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30 September 2016 • 10:55 AMT
Raindance Film Festival embraces Virtual Reality

In addition, the festival is offering four free panel sessions to discuss the issues this new technology raises.

30 September 2016 • 10:23 AMT
Nintendo announces mini version of original NES console for Japan

Just like the mini NES for the west, the Famicom mini fits in the palm of your hand and plugs into your TV via HDMI.

30 September 2016 • 10:15 AMT
Poland selects Andrzej Wajda’s “Afterimage” for foreign Oscars race

Films by Wajda, who turned 90 earlier this year, have been submitted by Poland on eight previous occasions.

30 September 2016 • 10:08 AMT
Report: Armenia is less corrupt than Italy, Greece, Spain

Armenia is ranked the 65th with a score of 3.5, alongside Tunisia, Montenegro, Cyprus, South Korea, Côte d’Ivoire, Latvia and Egypt.

30 September 2016 • 09:51 AMT
Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench join “Murder on the Orient Express”

Kenneth Branagh is on board to play the lead character, detective Hercule Poirot, in the adaptation of Agatha Christie’s acclaimed mystery novel.

30 September 2016 • 09:36 AMT
Michael Shannon to join Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Current War”

Cumberbatch is on board to play Thomas Edison with “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon set to direct.

30 September 2016 • 09:27 AMT
Aleppo humanitarian catastrophe ‘unlike any’ in Syria, UN says

U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power described the escalation as “the most savage week we’ve seen in an incredibly savage war.”

30 September 2016 • 09:24 AMT
Rachel Weisz to topline “Disobedience” novel adaptation

In the original book, the story follows young woman who returns to her Orthodox Jewish home after learning about the death of her estranged father.

30 September 2016 • 09:11 AMT
“Space Between Us” trailer features Asa Butterfield as Martian

The film follows the first human born on Mars who travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes.

30 September 2016 • 09:10 AMT
Athens slams Erdogan’s attempt to question legitimacy of Greek border

Greek diplomatic sources said the Treaty had been recognized by the entire civilized world and Turkey could not challenge it.

30 September 2016 • 09:02 AMT
Tom Cruise in “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” IMAX trailer

The action flick follows Jack Reacher who must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name.

30 September 2016 • 09:00 AMT
Shares in Germany’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank plummet

Across Europe, banking stocks including Societe Generale in Paris, Barclays in London lost 4-5 percent in the first hour of trading.

30 September 2016 • 08:54 AMT
Bunker-busting bombs close Aleppo underground schools, charity says

The “ferocious assault” on Aleppo could deprive almost 100,000 school-age children of an education, said Save the Children.

30 September 2016 • 08:47 AMT
South Korea picks new site for THAAD missile defense system

Seoul’s Defense Ministry in July originally picked a nearby artillery base in the rural farming town of Seongju as the site for THAAD.

30 September 2016 • 08:09 AMT
Regional council of Italy’s Basilicata recognizes Armenian Genocide

The resolution cites the need to raise public awareness especially among the youth about the massacres perpetrated against the Armenians.

30 September 2016 • 07:42 AMT
France launches anti-IS strikes from Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier

The deployment came hours after the coalition of which France is part announced the death of an IS leader in one of its strikes in Mosul.

30 September 2016 • 07:34 AMT
Obama, Merkel condemn “barbarous” strikes on Aleppo

The Syrian government and its ally Russia “bear special responsibility for ending the fighting in Syria,” the two leaders agreed.

30 September 2016 • 07:14 AMT
Kerry: Armenian, Azeri leaders not ready for Karabakh settlement

Kerry cited the lack of political will by the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents as an obstacle to Karabakh settlement.

30 September 2016 • 07:07 AMT
U.S. invests $50 million in Niger drone base

The United States already has a military presence in the country’s southwestern capital of Niamey.

30 September 2016 • 06:56 AMT
Duterte “happy to slaughter” drug suspects; cites Hitler

Hitler massacred 3 million Jews … there’s 3 million drug addicts. There are. I’d be happy to slaughter them,” Duterte said.

30 September 2016 • 06:54 AMT
Saudi Arabia “greatly concerned” over 9/11 lawsuits bill

On September 28 the U.S. Congress voted for a law allowing families of nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks to sue.

30 September 2016 • 06:45 AMT
25 ceasefire violations by Azeri army registered overnight

Karabakh Defense Army troops continue controlling the situation on the contact line retaliating only in case of extreme necessity.

30 September 2016 • 06:31 AMT
Russia moves towards banning “baby boxes”

Russia has about 20 of the boxes, where a mother can anonymously leave a baby at a maternity unit.

30 September 2016 • 06:18 AMT
Japan signals end for $10 billion prototype nuke reactor

A formal decision to decommission Monju is likely to be made by the end of the year, government officials said.

30 September 2016 • 06:02 AMT
U.S. expects donors to pledge $3 bn a year for Afghanistan

The conference comes in the context of a greatly scaled-back U.S. and international military presence in Afghanistan.

30 September 2016 • 05:52 AMT
1 killed, 108 injured in New Jersey railway station crash

The train reportedly went through ticket barriers and into the reception area of Hoboken station.

30 September 2016 • 05:47 AMT
World leaders gather in Israel for Shimon Peres funeral

U.S. President Barack Obama will speak at the ceremony, along with Peres’s children and the prime minister and president of Israel.

30 September 2016 • 05:30 AMT
Panama Papers leak dents new Panama incorporations

The scandal prompted a slew of investigations into suspected tax dodgers, putting the spotlight on global tax havens.

30 September 2016 • 05:25 AMT
U.S. close to suspending Syria talks with Russia amid raging Aleppo battle

The multi-sided civil war has killed hundreds of thousands of people, making half the Syrian population homeless.

29 September 2016 • 14:20 AMT
V&A museum opens once in a lifetime medieval embroidery exhibit

Due to the age and extreme fragility of the embroideries, the show is probably the last time an exhibition of such scale will ever be staged.