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26 May 2015 • 11:00 AMT
Sony introduces Xperia Z3+ featuring some hardware tweaks

Both cameras now use Sony’s Exmor sensor and the selfie camera has been upgraded from 2-megapixels to 5-megapixels.

26 May 2015 • 10:42 AMT
Netanyahu offers to resume talks with Palestinians

“Therefore negotiations should be resumed in order to define those areas in which we can build,” an official said.

26 May 2015 • 10:30 AMT
Mont Blanc becomes subject of world’s largest photograph

Italian snapper Filippo Blengini led an international team to the Alps to capture the gigantic panoramic image, which clocks in at a whopping 365 gigapixels.

26 May 2015 • 10:18 AMT
Turkish opposition party candidate shot in knee

Last week, a candidate from the ruling Justice and Development Party was stabbed while electioneering in Adana.

26 May 2015 • 10:12 AMT
Sharp’s ‘Health Cockpit’ rates your wellness while you sit

The high-tech seat is capable of monitoring key health stats including body mass, blood pressure and blood sugar levels.

26 May 2015 • 10:12 AMT
Iraq launches operation to drive IS out of Anbar province

The Islamic State group seized large parts of Anbar starting in early 2014 and captured Ramadi earlier this month.

26 May 2015 • 09:54 AMT
Munich Film Fest to pay tribute to Alexander Payne with retrospective

Payne’s last visit to the event was in 1997 when he won the High Hopes Award for “Citizen Ruth,” the predecessor of the festival’s CineVision Award.

26 May 2015 • 09:38 AMT
Channing Tatum reveals “X-Men” spin-off “Gambit” details

The actor will play Gambit, the kinetically charged, mutant Southern rake who is also known as Remy LeBeau.

26 May 2015 • 07:30 AMT
Italian masters drawings on view at Cantor Arts Center

The exhibit, which is organized thematically, includes a markedly broad spectrum of works, ranging from the early Renaissance to early Modernism.

26 May 2015 • 07:26 AMT
Sotheby’s to sell unique Pablo Picasso ceramics

In many works, Picasso achieves a level of abstraction which moves the ceramic objects into the realm of the purely sculptural.

26 May 2015 • 07:15 AMT
Closed trial of Washington Post reporter starts in Iran

American-Iranian reporter Rezaian, his wife Yeganeh Salehi and two photojournalists were detained on July 22 in Tehran.

26 May 2015 • 07:14 AMT
iOS 9 “to add transit navigation to Apple Maps”

Apple could officially announce the new Maps features at its Worldwide Developers Conference next month.

26 May 2015 • 07:07 AMT
Instagram to start emailing highlights

Instagram recently updated with three new filters on board and also started allowing emojis to be used in hashtags.

26 May 2015 • 06:55 AMT
High school play goes horribly wrong in “The Gallows” trailer

The upcoming film from Insidious and Sinister producer Jason Blum presents its frightening tale in the found footage format.

26 May 2015 • 06:53 AMT
China outlines strategy to boost offshore military capability

The paper said the military would strengthen security in areas critical to China’s overseas interests, without giving details.

26 May 2015 • 06:47 AMT
HTC likely planning new Desire series smartphone: report

The handset is expected to sport a 5.5in HD display and MediaTek MT6753T octa core processor, coupled with 2GB RAM.

26 May 2015 • 06:42 AMT
“Lawrence of Arabia” star Omar Sharif battling Alzheimer’s disease

He earned an Oscar nomination for his turn as Sherif Ali in David Lean’s iconic film, opposite Peter O’Toole in the title role.

26 May 2015 • 06:36 AMT
“True Detective” helmer leaves Stephen King’s “It” adaptation

The film is based on Stephen King’s sprawling 1986 novel about a group of preteens terrorized by a malevolent entity that prays on children.

26 May 2015 • 06:23 AMT
Animated film “Song of the Sea” wins top prize at IFTA awards

On the TV side, “Love/Hate” was a big winner across multiple categories, while Aidan Gillen was awarded a statue for his work on “Charlie.”

26 May 2015 • 06:13 AMT
Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ “Damascus Cover” attracts buyers at Cannes

Set in 1989, the pic focuses on a veteran spy sent undercover in Syria to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist and his family out of Damascus.

26 May 2015 • 06:03 AMT
Samsung Group announces merger of two major affiliates

The Lee family currently has a less than five percent stake in Samsung Electronics, a holding that will be boosted by the merger.

26 May 2015 • 05:52 AMT
Australia to pass law stripping citizenship from suspected terrorists

Australia has the third largest proportion of overseas-born residents of any country, following only Israel and Luxembourg.

26 May 2015 • 05:45 AMT
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” named 2nd highest grossing superhero movie

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” took the number seven slot in top grossing movies of all time internationally, grossing $860 million.

26 May 2015 • 05:14 AMT
Angry Erdogan tells New York Times ‘to know its place’

Erdogan blasted an “impolite” editorial in the New York Times last week which he said “literally gave orders to the U.S.”

26 May 2015 • 05:01 AMT
Apple promotes Jony Ive to chief design officer

Sir Jonathan has helped design products like the iPod, iPhone, iPad and smartwatch over the last couple of decades.

26 May 2015 • 04:53 AMT
Galapagos Islands volcano erupts first time in 33 years

Authorities said lava flowing in the southwest direction for now poses no risk to the world’s only population of pink iguanas.

26 May 2015 • 04:34 AMT
Vatican bank sees sharp jump in profits for 2014

The bank earned €69.3mln last year, compared to just €2.9mln in 2013, when it was hit by bad investments and clean-up costs.

26 May 2015 • 04:30 AMT
AMA to host lecture on “An Armenian Village, Khodorchur” exhibit

Gina Hablanian has a B.S. from Tufts University and an M.A. from the Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

25 May 2015 • 15:51 AMT
At least 7 killed, houses destroyed as tornado hits Mexican city

“There are cars on top of houses, there are dead people lying in the street, it is total chaos,” said a local resident.

25 May 2015 • 15:41 AMT
UK PM to meet European Commission head to discuss EU

A spokesperson said that the terms of Britain’s EU membership was not just a topic for consideration by the commission.