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17 October 2014 • 11:42 AMT
Porsche rents out Sistine Chapel for charity event

Built by Pope Sixtus IV between 1473 and 1484, the chapel has traditionally been used as the pope’s private place of prayer and for conclaves.

17 October 2014 • 11:24 AMT
Kremlin: Putin’s talks with EU, Poroshenko “full of disagreements”

Kremlin spokesman said “certain participants” had taken an “absolutely biased, non-flexible, non-diplomatic” approach to Ukraine.

17 October 2014 • 10:56 AMT
FM comments on Azeri-suggested “expert-level peace talks”

Edward Nalbandian met the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

17 October 2014 • 10:35 AMT
Scarlett Johansson courted to topline “Ghost in the Shell” novel adaptation

“Ghost in the Shell” follows augmented-cybernetic human named Major Kusanagi who fights criminals in a futuristic cyberpunk world.

17 October 2014 • 10:31 AMT
“In the Heart of the Sea” teaser features Chris Hemsworth

“In the Heart of the Sea” tells the true story of the events that inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick.

17 October 2014 • 10:17 AMT
Angelina Jolie’s true-story pic “Unbroken” unveils new trailer

It chronicles the story of American hero Louis Zamperini as the delinquent-turned-champion survived endless tortures at the hands of his captors.

17 October 2014 • 09:55 AMT
Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” crosses $700 million mark worldwide

“Guardians,” starring Chris Pratt, is the third Walt Disney Studios release of 2014 to pass the $700 million mark and the sixth in the last 18 months.

17 October 2014 • 09:44 AMT
Mark Zuckerberg was once on CNN list of ’10 People Who Don’t Matter’

In July 2014, Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index reported that Zuckerberg was richer than Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

17 October 2014 • 09:31 AMT
Apple rolls out iMac with Retina display

The machine features an eye-popping resolution of 14.7 million pixels, seven times that of an HD television set.

17 October 2014 • 09:13 AMT
Azerbaijan “affronted” over U.S. criticism of human rights violations

“The U.S. intervention in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan is absolutely unacceptable,” the acting Azeri Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

17 October 2014 • 08:55 AMT
Thailand announces plans to build one of world’s tallest skyscrapers

The developer intends the tower as the center of a new business, shopping and residential district in Bangkok costing $3.1B.

17 October 2014 • 08:45 AMT
Turkey declares roadmap, hopes to set Kurdish peace bid on track

“Our government’s resolve and sincerity about the resolution process is going on in the same way,” AKP deputy chair said.

17 October 2014 • 08:28 AMT
U.S. troops “found 5,000 chemical weapons in Iraq in 2004-2011”

According to a report, at least 17 American service members and seven Iraqi police officers were exposed to nerve or mustard agents in Iraq after 2003.

17 October 2014 • 08:05 AMT
Iran says is against extending troubled nuke talks

The deal being sought, after more than a decade of rising tensions, is meant to ease concerns that Iran might be able to develop nuclear weapons.

17 October 2014 • 07:54 AMT
UN chief launches appeal for funds to help fight Ebola

WHO has said it is “ramping up” efforts to prevent Ebola spreading beyond the three countries most affected by the deadly virus.

16 October 2014 • 15:05 AMT
Google announces Android-powered Nexus console

The Nexus Player comes with a Bluetooth remote with voice search, while users can purchase an optional game controller for the system.

16 October 2014 • 14:46 AMT
Facebook rolls out new Safety Check feature

The social networking site was inspired by the way people used technology and social media in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

16 October 2014 • 14:38 AMT
Armenian-Polish defense equipment production venture launched

Seyran Ohanyan voiced confidence for the new company’s expansion to enable exports to Eurasian Union states.

16 October 2014 • 14:08 AMT
Sukhumi Armenian community head appointed Abkhazia Deputy PM

Armenians comprise the 2nd biggest community in Abkhazia, their number officially totaling 40,000, approximately one-fifth of the country’s population.

16 October 2014 • 14:00 AMT
Michael Jackson tops Forbes Highest-Earning Dead Celebrity list

Also making into the list are Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Steve McQueen and James Dean among other famous figures.

16 October 2014 • 13:49 AMT
Joaquin Phoenix’s “Inherent Vice” scores AFI Fest centerpiece gala

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s film stars Phoenix as a perpetually stoned private eye in a Southern California beach community in the late ’60s.

16 October 2014 • 13:34 AMT
Jennifer Lawrence visits District 12 ruins “Mockingjay: Part 1″ teaser

The teaser begins with a voiceover between Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Alma Coin (Julianne Moore).

16 October 2014 • 13:28 AMT
Christian Bale may play Steve Jobs in Aaron Sorkin-scripted bio

Bale, who won an Oscar for David O. Russell’s “The Fighter,” will next be seen in Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”

16 October 2014 • 13:10 AMT
Iran reports progress in “very difficult” nuke talks in Vienna

Mohammad Javad Zarif said he would next meet with John Kerry and Catherine Ashton in three-four weeks’ time.

16 October 2014 • 12:58 AMT
Putin visits Serbia for Belgrade liberation military parade

The Russian President is due to meet a number of foreign leaders at an Asia-Europe summit in the Italian city of Milan.

16 October 2014 • 12:46 AMT
First Nagorno Karabakh Group announced in European Parliament

Several Members of the European Parliament have committed to the group’s membership, with MEP Frank Engel from the EPP Group heading it.

16 October 2014 • 12:40 AMT
Orphan Rug reference to massacres in Ottoman Empire: U.S. official

The Ghazi Rug, which is also known as the Armenian Orphan Rug, was a labor of love by orphans who were rescued from the Genocide.

16 October 2014 • 11:06 AMT
Australian researchers push powerful quantum computers closer to reality

The Australian researchers claim to have reached an operational accuracy of 99% using two new types of quantum bits, or “qubits”.

16 October 2014 • 10:38 AMT
Netflix’s share price plummets over failure to meet target subscriptions

The online streaming service added 3 million new streamers between July and September, but this figure was below the forecast of 3.69 million.

16 October 2014 • 10:24 AMT
“Harry Potter” spinoff “Fantastic Beasts” confirmed for trilogy

Marking Rowling’s screenwriting debut, the spinoff is set in an extension of her familiar wizarding world, featuring magical creatures.