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31 August 2016 • 11:35 AMT
Ecclesiastical textiles from the age of Maria Theresia on view in Vienna

The exhibition offers insights into the wealth and exceptional quality of the Imperial Treasury’s holdings of precious vestments.

31 August 2016 • 11:25 AMT
Drug or medicine

The state of New York announced on August 30, 2016, the implementation of new recommendations to its Medical Marijuana Program, which includes home delivery of cannabis and authorizing nurse practitioners to certify patients for the program.

31 August 2016 • 11:20 AMT
San Antonio Museum of Art hosts exhibition of works by Carlos Mérida

The collection illustrates the artist’s broad diversity of themes and media –from his Images of Guatemala to his Birds of Paradise.

31 August 2016 • 11:13 AMT
Kazakhstan arrests 21 radicals suspected of plotting terrorist attacks

The ex-Soviet country said it had foiled “attacks on law enforcement officers and also acts of terrorism in crowded public places.”

31 August 2016 • 10:45 AMT
Sting says his new album inspired by the “immortal” David Bowie

The 64-year-old musician will release his twelfth solo studio album, ’57th & 9th’, this autumn.

31 August 2016 • 10:35 AMT
The Weeknd sets two new Guinness World Records

The Weeknd set the world record for the ‘Most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 by a solo male artist.’

31 August 2016 • 10:12 AMT
Armenian wrestler strikes bronze at Junior World Championships

Losing his penultimate bout to Russia’s Vladislav Melnikov, Simonyan beat Kyrgyz wrestler Adilet Taalaibekov 2:1 to win bronze.

31 August 2016 • 09:49 AMT
James Franco, Zoe Kravitz, Jack Reynor to star in “Kin” sci-fi

Siblings Jonathan and Josh Baker will co-direct the feature based on their short film “Bag Man” that premiered at South by Southwest in 2015.

31 August 2016 • 09:44 AMT
Armenia to extradite eight Iranian convicts: diplomat

The majority of Iranians jailed in Armenia are convicted of carrying illicit drugs during their trips to the South Caucasus country.

31 August 2016 • 09:36 AMT
Armenian army ready to resist any threat, Defense Minister says

Asked if the current situation is just “calm before the storm,” Seyran Ohanyan said Armenia is always ready to retaliate.

31 August 2016 • 09:30 AMT
Warren Beatty dramedy “Rules Don’t Apply” to open AFI Fest

Beatty won Academy’s Irving Thalberg Award in 1999 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2008.

31 August 2016 • 09:24 AMT
EEU issues certificates for Apple to sell 10 new Watches, earbuds

Design changes are not expected for the next-generation Apple Watch, but new materials and new bands are always a possibility.

31 August 2016 • 09:10 AMT
Cannes winner “The Salesman” unveils international trailer

Rolling off its world premiere in competition in Cannes, “The Salesman” has been lauded by critics and has sold nearly worldwide.

31 August 2016 • 09:04 AMT
Russian citizen sought by U.S. leaves Armenia for Moscow

A court in Yerevan on August 29 dismissed a motion by Armenian prosecutors for Mironov to remain in custody to face proceedings

31 August 2016 • 08:53 AMT
VivaCell-MTS helps build, renovate houses in Armenia’s provinces

In 2016, a total of 21 families will finish the construction of their half-built houses and 20 families will do renovation works.

31 August 2016 • 08:52 AMT
Sony’s new star-studded “Jumanji” adds cast

The new “Jumanji” film will be directed by Jake Kasdan, who directed “Bad Teacher”, from a script provided by Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner.

31 August 2016 • 08:30 AMT
Travis Fimmel, Kate Bosworth star in “Finding Steve McQueen” heist film

“Finding Steve McQueen” is based on the true story of the 1972 bank heist by a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio.

31 August 2016 • 08:29 AMT
First Turkish tank hit in Syria’s Jarablus

Operations against militants in the area were continuing, the Turkish military said, without specifying who had fired on the tank.

31 August 2016 • 08:17 AMT
“Dark Night” helmer to direct “Donnybrook” crime thriller

“Donnybrook” follows two men as they try to get to a legendary backwoods bare knuckle brawl where the winner gets $100,000.

31 August 2016 • 08:07 AMT
Germany wants progress on Syria or Ukraine for Russia to return to G8

“The conflicts in Syria and Ukraine show that it is not in our interest to exclude Russia from a close negotiation format,” Steinmeier said.

31 August 2016 • 08:06 AMT
1st look at Miley Cyrus in Woody Allen’s series “Crisis in Six Scenes”

The six half-hour episode comedy show will take place in the 1960s during the turbulent times in the United States.

31 August 2016 • 07:53 AMT
Azerbaijani wrestlers to lose Olympic medals after failing doping tests

Several Azerbaijani, Ukrainian and Kazakh wrestlers will lose the Olympic medals they won at Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

31 August 2016 • 07:38 AMT
Canada seeks to join China-backed AIIB

The United States, and Japan — the world’s largest and third-largest economies, respectively — have notably declined to join the bank.

31 August 2016 • 07:34 AMT
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton in new “Doctor Strange” featurette

The film follows a neurosurgeon who, after a tragic car accident, must put ego aside and learn the secrets of a hidden world of mysticism.

31 August 2016 • 07:27 AMT
Armenia refutes Azeri reports of truce violation on Nakhijevan border

According to Armenia, the provocative news stories on websites like haqqin.az, politika.az, meydan.tv are completely false.

31 August 2016 • 07:20 AMT
Samarco deadly collapse in Brazil “caused by design flaws”

The technical report, commissioned by Samarco’s joint owners BHP Billiton and Vale, did not assign blame for the disaster.

31 August 2016 • 07:13 AMT
Prosecutor closes case in President Rousseff impeachment trial

Her lawyer said she was being persecuted for daring to challenge the country’s political elite.

31 August 2016 • 07:00 AMT
Powerful typhoon kills nine in Japan elderly home

The death toll from the powerful storm rose to 10 after an elderly woman was found dead in her flooded home nearby.

31 August 2016 • 06:50 AMT
FIG approves new element to be named for Armenian gymnast

The element, performed on the uneven bars, is described as a hecht mount with a 360 degree turn with repulsion off the low bar to the high bar.

31 August 2016 • 06:40 AMT
North Korea executes vice premier, Seoul says

Little is known about Kim Yong Jin, who was last mentioned by North Korea’s state news agency on June 15.