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04 March 2015 • 13:35 AMT
Armenia submitting resolution on prevention of genocides to UN

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Joachim Rücker, President of the Human Rights Council at his visit to Geneva.

04 March 2015 • 13:19 AMT
Uber planning to acquire mapping company

DeCarta would give Uber a choice of location and map services, as well as in-map search, location APIs, turn-by-turn navigation and more.

04 March 2015 • 13:10 AMT
Windows 10 will run on wearable devices

Windows Phone director Greg Sullivan said that the operating system is capable of scaling down to function on the smallest displays.

04 March 2015 • 11:26 AMT
French nuclear group Areva confirms record net losses of €4.8bn

Areva announced in Oct that it would cut investments and step up sales of non-strategic assets as it tries to shore up its finances.

04 March 2015 • 11:09 AMT
Putin calls for an end to ‘shameful’ political killings

The former Deputy Prime Minister, 55, was murdered last week. Putin’s aides have rejected suggestions that he had any involvement.

04 March 2015 • 11:05 AMT
Iranian, U.S. negotiators resume nuclear talks

Obama this week said that Iran would have to suspend its nuclear activities for at least a decade as part of any final agreement.

04 March 2015 • 10:57 AMT
Alibaba making push into U.S. cloud computing market

Although revenues from the U.S. business may be small at first, Dai said, “I think this is a good move, especially after their IPO.”

04 March 2015 • 09:26 AMT
Liam Hemsworth, Jessie Usher cast for “Independence Day” sequel

Usher is slated to portray the son of Will Smith’s Steven Hiller character from the 1996 original film.

04 March 2015 • 09:21 AMT
“Paddington” comedy becomes Studiocanal’s biggest theatrical earner

The film, which is budgeted at $55 million, passed the $236 million for “Non Stop,” making it Studiocanal’s high-grossing movie title.

04 March 2015 • 09:01 AMT
UCLA to host performance on Daredevils of Sassoun epic

UCLA is also home to the Armenian Music Program, with a course taught by Vatsche Barsoumian and an Armenian Music Ensemble.

04 March 2015 • 08:49 AMT
Blast at coal mine in eastern Ukraine kills over 30

The cause of the blast in the Zasyadko coal mine was not immediately clear. An explosion at Zasyadko in 2007 killed 106 people.

04 March 2015 • 07:44 AMT
China to boost military budget by about 10% in 2015

China says the spending is required to modernize the People’s Liberation Army – the world’s largest standing military.

04 March 2015 • 07:31 AMT
Modest Mouse premiere new song, announce tour

The track follows on from the previously shared ‘Lampshades on Fire’, ‘The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box’ and ‘The Best Room’.

04 March 2015 • 07:31 AMT
Erdogan ordered to pay $4,000 for insulting Armenia peace statue author

During his visit to the area, then-PM Erdogan pointed to the 35-meter-tall monument, called it “freakish” and demanded its removal.

04 March 2015 • 07:27 AMT
Metallica kick off reissue run with “No Life ‘Til Leather” cassette

The limited edition throwback drops on record store day before a series of CD and vinyl editions due for release this summer.

04 March 2015 • 07:23 AMT
Portishead, alt-J, Noel Gallagher to headline Latitude 2015

Caribou, James Blake, Manic Street Preachers, The Vaccines, Laura Marling and La Roux also feature on this year’s line-up.

04 March 2015 • 07:17 AMT
Muse tease new album Drones with Instagram pics

They’ve now posted a photo of a drone on Instagram, onto which they’ve placed their band’s logo in white.

04 March 2015 • 07:13 AMT
Twitter videos become embeddable externally for 1st time

The microblogging website introduced native video to the service in January, alongside a new group messaging feature.

04 March 2015 • 07:07 AMT
EPP adopts resolution condemning Armenian Genocide

The EPP calls on Turkey inter alia “to face history and finally recognize the ever-present reality of the Armenian Genocide”.

04 March 2015 • 06:50 AMT
Project Morpheus VR headset to be released in early 2016

The updated prototype features an OLED display at 1920×1080 pixels, meaning that all pixels have RGB sub-pixels for a “beautiful” HD image.

04 March 2015 • 06:43 AMT
Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander in “Ex Machina” trailer

Gleeson plays a programmer at an Internet search giant who wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company’s CEO.

04 March 2015 • 06:40 AMT
Adam Scott, Toni Collette to topline “Krampus” horror

“Krampus” tells the story of “a family that comes under attack from a Santa Claus-like ancient entity who punishes bad kids.”

04 March 2015 • 06:40 AMT
Stanford students to participate in Genocide commemoration in Turkey

Stanford University is making grants available to any student interested in joining these commemoration activities in Istanbul.

04 March 2015 • 06:33 AMT
1st look at Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone bio

Snowden, who has been granted political asylum in Russia, was an NSA contractor who leaked classified documents.

04 March 2015 • 06:23 AMT
Tribeca Film Festival announces first half of 2015 lineup

Chosen from 6,223 films, the announced lineup included feature films from 31 countries with 64 world premieres.

04 March 2015 • 06:18 AMT
Nvidia announces 4K Android TV gaming console Shield

The Shield also comes with 16GB of onboard storage, a MicroSD slot for cards up to 128GB, and 5GHz Wi-Fi connectivity.

04 March 2015 • 05:46 AMT
Sony plans to launch virtual-reality headset next year

The headset works in tandem with Sony’s PlayStation 4 and camera by covering users’ vision and simulating virtual worlds on screen.

04 March 2015 • 05:29 AMT
Iran rejects Obama’s nuclear demand as ‘unacceptable’

The two sides set a deadline of late March to reach a framework agreement and of June for a comprehensive final settlement.

03 March 2015 • 13:51 AMT
Netflix acquires Idris Elba war drama “Beasts of No Nation”

Elba, the star of BBC’s hit series “Luther,” recently starred in the African-set drama “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.”

03 March 2015 • 13:34 AMT
Switzerland, Australia agree on tax information exchange

Authorities around the world are cracking down on tax evasion, an effort that has picked up steam since the financial crisis.