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09 June 2015 • 11:13 AMT
Greece makes new proposals for deal with bailout creditors

The two texts contained alternative ideas on budget measures required for creditors to approve the bailout payment.

09 June 2015 • 11:12 AMT
Matt Damon tries to return to earth in “The Martian” trailer

“The Martian” is based on the best-selling novel by Andy Weir. The movie also stars Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kristen Wiig.

09 June 2015 • 11:01 AMT
Venezuela owes $3.7 billion in payments to int’l airlines: IATA

Airlines are required to sell tickets in VEF under an arrangement in which the govt. later converts the local currency to dollars.

09 June 2015 • 10:51 AMT
IS militants seize power plant near Syria’s Sirte

“The plant … was taken,” Islamic State said in a message on social media. “Now the city of Sirte has been freed completely.”

09 June 2015 • 10:34 AMT
HTC cuts sales forecast amid disappointing One M9 sales

HTC is already dabbling in virtual reality hardware with the launch of its Vive headset, which is now shipping out to developers.

09 June 2015 • 10:25 AMT
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Active smartphone now official

The rugged handset was revealed in a promotional video by U.S. network AT&T, which has an exclusive on the device at launch.

09 June 2015 • 10:04 AMT
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: “Sandman” comics adaptation “slow but steady”

The actor who made his directorial debut in 2013 with “Don Jon” also said the film will not rely on comic book movie cliches.

09 June 2015 • 09:58 AMT
Ellen DeGeneres to produce “Uprooted” fantasy novel adaptation

“Uprooted” has been described as inspired with shades of “Beauty and the Beast” and “Howl’s Moving Castle”.

09 June 2015 • 09:49 AMT
Marion Cotillard to join Brad Pitt in Robert Zemeckis’ WWII movie

Zemeckis is also producing the romantic spy drama with his longtime collaborator Steve Starkey as well as Graham King.

09 June 2015 • 09:29 AMT
James Cameron praises “Terminator Genisys” in a featurette

Besides featuring Cameron, the featurette shares lots of scenes from the movie, including showing the transformation of John Connor.

09 June 2015 • 09:22 AMT
Meryl Streep as guitar-goddess rockstar in “Ricki and the Flash” trailer

Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a free spirit who left her husband and two kids behind for a guitar and the rock-and-roll lifestyle.

09 June 2015 • 09:10 AMT
Netflix acquires Brad Pitt satirical comedy “War Machine”

The film centers on Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a four-star U.S. military general determined to win the “impossible” war in Afghanistan.

09 June 2015 • 06:21 AMT
Shadowmatic 3D puzzle gets prestigious Apple award

Apple Design Awards (ADA) is a special event hosted by Apple Inc. at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

09 June 2015 • 06:03 AMT
Turkey recalls envoy to Brazil over Armenian Genocide recognition

The Senate denounced the “systematic denial, pressure and intimidation against those who try to reconstruct historical events”.

09 June 2015 • 05:51 AMT
UN presents draft proposal for Libyan unity government

The UN plan calls for a one-year-long national unity govt. and says that the parliament elected in 2014 is the only legislative body.

09 June 2015 • 05:47 AMT
Magnitude 5.2 quake shakes central Greece

“It was certainly felt, but so far we have not received any calls for assistance,” a Greek fire brigade official in Athens said.

09 June 2015 • 05:25 AMT
Facebook reportedly kills plans to build a satellite

One of the key ways is Internet.org, a Facebook-led initiative involving multiple companies to subsidise data costs in certain countries.

09 June 2015 • 05:06 AMT
Syrian Electronic Army targets U.S. army website

“Today an element of the Army.mil service provider’s content was compromised,” Army Brig. Gen. Malcolm B. Frost said.

09 June 2015 • 04:43 AMT
Merkel says time running out for Greece deal

Other topics on the agenda at the G7 summit were climate change, countering extremism and the war in Ukraine.

08 June 2015 • 20:49 AMT
European Space Agency plans town on the moon to replace ISS

‘The construction of a station on the moon would trigger a huge surge of technological innovation on earth.

08 June 2015 • 17:09 AMT
HSBC launches investigation into Italy chief

The revelation of HSBC’s high-level internal investigation is the latest public embarrassment for Europe’s largest bank.

08 June 2015 • 16:55 AMT
U.S. doesn’t yet have ‘complete strategy’ to help Iraq: Obama

Last month, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the loss of Ramadi was, in part, due to the Iraqis’ lack of a “will to fight”.

08 June 2015 • 16:11 AMT
IMF says Spain needs to bring down sky-high unemployment

Spain has created 500,000 jobs over the last year following labor reforms making it easier and cheaper to hire and fire workers.

08 June 2015 • 14:44 AMT
Cameron warns ministers to back him on EU referendum

The PM, who pledged to renegotiate Britain’s EU ties before offering a referendum, signaled he would not tolerate dissent.

08 June 2015 • 14:11 AMT
Muse’s new album “Drones” streaming online in full

The Devonshire space-rock trio this week drop their seventh LP, featuring the likes of “Dead Inside”, “Psycho”, “Mercy” and “Reapers”.

08 June 2015 • 14:06 AMT
Oscar-winning composer Morricone to premiere Mass for pope, Jesuits

Over his lengthy career, Morricone has composed the scores for a number of Oscar-winning films, including “The Mission”.

08 June 2015 • 13:53 AMT
UN chief urges respect for human rights when fighting terror

Ban Ki-moon said targeting entire minorities increases bitterness, radicalism and extremism within those communities.

08 June 2015 • 13:52 AMT
Lavrov: Eurasian Economic Union may get UN GA observer status in fall

UN General Assembly observer status has been granted to such organizations as the CIS, OSCE, the League of Arab States and the EU.

08 June 2015 • 13:37 AMT
Government inks deal to sell Vorotan Cascade HPP

The total cost of the final deal is over AMD 85.8 billon to be paid in two equal halves, after completion of the deal formalities.

08 June 2015 • 13:24 AMT
VivaCell-MTS, MobiDram install 50 terminals throughout Armenia

Using the terminals the customers can pay for mobile phone, utility, satellite and cable TV as well as Internet services.