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18 January 2016 • 10:00 AMT
UK to fund English language classes for Muslim women

David Cameron says Britain will never truly build one nation “unless we are more assertive about our liberal values.”

18 January 2016 • 09:56 AMT
Reel Suspects sells “Manieggs,” “Lovemilla” worldwide

Directed with scatological abandon by Hungarian Zoltan Miklosy, “Manieggs” played France’s Annecy Animation Fest.

18 January 2016 • 09:42 AMT
Microsoft to reportedly unveil Lumia 650 Feb 1

Microsoft isn’t holding a press event for the mid-range phone, and apparently won’t have much of a presence at Mobile World Congress.

18 January 2016 • 09:38 AMT
“Cezanne et moi” proves highlight at UniFrance Rendez-Vous

“Cezanne et moi” charts the decade-long friendship and eventual fallout between Cezanne and Zola.

18 January 2016 • 09:28 AMT
Amazon enables voice assistant Alexa to read books to users

Based on the commands Amazon listed, users can tell Alexa to pause, resume from where they stopped and skip chapters.

18 January 2016 • 09:17 AMT
Rihanna teasing performance at 2016 Grammy Awards?

With her long-awaited eighth album “Anti” underway, the 27-year-old songbird may make a big announcement about the project.

18 January 2016 • 08:59 AMT
Oil price drop below $28 stirs oversupply concerns

HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver said that he expected the price of oil to settle at between $25 and $40 in one year’s time.

18 January 2016 • 08:53 AMT
David Bowie’s “Blackstar” dethrones Adele’s “25” on Billboard 200 chart

Released on January 8, just two days before the musician passed away at the age of 69 of cancer, the album sold 181,000 equivalent album units.

18 January 2016 • 08:48 AMT
Iranian President to visit Italy, France next week

The visits were originally due to take place in November but were canceled after the attacks by Islamist militants in Paris.

18 January 2016 • 08:40 AMT
Nicolas Refn-presided MyFrenchFilmFestival unveils lineup

Last year’s winners were Thomas Lilti, who nabbed the Filmaker’s award for “Hippocrate” and Melanie Laurent, who won the foreign press nod for “Breathe.”

18 January 2016 • 08:27 AMT
“Ride Along 2” battling “The Revenant” for box office leadership

The Weinstein Company added 265 theaters for “Carol” after Cate Blanchett was nominated for Best Actress.

18 January 2016 • 08:25 AMT
Iran may buy 100 aircraft from Airbus in first major trade boom

With annual output of some $400 billion, Iran is the biggest economy to rejoin the global trading system since the USSR collapse.

18 January 2016 • 08:23 AMT
Greek President slams Turkey for facilitating migrant smuggling

The Greek leader said that port authorities in Turkey did not do enough to prevent migrants from boarding smuggler boats bound for Europe.

18 January 2016 • 08:17 AMT
Starline nabs “Harry Brown” scribe’s directorial debut “Henry”

Gary Young describes the movie as “a stylish, modern-day film noir that deals with the existentialist themes of nature and nurture.”

18 January 2016 • 08:13 AMT
Microsoft says won’t support old Windows versions on new processors

Many enterprise customers cling to old versions of Windows to the point where PC makers sometimes offer those versions on brand new systems.

18 January 2016 • 08:09 AMT
Terrorist missile attack damages Armenian Evangelical Church in Syria

Militant groups have launched a missile attack in several districts of Aleppo, also damaging the Armenian Evangelical Emmanuel Church.

18 January 2016 • 07:58 AMT
“Star Wars” roars past $1 billion at foreign box office

Disney is also launching Shanghai Disneyland Park this year, and is counting on a boost from Han Solo and the gang.

18 January 2016 • 07:55 AMT
BBC reports secret files exposing evidence of tennis match-fixing

“No new investigations into any of the players who were mentioned in the 2008 report were opened,” a TIU spokesman said.

18 January 2016 • 07:41 AMT
London-based Mossessian Architecture to design Mecca museum

As well as 5,600m² of permanent and temporary exhibition galleries, the building will house an auditorium, educational space, and roof garden.

18 January 2016 • 07:40 AMT
“Mad Max: Fury Road” wins big at Critics’ Choice Awards

Its stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron won the Best Actor and Actress in an Action Movie titles, respectively.

18 January 2016 • 07:32 AMT
“Orange Is the New Black”, “House of Cards” unveil season 4 teasers

The “OITNB” video gives a glimpse of the returning characters such as Piper, Alex, Crazy Eyes, Nicky and more.

18 January 2016 • 07:26 AMT
Cosmic particles’ analysis could reveal how Egypt pyramids were built

By studying particle accumulations, scientists may learn more about the construction of the pyramid, built by the Pharaoh Snefru.

18 January 2016 • 07:22 AMT
Female refugees coming into Europe face violence, sexual harassment

Some aid workers say violence is harder to prevent because of an ad hoc system for receiving and registering refugees.

18 January 2016 • 07:17 AMT
Galaxy S7 “to resurrect S4 features to rival Apple’s moving images”

The source says the functionality will be added via a post-release software update, if it isn’t ready in time for the S7’s launch at MWC next month.

18 January 2016 • 07:02 AMT
Japanese shares hit one-year low as oil prices drop below $28

In Australia, investors were also reacting to falling oil prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 0.8% at 4,854.40 points.

18 January 2016 • 06:54 AMT
Azeri troops fire 900 shots in ceasefire violations Jan 16-17

Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire on the week of January 10-16, firing over 3000 shots from various caliber weapons.

18 January 2016 • 06:48 AMT
Turkey jails 10 more Syrians linked to Istanbul suicide bomber

A local TV channel said six others suspects were released on bail. Proceedings against the 17th suspect — a minor — were ongoing.

18 January 2016 • 06:44 AMT
Manhunt underway after Israeli woman murdered in West Bank

Since October, 27 Israelis have been killed in stabbing, shooting or car-ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs.

18 January 2016 • 06:33 AMT
Richest 1% own more that other 99% put together: Oxfam

A widening trust gap between people and their political leaders are big challenges for the global elite as they converge on Davos.

18 January 2016 • 06:32 AMT
Four people killed in suicide car bomb explosion in Yemen

The four men killed were guards for Brigadier General Shalal Ali Shayyeh, who survived a car bomb attack on his convoy on January 4.