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18 January 2016 • 14:17 AMT
Exhibits to trace Henri Matisse influence on Richard Diebenkorn works

Matisse/Diebenkorn will feature more than 30 paintings and drawings by Matisse with 60 paintings and drawings by Diebenkorn.

18 January 2016 • 14:16 AMT
Turkey probes opposition chief for calling Erdogan dictator

Erdogan, Turkey’s most popular politician, is known for his intolerance of criticism and his readiness to take legal action over perceived slurs.

18 January 2016 • 14:06 AMT
Russian ruble drops to new low

Oil prices that the Russian economy relies on have recently plummeted to under $30 a barrel, a 13-year low.

18 January 2016 • 14:01 AMT
Whitney Museum opens “Flatlands” exhibit featuring emerging artists

The exhibition, Flatlands, highlights recent paintings that provoke a sense of reality as illusion or subjective construction.

18 January 2016 • 13:59 AMT
Islamic State takes control of new areas in Syria’s east

IS controls most of Deir el-Zour province and much of the capital with the same name, while the government controls several districts.

18 January 2016 • 13:51 AMT
Russia could suspend loans to foreign countries amid economic recession

Storchak also said that negotiations on Russia’s $5 billion loan to Iran were continuing and that no final decision had been made yet.

18 January 2016 • 13:44 AMT
Helmer Luc Besson gushes over Rihanna’s performance in “Valerian”

“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” is based on the 1967 graphic novel by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres.

18 January 2016 • 13:27 AMT
New act of vandalism targets Armenian cemetery in Jerusalem

Police are investigating but suspicion immediately fell on Jewish extremists who have for years vandalized mosques and churches.

18 January 2016 • 13:20 AMT
Alan Rickman, David Bowie tribute on “The Simpsons”

Rickman died on January 14 after a short battle of cancer. Bowie died on January 10 of liver cancer.

18 January 2016 • 13:17 AMT
Iran orders oil production increase by 500,000 barrels per day

Tehran had previously announced plans to increase production by half-a-million barrels after the lifting of international sanctions.

18 January 2016 • 13:09 AMT
H1N1 swine flu virus claims 16 lives in Armenia

2 more people died from H1N1 swine flu: the patients were admitted to the hospital with bilateral pneumonia on January 9.

18 January 2016 • 12:56 AMT
France says wants to de-escalate tensions between Saudi Arabia, Iran

“Our view as France is to try to de-escalate pressure,” Fabius said, adding that France would also discuss different issues with Rouhani.

18 January 2016 • 12:55 AMT
Folk sensation King Charles streams new album, “Gamble For A Rose”

“”Gamble For A Rose” is a bold and fearless leap forwards – the sound of an artist charging confidently into the horizon,” Gigwise said.

18 January 2016 • 12:50 AMT
EEU ready to discuss free trade agreement with Hong Kong: official

“We recently concluded the free trade zone agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Vietnam,” Arkady Dvorkovich said.

18 January 2016 • 12:33 AMT
WhatsApp drops annual subscription fee

As far as a new business model, WhatsApp says it will explore ways businesses can use the service to connect with individuals.

18 January 2016 • 12:26 AMT
“Mamy Blue” int’l hit composer Hubert Giraud dies at 94

Giraud started out as a musician playing with the likes of Django Reinhardt’s jazz group the Quintette du Hot Club de France in the 1930s.

18 January 2016 • 12:18 AMT
Apple evacuates employees after Irish facilities get bomb warning

No location was specified in the bomb threat and both premises were being evacuated as a precautionary measure.

18 January 2016 • 12:14 AMT
Russia to skip PACE’s January session, Duma speaker says

Alexei Pushkovsaid Russia’s participation in the sessions would make sense only if it had the possibility to influence the decision-making process.

18 January 2016 • 12:11 AMT
UN: Number of international tourists hits record 1.18 billion in 2015

UNWTO had earlier predicted international tourism arrivals would increase by 3.0-4.0% in 2015, after expanding by 4.7% in the previous year.

18 January 2016 • 12:08 AMT
VivaCell-MTS upgrades mobile version of Internet Assistant portal

The update provides necessary info about roaming services, tariff plans, as well as location and working hours of VivaCell-MTS service centers.

18 January 2016 • 11:53 AMT
Armenian-American professor’s book tells family story in Ottoman Turkey

Marsoobian’s book features the story of his forebears, the Dildilian family, who documented their lives in Sivas, Merzifon and Samsun

18 January 2016 • 11:47 AMT
Major retrospective in The Hague casts light on Karel Appel’s work

The exhibition is a part of a wider int’l reappraisal of Appel’s work, which will also include exhibits in Paris, Munich and Washington.

18 January 2016 • 11:18 AMT
Turkish-Armenian photojournalist doc to premiere at Washington Film Fest

Ara Güler made his name mainly with his black and white nostalgic photos of Istanbul that depict the city’s wide range of emotions.

18 January 2016 • 11:17 AMT
Francis Bacon’s “Two Figures” to be sold by biographer Michael Peppiatt

Painted in Paris in the mid-1970s, Two Figures is a self-portrait conjoined with the figure of George Dyer.

18 January 2016 • 11:09 AMT
Uber, Airbus team up to provide helicopter services

As with those previous trials, helicopter rides during Sundance will include traditional car service rides to and from the helipad.

18 January 2016 • 11:08 AMT
France’s Hollande declares state of economic emergency

The first measures he proposed are relatively modest, and he said they would not “put into question” the 35-hour workweek.

18 January 2016 • 11:03 AMT
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” hit comedy series renewed for season 3

Ellie Kemper plays the title character, a woman who starts a new life in a modern NY after living underground in an apocalypse cult for years.

18 January 2016 • 10:59 AMT
Chinese bank drives Izmirlian out of his own $3.5 billion project

In 2005, Prime Minister Perry Christie reached an agreement with a local businessman Sarkis Izmirlian to help revitalize Cable Beach.

18 January 2016 • 10:43 AMT
Star-studded anti-hero movie “Suicide Squad” unveils 1st poster

“Suicide Squad” centers on a group of imprisoned villains who are recruited by the government to perform black operations in exchange for clemency.

18 January 2016 • 10:18 AMT
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, U.S. sit down to peace talks

“The talks are strategically important for everyone involved, but are unlikely to go anywhere right now,” said S. Chandrasekharan.