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05 June 2013 • 08:35 AMT
Pixar’s “Monsters University” to open Shanghai Film Festival

The Chinese-language, 3D version of the film will be screened June 15 as the curtain-raiser for the nine-day festival.

05 June 2013 • 08:31 AMT
Keira Knightley to join Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game”

Morten Tyldum is directing the indie drama, which sees Black Bear Pictures adapting the book “Alan Turing: The Enigma.”

05 June 2013 • 08:21 AMT
iPhone “can be hacked with modified phone charger,” researchers warn

The team at Georgia Tech claim that they managed to exploit weaknesses in the handset’s security in less than a minute.

05 June 2013 • 08:15 AMT
Sony rolls out Xperia M budget smartphone

The Sony Xperia M will offer competitive hardware specs at what the firm claims is a “new price point”, but the specific cost is yet to be divulged.

05 June 2013 • 08:08 AMT
Yerevan to host Armenian-Croatian business forum

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with a newly appointed Croatian envoy to Armenia Ivan Starcevic (residence in Athens).

05 June 2013 • 07:46 AMT
Pope Francis reiterates recognition of Armenian Genocide

Seven years ago then Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio urged Turkey to recognize the Genocide.

05 June 2013 • 07:37 AMT
1st look at Helena Bonham Carter, Dominic West in “Burton and Taylor”

The movie follows the famous Hollywood couple during their fill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of the Noel Coward play “Private Lives.”

05 June 2013 • 07:21 AMT
Armie Hammer in Johnny Depp’s “Lone Ranger” featurette

“The Lone Ranger” rides into theaters, with Johnny Depp starring as Native American sidekick Tonto, on July 3.

05 June 2013 • 07:09 AMT
Aram Avagyan beats Gamal Yafai at European boxing championships

Hovhanees Danielyan (49 kg), Narek Abgaryan (52 kg) and Ara Pluzyan (64 kg) dropped out of championships.

05 June 2013 • 06:59 AMT
Vic Darchinyan rumored to face Guillermo Rigondeaux

Rigondeaux upset highly regarded prospect Orlando Del Valle last September with a ten round decision.

05 June 2013 • 06:49 AMT
25 arrested in Turkey for protest calls in Twitter

In early hours of June 5 morning, the protesters surrounded Erdogan’s offices in both cities and defied police warnings to disperse.

05 June 2013 • 06:39 AMT
Moscow subway station closed due to fire, evacuation underway

According to Moscow emergencies service, a fire broke out in a tunnel between Biblioteka Imeni Lenina and Okhotny Ryad.

05 June 2013 • 06:30 AMT
China launches EU wine dumping probe

The commerce ministry gave no immediate details about the scope or timeline of its EU wine investigation.

05 June 2013 • 06:21 AMT
Jack White pays $142,000 tax bill for Detroit Masonic Temple

The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. It takes up an entire block and has more than 1,000 rooms.

05 June 2013 • 06:11 AMT
Syrian rebel chief says his men can fight Hezbollah in Lebanon

Gen Selim Idriss of Free Syrian Army said Hezbollah fighters were “invading” Syria and Lebanon did nothing to stop them.

05 June 2013 • 05:55 AMT
Sources say Japan to issue $3 billion inflation-linked bonds

Japan has suspended inflation-linked bonds since 2008 when the global financial crisis caused their prices to plunge.

05 June 2013 • 05:37 AMT
France, Britain confrim use of nerve gas sarin in Syria

It was the most specific claim by any Western power about chemical weapons attacks in the 27-month-old conflict.

05 June 2013 • 05:23 AMT
Biden urges Turkey’s government to respcet protesters’ rights

Biden: Turkey has a chance to demonstrate that there’s no need to choose between economic advancement and democracy.

04 June 2013 • 17:36 AMT
Audrey Tautou’s “Mood Indigo” to open Karlovy Vary Film Fest

Billed as a poetic fantasy about making sacrifices for a loved one, the movie marks Michel Gondry’s return to filmmaking.

04 June 2013 • 17:25 AMT
Iran summons Qatari envoy after “terrorist plot” arrests

Tehran accuses Western and Arab states of fomenting terrorism in Syria by arming rebels caught up in the two-year-old revolt against Assad.

04 June 2013 • 17:12 AMT
FBI missed Boston Marathon warning, Russia said

Officials had previously backed Putin’s statement that Russia had no information that could have prevented the attacks.

04 June 2013 • 16:52 AMT
Intel unveils next-generation Haswell processors

The firm says the chips offer improved battery life and a leap in graphics power over the previous generation.

04 June 2013 • 16:30 AMT
Toshiba rolls out trio of Excite tablets

The Excite Pro spearheads the line, offering an Nvidia Tegra 4 processor with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage.

04 June 2013 • 16:19 AMT
U.S. blacklists private companies providing revenue to Iranian govt.

Any foreign financial institutions dealing with them risk getting cut off from the U.S. financial system.

04 June 2013 • 16:08 AMT
Country music star Taylor Swift to perform at Rolling Stones’ concert

After their Chicago concert, the Rolling Stones will next perform one show each in Toronto and Montreal in Canada.

04 June 2013 • 15:59 AMT
1st look at President Nixon in “X-Men: Days of Future Past”

Ellen Page, Anna Paquin and Shawn Ashmore will return in the new movie to reprise their roles as Rogue, Kitty Pryde and Iceman respectively.

04 June 2013 • 15:52 AMT
Artsakh Information Technologies Center construction is progress

President Sahakyan stressed the importance of the institution in the development of information technologies in Artsakh.

04 June 2013 • 15:41 AMT
Aztag editor-in-chief hails Armenian peacekeepers deployment in Lebanon

“Armenia’s presence in international actions and organizations is a call of the times,” Shahan Kandaharian said.

04 June 2013 • 15:29 AMT
Leonardo DiCaprio to join Colin Firth in “The Secret Service”?

DiCaprio can currently be seen in Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” adaptation; he will next star in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

04 June 2013 • 15:23 AMT
1st look at Jude Law, Richard E Grant in “Dom Hemingway” dark comedy

Jude Law stars in the film as a “funny, profane, dangerous” safe cracker, who has recently completed a 12-year jail sentence.