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02/03/2022

One of the world's largest aerospace manufacturers is cutting ties with its Russian partners. Boeing

19/02/2022

Hexact: Armenian data company makes Google BigQuery accessible and launches an API marketplace

Hexact data company marked the 3rd year of its operations with a new strategy, which promises cuttin

10/10/2020

donates $1 million to

Kim Kardashian is donating $1M to Armenia Fund. She made the announcement in a video messages shared

10/10/2020

Further evidence of Syrian mercenaries fighting against Artsakh

The Armenian Unified Infocenter has presented footage, further proving that Syrian mercenaries are f

10/03/2020

Ryanair to suspend all international Italian flights from March 13

Ryanair today (Tues 10 Mar) announced the suspension of its full flight schedule to/from and within Italy, following the decision of the Italian Government to “lock down” the entire country to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus. These additional cuts will be implemented as follows: From

24/11/2019

At least 24 people have died after a passenger plane crashed into houses in Goma city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials say, the BBC reports. Residents on the ground, including four family members, were among the victims. https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1198583292519432

21/04/2019

At least six explosions have been reported. Three churches in Kochchikade, Negombo and Batticaloa were targeted during Easter services.

30/04/2018

Sevak Khanagyan, who represents Armenia at the 2018 Song Contest, held his first rehearsal on stage today

Sevak Khanagyan, who represents Armenia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, held his first rehearsal on stage today. He will represent his country with the song 'Qami'. Singer-songwriter Sevak Khanagyan was born in 1987 in Metsavan, Armenia. On the 25th of February he won the Armenian national sel

27/10/2017

Armenia announces national selection for Eurovision 2018

Armenia announces national selection for Eurovision 2018

Armenian broadcaster AMPTV has announced that it is launching a second series of the national selection Depi Evratesil. Depi Evratesil (To Eurovision), the Armenian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, was launched last year and saw hundreds of applications from around the world. T

01/06/2017

World's Largest Airplane is Rolled Out

Stratolaunch Aircraft First Roll out. World’s Largest Plane by Wingspan. Paul Allen's Stratolaunch airplane emerges from its hangar in Mojave, California, on...

19/05/2017

Texas recognizes the Armenian Genocide

Texas becomes the 46ths US State to recognie thee Armnian Genocide

The Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 191, titled “Recognizing the Armenian Genocide,” on May 19, thus making The Lone Star State the 46th state in the U.S. to officially classify and commemorate the 1915-1923 annihilation of Ottoman Turkey’s indigenous Armenian comm

08/04/2016

Azeri drones seen flying over Stepanakert

Azeri drones seen flying over Stepanakert

"Even as the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chais were holding a meeting with NKR President Bako Sahakyan, Azerbaijani drones were flying over capital Stepanakert," Spokesman for the NKR President David Babayan told Public Radio of Armenia. "Azerbaijan is thus presenting itself as a unrelible

07/03/2016

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released a series of photographs of their trip to the French Alps – their first family holiday since the birth of Princess Charlotte, the BBC reports. The six family photographs were taken after the royals arrived in the Alps for a short holiday on Wednesday ni…

06/03/2016

billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death

Billionaire Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, justice officials say, the BBC reports. He was arrested in December 2013 after accusations that he withheld billions in oil revenue channelled through his companies. He denies the allegations. Zanjani, 42, was…

05/03/2016

Methane snow discovered on Pluto’s peaks

NASA – One of Pluto’s most identifiable features, Cthulhu (pronounced kuh-THU-lu) stretches nearly halfway around Pluto’s equator, starting from the west of the great nitrogen ice plains known as Sputnik Planum. Measuring approximately 1,850 miles (3,000 kilometers) long and 450 miles (750 kilometer…

05/03/2016

police raid critical Zaman newspaper in Istanbul

Turkish police have raided the offices of the opposition Zaman newspaper, hours after a court ruling placed it under state control, the BBC reports. Police entered the building in Istanbul late on Friday, firing tear gas at protesters who had gathered outside. Zaman is closely linked to the Hizmet m…

04/03/2016

Identity Magazine – Cairo is an enchanted land overflowing with buildings and monuments that are just waiting to be penned into a fairy tale. If you want to feel like you’re walking through the pages of a storybook, you should visit these places on this magical list. Here are some places in Cairo we…

03/03/2016

An Emirates Airbus A380 jet has made what is believed to be the current longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance, the BBC reports. The plane covered about 14,200km (8,824 miles) when it touched down in Auckland, New Zealand on Wednesday. It was expected to be the world’s longest non-…

03/03/2016

A team of refugees will compete at this summer’s Olympics in Rio, the BBC reports. A total of 43 prospective athletes have been identified for the Team of Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA), which will compete under the Olympic flag. “By welcoming ROA to the Olympic Games in Rio, we want to send a messa…

01/03/2016

Leonardo briefly lost his last night

Newly minted Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio partied so hard after his big win he reportedly left his Oscar at a bar. He attended the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, followed by Ago restaurant in WeHo. Long-time pal Tobey Maguire was there along with Leo’s mates Vincent Laresca, Lukas Haas and nightclub hon…

01/03/2016

unveils the world’s fastest super car

HUH Magazine – At this year’s Geneva Motor Show, Bugatti unveiled the Chiron – the “most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car in the world. Equipped with a unique eight-liter W16 engine and four large turbochargers, the kicks out an incredible 1,500 horsep…

29/02/2016

to cut off users by the end of 2016

Aple Insider – Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry suffered another blow on Monday as megapopular messaging service WhatsApp announced that it would no longer offer support for any BlackBerry platform after the end of this year. The purge includes BlackBerry 10, the latest version of the company’…

29/02/2016

marks February 29

Just like the Olympics, it happens every four years, and Google has marked this quadrennial occasion with its search engine doodle recognising February 29. Showing one bunny jumping over another two, this cute doodle celebrates the Leap Year, which brought the Gregorian calendar into line with the s…

29/02/2016

Leonardo finally wins first

Leonardo DiCaprio has finally won his first Oscar for survival epic The Revenant, after six nominations. He was named best actor at the 88th Academy Awards, with Brie Larson named best actress Oscar for Room. Spotlight took home the best picture Oscar with Mad Max: Fury Road picking up the most awar…

27/02/2016

Guns fall silent in

Reuters – Guns mostly fell silent in Syria and Russian air raids stopped on Saturday, the first day of a cessation of hostilities that the United Nations has described as the best hope for peace in five years of civil war. Under the U.S.-Russian accord accepted by President Bashar al-Assad’s governm…

26/02/2016

TECHNOLOGY
now lets you blur random objects in videos

TechChrunch – Back in 2012, Youtube added a new feature that allows you to automatically blur all faces in a video. Today, it’s going a step further: you can now draw a rectangle around any object in a video and YouTube will then blur it and automatically follow it as it moves through a scene. …

26/02/2016

Gianni # succeeds Sepp as President

Switzerland’s Gianni Infantino has succeeded countryman Sepp Blatter as Fifa president, the BBC reports. The Uefa secretary general polled 115 votes in round two, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa. Prince Ali bin al-Hussein was third with four, while Jerome Champagne fa…

26/02/2016

'Holy Grail' record to be auctioned

The 78 RPM record was the first Beatles disc to be cut

26/02/2016

Discovery News – Sea sponges, widely considered the first animals on Earth, now have some extra ammunition to back up that belief. A molecule present in 640-million-year-old rocks comes from a simple sea sponge, according to genetic analysis done by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) resear…

25/02/2016

ship with 68 aboard stranded off

CNN – It’s bad enough being stuck in a blizzard. It’s worse when you’re on a ship that has run aground. But it’s a whole new level of distress when that ship is stuck during a blizzard in one of the world’s most remote locations, Antarctica. Two years after coming to the rescue of dozens similarly …