.

16 November 2016 • 14:29 AMT
Iran, Iraq said to miss energy talks with Saudis

Iraq and Iran both want exemptions from any OPEC cuts in output, putting pressure on Saudi Arabia to bear the brunt of a possible reduction.

16 November 2016 • 14:25 AMT
“Alien: Covenant” star teases “transformative” storyline

The film follows the crew of the Covenant to a seemingly desolate planet, where they discover the wreckage of the doomed Prometheus craft.

16 November 2016 • 14:21 AMT
Google’s Allo chat app getting suggested emoji button

It’s an extension of Allo’s prediction algorithm, which so far has been used to give you suggested one-tap replies to text messages.

16 November 2016 • 14:16 AMT
Microsoft offers EU concessions over its $26bn LinkedIn bid

LinkedIn makes most of its $3 billion annual revenue from job hunters and recruiters who pay a monthly fee to post resumes.

16 November 2016 • 14:16 AMT
Clint Mansell enlisted to score Scarlett Johansson’s “Ghost In The Shell”

Mansell, the former lead singer of Pop Will Eat Itself, has been a longtime collaborator of Darren Aronofsky, working on several of his films.