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19:00 23/04/2019
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the editorial office of "Azat Artsakh" republican newspaper and met with the staff

Issues related to the activity and future plans of the newspaper were on the discussion agenda.
Source: Central information department of the office of the Artsakh Republic President

18:38 23/04/2019
Lockheed Martin raises 2019 profit forecast, shares jump

The Pentagon’s top weapons supplier , which makes the stealthy F-35 jet, now expects full-year profit to range between $20.05 per share and $20.35 per share, compared with its previous forecast of $19.15 to $19.45.

18:16 23/04/2019
Ariana Grande got hit by a lemon during her Coachella set, and everyone suspects Beyonce fans

Last year, Beyonce headlined Coachella. That performance proved to be a good thing for Beyonce, her fans, and the festival, and a bad thing for literally anyone with the intention of headlining Coachella ever again.

17:45 23/04/2019
17:24 23/04/2019
Singapore PM promotes likely successor in Cabinet reshuffle

His office said Tuesday that Heng Swee Keat would be promoted to deputy prime minister. Heng has been finance minister since 2015. He will keep that post when the appointment takes effect on May 1.

17:21 23/04/2019
Artsakh Republic President B. Sahakyan attended the opening ceremony of an individual photo exhibition by Zaven Sargsyan,

director of The Yerevan Sergey Parajanov Museum, held in Stepanakert Gallery. The President noted with satisfaction that exhibitions of Zaven Sargsyan in Artsakh were of a periodic nature expressing hope that this tradition would be maintained in the future too.
Press release

16:38 23/04/2019
16:16 23/04/2019
Innovative child malaria vaccine to be tested in Malawi

The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites.

15:45 23/04/2019
Prince unfinished memoir set for release in 2019

Fifty handwritten pages, which Prince submitted a month before his death, will form the basis of the book, which has been "newly envisioned" as a scrapbook of his life.

15:01 23/04/2019
SS Iron Crown: WW2 shipwreck found off Australia

The SS Iron Crown, a naval freight ship, was hit by a torpedo off the state of Victoria in 1942, killing 38 people. Its five remaining crew members survived.

14:44 23/04/2019
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg dies aged 98

He had recently been admitted to hospital suffering from a pulmonary infection, and passed away surrounded by his family, the statement said.

14:26 23/04/2019
14:02 23/04/2019
Zelenskiy faces battles with Ukraine's hostile parliament

Andriy Sadovyi, head of the Samopomich party, the second largest opposition group in parliament, announced two days before the vote he was garnering support for a parliamentary bill to weaken the presidency.

13:41 23/04/2019
Sri Lanka detains Syrian in investigation of blasts; toll rises to 321

However, the focus of suspicion is falling on Islamist militants with links to foreign groups. U.S. intelligence sources said the attacks bore some of the hallmarks of the Islamic State extremist group.

13:28 23/04/2019
President B. Sahakyan attended a presentation on the conversion of lignite and polymer residues to hydrocarbons in Artsakh held by the National Polytechnic University of Armenia

National Assembly chairman Ashot Ghoulyan, minister of state Grigory Martirosyan and other officials were present at the event.
Central information department of the office of the Artsakh Republic President

13:00 23/04/2019
Greenland is melting even faster than experts thought, study finds

Forty percent to 50% of the planet's population is in cities that are vulnerable to sea rise, and the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is bad news for places like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Mumbai.

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