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07 July 2016 • 11:23 AMT
Heavy flooding in China leaves 181 dead or missing

President Xi Jinping ordered the army and armed police to be dispatched to help in the disaster areas.

07 July 2016 • 11:08 AMT
Conservative Party votes for final pair in Brexit PM race

Interior minister Theresa May is the frontrunner, but two Brexit campaigners are battling to be her opponent in the final contest.

07 July 2016 • 10:59 AMT
Syrian army advance cuts only road into rebel-held Aleppo

Rebel groups were waging a fierce battle to retake the areas captured overnight near the Castello Road, the rebels said.

07 July 2016 • 10:36 AMT
Brazilian archbishop quits over paedophile “cover-up”

Last month the Pope said bishops who had been negligent over sexual abuse allegations could be removed from office.

07 July 2016 • 10:23 AMT
Michelle Williams to join Hugh Jackman‘s “Greatest Showman”

The musical is a P.T. Barnum biopic that focuses on the founder of the well-known traveling Barnum & Bailey Circus.

07 July 2016 • 10:07 AMT
Alicia Vikander’s “Tulip Fever” pushed back to 2017

Set in 17th century Amsterdam, “Tulip Fever” follows a married woman who begins a passionate affair with an artist hired to paint her portrait.

07 July 2016 • 09:57 AMT
U.S. destroyers sail close to Chinese-held islands in S. China Sea

Pressure has been rising in the region ahead of a July 12 ruling by an arbitration court hearing the dispute between China and the Philippines.

07 July 2016 • 09:45 AMT
Militant attack on Bangladesh Eid festival days after IS violence

Up to 300,000 people had gathered for a prayer service to mark the Eid al-Fitr festival in the town at the time of the violence.

07 July 2016 • 09:24 AMT
“American Horror Story” season 6 premiere date announced

FX has also revealed the premiere dates for two new shows “Atlanta” and “Better Things”.

07 July 2016 • 08:45 AMT
“Game of Thrones” season 7 production pushed back

Showrunners revealed during a UFC podcast that production would start a little bit later than usual to capture the gloomy weather.

07 July 2016 • 08:21 AMT
PM to participate in Armenia-Russia intergovernmental commission

A delegation led by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan will participate in the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission

07 July 2016 • 08:06 AMT
VivaCell-MTS offers Blu Studio X Mini as part of StartPhone tariff plan

Opportunity to get a Blu Studio X Mini 4G (LTE) smartphone for AMD 1 by subscribing to “STARTPHONE” tariff plan for just AMD 3900 monthly fee, till August 31, 2016

07 July 2016 • 07:56 AMT
iPhone 7 “to ditch 16GB version”

The Wall Street Journal indicates the iPhone 7 will start at 32GB instead of the half-capacity version.

07 July 2016 • 07:50 AMT
TUMO Yerevan hosting Wolfram Summer School – Armenia

“The Summer School is about hands on learning at the frontiers of science, technology, and innovation,” Stephen Wolfram said.

07 July 2016 • 07:42 AMT
Strangest places on Earth. Part I

Nature and humans can create bizarre things, and there are some absolutely strange places around the world. They can make you fascinated or scared and will never vanish from your memory once you see them.

07 July 2016 • 07:36 AMT
FBI chief faces questions over Clinton emails

Comey will have to explain to a House committee why he recommended the likely Democratic presidential nominee should not be prosecuted.

07 July 2016 • 07:27 AMT
Armenian startup launches AI replica of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

1AI Solutions studied five years of Alexis Ohanian’s cognitive processes to reproduce his decision-making process and speech habits.

07 July 2016 • 07:27 AMT
Upcoming Nexus phone image “unveiled”

In February, Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that he wanted “Apple-like” control over the Nexus lineup in the future.

07 July 2016 • 07:09 AMT
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 drives second-quarter profit

The South Korean company estimates operating profit will rise 17.4% from a year earlier to 8.1tn won ($7bn) for the April to June period.

07 July 2016 • 07:00 AMT
Chilcot report delivers damning verdict on Britain’s role in Iraq War

The former civil servant said that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein posed “no imminent threat” when the U.S-led invasion was launched.

07 July 2016 • 06:51 AMT
Taiwan bracing itself for arrival of major typhoon

Taiwan is often hit by typhoons, with super typhoon Dujuan killing three people and leaving more than 300 injured in Taiwan in 2015.

07 July 2016 • 06:50 AMT
Situation along Karabakh contact line calm overnight

Karabakh Defense Army troops continue controlling the situation along the line of contact and protecting their positions.

07 July 2016 • 06:40 AMT
France sentences 2 Rwandan mayors to life in prison over Tutsi genocide

Octavien Ngenzi and Tito Barahira have consistently denied the charges. Both appeared impassive as the judge read out their sentences.

07 July 2016 • 06:28 AMT
U.S. to keep 8,400 troops in Afghanistan into 2017, Obama says

Obama, who had revised the exit plan several times before, had most recently expected to leave 5,500 troops when his term ends.

07 July 2016 • 06:26 AMT
Barcelona star Lionel Messi to appeal tax fraud sentence

Messi’s tax fraud trial has taken place against a backdrop of simmering voter anger over steep cuts to health and social spending.

07 July 2016 • 06:19 AMT
“Vatileaks” trial to end after nearly eight months

The four non-clerical judges will retire after each defendant is allowed to make a final statement on July 7.

07 July 2016 • 06:12 AMT
Leading Russian firms to take part in ArmHiTec-2016 defense exhibit

The exhibition will feature armored equipment, aviation, air defense equipment, engineering machinery, chemical defense equipment.

07 July 2016 • 06:01 AMT
Argentine ex-President Cristina Fernandez assets frozen

Fernandez has been accused of making fraudulent foreign currency transactions last year in the final months of her government.

07 July 2016 • 05:55 AMT
Syria fighting continues despite 72-hour Eid truce

The ceasefire covers the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrated by Muslims to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

07 July 2016 • 05:53 AMT
Obama ready to intensify Karabakh settlement efforts

Obama expressed his readiness to intensify efforts together with Russia and with France to achieve a settlement to the conflict.