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09 February 2015 • 05:52 AMT
BBC report: HSBC helped wealthy clients evade taxes

The documents include details of almost 7,000 British clients – and many of the accounts were not declared to the taxman.

07 February 2015 • 13:24 AMT
First look at Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey as “Elvis and Nixon”

In Liza Johnson’s comedy Spacey stars as the 37th president of the United States, while Michael Shannon plays the king of rock ‘n’ roll Elvis Presley.

07 February 2015 • 13:10 AMT
Versatile acquires “The Wonder Girls” Cold-War set drama

“The Wonder Girls” stars Thomas Kretschmann as the coach. Casting is under way for the four young female swimmer role.

07 February 2015 • 12:50 AMT
Brad Pitt teaming with Robert Zemeckis for romantic thriller

At the time of writing, details of the film’s plot are still kept under wraps, except that it is set in World War II.

07 February 2015 • 12:35 AMT
Memento Films Intl. nabs Alvaro Longoria’s “The Propaganda Game”

The film is a vision of North Korea shot largely in North Korea and portraying the country as a battleground for a propaganda war.

07 February 2015 • 12:06 AMT
Death toll in Syrian war rises to 210,060: monitor

The group’s chief, Rami Abdul Rahman, said the true toll on both sides was likely to be much higher — perhaps by more than 85,000.

07 February 2015 • 11:12 AMT
Baghdad bombings kill 25, wound 64

The incident comes ahead of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s decision to lift Iraq’s longtime curfew beginning at midnight Feb 8.

07 February 2015 • 11:02 AMT
HTC reports slender Q3 profits

HTC will announce its next flagship smartphone, believed to be the HTC One M9, at MWC 2015 on March 1.

07 February 2015 • 10:51 AMT
Microsoft “working on Cortana-enabled Office assistant app”

In a recent AMA on Reddit, Bill Gates revealed he is involved in the development of a new ‘Personal Agent’.

07 February 2015 • 10:39 AMT
“Game of Thrones”’ Jason Momoa to star in cannibal love story

“The Bad Batch” is a post-apocalyptic tale set in a Texas wasteland where a community of cannibals reside.

07 February 2015 • 10:24 AMT
J. K. Rowling solves mysteries behind “Harry Potter” on Twitter

She participated in “Harry Potter Book Night”, an event created to introduce new readers to the Wizarding World.

07 February 2015 • 10:13 AMT
Chris Pratt to join Jennifer Lawrence in space-set love story “Passengers”

“Prometheus” scribe Jon Spaihts wrote the script long before he wrote “Doctor Strange” for Marvel.

07 February 2015 • 09:50 AMT
HBO debuts “Silicon Valley” comedy series Season 2 promo

The video reveals that the success of the company at TechCrunch Disrupt at the end of season one doesn’t seem to change the group very much.

07 February 2015 • 08:38 AMT
Poroshenko says French-German peace proposal could work

Asked at the Munich Security Conference whether the initiative presented by Merkel and Hollande, Ukrainian President said: “Yes.”

07 February 2015 • 08:25 AMT
Japanese PM pledges to resolve island chain row with Russia

The seven-decade dispute over their ownership has kept Moscow and Tokyo from signing a post-war peace treaty.

07 February 2015 • 08:07 AMT
Kerry, Zarif meet to discuss developments in Iran nuke talks

“Secretary Kerry also reiterated our desire to move toward a political framework by the end of March,” the official said.

07 February 2015 • 07:54 AMT
Islamic State plans to kidnap more Westerners: report

The source said the terrorists want to go into countries such as Lebanon and Jordan and bring hostages back to Syria.

07 February 2015 • 07:24 AMT
OSCE MG Co-chairs call for ‘comprehensive talks’

“We noted with alarm the rising number of incidents along the line of contact and Armenia-Azerbaijan border,” the statement said.

07 February 2015 • 07:16 AMT
N. Korea test-fires new anti-ship cruise missile

Lewis was the first to spot what appeared to be an unconfirmed glimpse of the missile in a North Korean propaganda video.

07 February 2015 • 07:08 AMT
Gauguin painting sells for record $300mln

The small oil-rich state paid the previous highest price for a painting, a work by Paul Cezanne which sold for $259mln.

07 February 2015 • 06:53 AMT
Armenian groups target Genocide denial lobbyists

“Gephardt and Hastert should drop their Turkey contract, and, if they won’t, their clients should drop them,” Hamparian said.

06 February 2015 • 13:46 AMT
OSCE MG Co-Chair hails Armenia’s commitment to Karabakh peace

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with the OSCE MG Co-Chairs on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

06 February 2015 • 13:30 AMT
Turkish NGOs urge world leaders to go to Yerevan, not Gallipoli on Apr 24

“We want to face our history. We don’t want our children to be told lies,” the Human Rights Association deputy chair said.

06 February 2015 • 13:18 AMT
Armenian airports serve 133,574 passengers in Jan 2015

The negative balance of departures/arrivals was 5,130 people this January, compared to 6,763 in January 2014.

06 February 2015 • 13:04 AMT
Armenian villager dies in Azerbaijani ceasefire violation

Vanik Ghukasyan, aged 61 was shot dead in the front yard of his own house; the shelling continued into Feb 6.

06 February 2015 • 13:01 AMT
Biden says U.S., Europe need to stand together over Ukraine

“So we have to stand, we the United States and Europe as a whole, has to stand with Ukraine at this moment,” Biden said.

06 February 2015 • 12:47 AMT
Siemens to cut 7,800 administrative jobs worldwide

Siemens said the cuts would save 1 billion euros this year alone that the company could put into growth initiatives.

06 February 2015 • 12:21 AMT
Apple starts rollout of Photos for OS X

After the desktop app has been distributed to developers, it is set to enter public beta followed by a full release before summer.

06 February 2015 • 12:07 AMT
Google, toy company Mattel launching mysterious product

Press invites for the launch event depict a View-Master – a stereoscopic toy that dates back to the late 1930s – offering a potential clue about the venture.

06 February 2015 • 11:57 AMT
“Ex Machina” OST’s “Hacking/Cutting” song made available to stream

Ex Machina stars Domhnall Gleeson as coder Caleb, who wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat with his boss Nathan (Oscar Isaac).