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19 September 2020 • 10:01 AMT
Lego ditches single-use plastics for package bricks

The company has committed to phasing out the plastic bags it currently uses to package bricks from 2021.

19 September 2020 • 09:25 AMT
Artsakh parliament will move to Shushi in 2022

Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan proposed to move the parliament to Shushi weeks ago.

19 September 2020 • 08:21 AMT
One person in every 1,500 in Japan is aged 100 or more

Nearly 1 in 1,500 people in Japan is now aged 100 or older, new data from the Japanese government shows.

19 September 2020 • 07:49 AMT
UK PM raises possibility of new lockdown

The R number, a measure of how many people on average a single patient will infect, rose to between 1.1 and 1.4.

19 September 2020 • 07:34 AMT
U.S. deploys reinforcements to Syria after Russia clashes

Incidents between U.S. and Russian forces that patrol that part of the country have escalated this year.

19 September 2020 • 07:05 AMT
Armenia: 244 new coronavirus cases, two deaths reported in the past day

A total of 3737 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control said.

18 September 2020 • 14:57 AMT
Tik Tok will be banned from the US app stores from Sept. 20

Besides TikTok, WeChat, a Chinese social media app, will also be removed from U.S. app stores from September 20.

18 September 2020 • 14:13 AMT
EBRD will provide €10.6m loan to Armenia for new border crossing point

The Chairman of the State Revenue Committee said the new border crossing point will be ready in 2023.

18 September 2020 • 13:54 AMT
Gyumri mayor, deputy mayor test positive for coronavirus

Mayor Samvel Balasanyan took a test on September 17 and is now receiving treatment at home.

18 September 2020 • 13:30 AMT
Qatar Airways resumes daily Yerevan services from Oct. 5

Qatar Airways had resumed Yerevan services with five weekly flights on September 13.

18 September 2020 • 12:27 AMT
Warsaw Stock Exchange planning to take over Armenia Securities Exchange

The final terms of the acquisition will depend on results of due diligence and necessary corporate approvals.

18 September 2020 • 12:16 AMT
Seoul will sue church linked to Covid-19 outbreak for $4m in damages

Seoul city announced plans to sue Sarang-jeil Church and its lead pastor Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon.

18 September 2020 • 11:25 AMT
Former Armenia police chief indicted for obstructing journalists’ work

Vladimir Gasparyan has cursed and threatened violence against the group of journalist preparing a report.

18 September 2020 • 10:22 AMT
Harari’s “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” translated into Armenian

The int’l bestseller “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” by Yuval Noah Harari has been translated into Armenian.

18 September 2020 • 09:56 AMT
Karabakh total coronavirus tally surpasses 350

311 people have so far recovered from the disease in Karabakh, while 79 others are quarantined.

18 September 2020 • 09:14 AMT
Yerevan slams Azerbaijan’s barring of ICRC visit to Armenian officer

Davit Tonoyan was meeting Claire Meytraud, the head of the ICRC Delegation to Armenia in Yerevan.

18 September 2020 • 08:39 AMT
U.N. food chief urges billionaires to step up to help world’s starving

Globally some 270 million people were headed toward the brink of starvation, David Beasley said.

18 September 2020 • 07:03 AMT
Wikipedia edits have massive impact on tourism – economists

Most of the content added was simply translated over from the Spanish Wikipedia into other languages.

18 September 2020 • 07:02 AMT
Armenia reports 239 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours

A total of 3769 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control said.

18 September 2020 • 07:00 AMT
San Francisco Armenian Church building set ablaze by arsonists

Armenian community officials said that the fire was started in three different areas on the building.

17 September 2020 • 15:13 AMT
Krisp makes it to Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars

It applies a machine learning system to audio in real time that has been trained on what is and isn’t the human voice.

17 September 2020 • 14:56 AMT
Mass killer Breivik applies for parole, announces new lawsuit

According to his lawyer, there will be a court hearing on whether Breivik is to be released.

17 September 2020 • 14:18 AMT
PM: Covid-19 cases grow amid expanded testing capacity in Armenia

Deputy Health Minister Lena Nanushyan said the coronavirus has now a reproduction number of 1.02․

17 September 2020 • 13:09 AMT
2020 Aurora Prize awarded to Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman

The two will receive a $1,000,000 award and a unique opportunity to continue the cycle of giving.

17 September 2020 • 12:52 AMT
Armenia: Top health official predicts spike in Covid-19 cases

The coronavirus has now a reproduction number of 1.02 in Armenia, Deputy Health Minister Lena Nanushyan said.

17 September 2020 • 11:50 AMT
Karabakh: Baku can’t involve Lebanese Armenians in political speculations

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has recently submitted a complaint to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.

17 September 2020 • 10:32 AMT
Charges brought against former rector of Yerevan State University

Aram Simonyan had the authority to manage the financial activity of the university and sign contracts.

17 September 2020 • 09:18 AMT
Karabakh announces four new Covid-19 infections

311 people have so far recovered from the disease in Karabakh, while 69 others are quarantined.

17 September 2020 • 09:14 AMT
Armenia PM, oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan trade accusations

The conflict flared up after Arayik Harutyunyan made a reference to Gagik Tsarukyan’s past.

17 September 2020 • 07:45 AMT
Sony announces PlayStation 5 price, release date

That November 12 release date will apply to the U.S., Japan, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea.