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25 September 2014 • 07:00 AMT
FBI says U.S. mass shooting deaths increased dramatically

The average number of deaths in such incidents was also higher over the last seven years, including 90 killed in 2012.

25 September 2014 • 06:56 AMT
Barbra Streisand tops Billboard 200 as album sells 196,000 copies

Streisand now ties with Elvis Presley who also has 10 No. 1 album on Billboard 200. The two stars follow Jay-Z who has 13.

25 September 2014 • 06:45 AMT
Alibaba e-commerce giant founder Jack Ma could get biopic treatment

Jack Ma just became the richest man in China thanks to his company’s record-breaking IPO-offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

25 September 2014 • 06:40 AMT
IS militants advance in Syria despite air strikes

U.S. President Barack Obama asked the world to join together to fight the militants and vowed to keep up military pressure against them.

24 September 2014 • 13:52 AMT
EU increasing urgency of Iran gas import as relations thaw

Russia is currently Europe’s biggest supplier of natural gas, meeting a third of its demand worth $80 billion a year.

24 September 2014 • 13:28 AMT
Azeri democracy: “historic truth” at a bargain

Azerbaijani Cultural Society planted a tree in Canada, with a plaque at the bottom of it commemorating the victims of so-called “Khojaly Tragedy.”

24 September 2014 • 12:30 AMT
NATO sees ‘significant withdrawal’ of Russian troops from eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian officials have repeatedly stated that thousands of heavy-armed Russian troops remain positioned on Ukraine’s eastern border.

24 September 2014 • 12:19 AMT
“Human Capital” neo-noir thriller selected as Italy’s foreign Oscar bid

Paolo Virzi’s Human Capital earned a slew of national awards this year with his film, including seven wins at the David di Donatello awards.

24 September 2014 • 12:05 AMT
European law enforcers arrest over 1,000 in assault on organized crime

Rob Wainwright said the operation “has led I think to a very significant attack on the whole criminal infrastructure in Europe.”

24 September 2014 • 11:45 AMT
Viggo Mortensen in talks for Tarantino’s “Hateful Eight”?

Samuel L Jackson and Kurt Russell are expected to appear in the film about a group of outlaws who take shelter in a remote saloon during a blizzard.

24 September 2014 • 11:28 AMT
Armenian, Iranian FMs meet in New York amid new cooperation projects

Preparations for the Tehran-hosted Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental Committee session were on the discussion agenda.

24 September 2014 • 11:26 AMT
Israelis, Palestinians to hold next round of talks late October: envoy

“There was an agreement to resume talks in the second half of October,” Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Fayed Mustafa said.

24 September 2014 • 09:49 AMT
Air strikes hit IS-held territory in Syria near Turkish border: monitor

IS, which has captured land in Syria and Iraq, launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani last week.

24 September 2014 • 09:34 AMT
Corruption investigation against Sarkozy suspended

Although Sarkozy has kept a low profile since leaving office, he has faced a series of investigations that involve him in some capacity.

24 September 2014 • 09:23 AMT
Jordanian military court clears radical cleric of terrorism charges

The 53-year-old preacher was acquitted in June in another case, a foiled 1999 plan to attack an American school in Amman.

24 September 2014 • 09:12 AMT
Samsung “pulling out of laptop business within Europe”

The company will no longer sell Ativ Windows and Chromebook devices in the region due to the overall PC market decline.

24 September 2014 • 09:09 AMT
Google adds new info snippets to web searches

The feature is still in its early days at the moment, with only some searches bringing up content, depending on the information’s origin.

24 September 2014 • 08:54 AMT
John Hawkes, Elle Fanning in “Low Down” Sundance drama trailer

“Low Down” tells the story of Amy-Jo Albany (Fanning) and the relationship with her father, legendary jazz pianist Joe Albany (Hawkes).

24 September 2014 • 08:44 AMT
“Whiplash” helmer to direct 1st moonwalker Neil Armstrong bio

Developed by Universal, the movie about the first person to walk on the moon is scripted by Josh Singer (“The Fifth Estate”).

24 September 2014 • 08:41 AMT
Japan imposing additional sanctions on Russia

A visit to Japan by Russian President Vladimir Putin, widely expected to take place in September, now appears unlikely.

24 September 2014 • 08:30 AMT
“Chronicles of Narnia” helmer to adapt “Breath of Bones” comic series

Andrew Adamson also directed the first two Shrek features: he last helmed the Cirque du Soleil feature, “Worlds Away.”

24 September 2014 • 08:24 AMT
Poet Lola Koundakjian to attend int’l festival in Quebec

Lola Koundakjian’s poems have appeared in print and online and have been translated into French, Spanish and Ukrainian.

24 September 2014 • 08:21 AMT
Aaron Paul joins “The 9th Life of Louis Drax” bestseller adaptation

The film follows a psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall and finds himself drawn into a mystery.

24 September 2014 • 08:10 AMT
Magnolia Pictures nabs “The Little Death” Toronto Fest comedy

Josh Lawson’s directorial debut weaves together a story that explores a range of sexual fetishes and the repercussions that come with sharing them.

24 September 2014 • 08:09 AMT
Massachusetts universities to host conference on Genocide

The conference “Manufacturing Denial and the Assault on Scholarship and Truth” will take place on October 24-25, 2014.

24 September 2014 • 07:45 AMT
Armenian, Azeri FMs talk Karabakh settlement in New York

French President Francois Hollande’s initiative to host talks between the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Paris was discussed.

24 September 2014 • 07:34 AMT
Adobe upgrades Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements apps

Both applications benefit from a new “guided edits” feature that walks you through a variety of tasks within the software.

24 September 2014 • 07:26 AMT
“True Detective” hit series Season 2 casting draws mixed reactions

In the 2nd season of the series “3 police officers and a career criminal must navigate a web of conspiracy in the aftermath of a murder.”

24 September 2014 • 07:20 AMT
Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” stars reunite for “Social Suicide”

Inspired by Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, the film centers on a police investigation of the murder-suicides of social-media-savvy teenagers.

24 September 2014 • 07:07 AMT
EU increases aid to Syrian refugees by $280mln

EU Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva said “the conflict in Syria continues unabated, and the needs of the Syrian people grow inexorably.”