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13:00 16/04/2019
First ever civilian helicopter-plane hybrid is coming next year

Billionaire and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly has said he wants one. An executive like Bloomberg could board a tilt-rotor near his home and fly at speeds higher than 300 mph to a meeting a thousand miles away.

12:43 16/04/2019
Capital Gazette wins for coverage of newsroom massacre

But there was no celebration as the Capital Gazette in Maryland learned on Monday it had won the most prestigious prize in American journalism.

12:29 16/04/2019
Dog rescued 220km from Thai coast by rig workers

The brown aspin swam towards the workers when they called out to him last Friday afternoon. He was then pulled to safety.

12:02 16/04/2019
Causes of cancer may leave 'fingerprints' in DNA, scientists say

Research raises hope that triggers of individual tumours could be pinpointed.

11:38 16/04/2019
Woman in 'gardening while black' case hires self-proclaimed alt-right lawyer

Deborah Nash is being represented by Kyle Bristow, who previously represented white supremacist Richard Spencer.

11:16 16/04/2019
Bernie Sanders and Beto O'Rourke release decade worth of tax returns

Returns shows Sanders’ family made $566,000 in 2018, while O’Rourke paid $81,000 in taxes on $366,00 in 2017.

10:27 16/04/2019
Fire guts Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Macron pledges to rebuild

Flames that began in the early evening burst rapidly through the roof of the eight-centuries-old cathedral and engulfed the spire, which toppled, quickly followed by the entire roof.

10:02 16/04/2019
Chevron says Dutch Supreme Court rejects Ecuador's $9.5 billion claim

Chevron said the Dutch court’s decision upholds rulings of two Dutch lower courts which rejected Ecuador’s attempts to annul those awards.

20:09 15/04/2019
Canadian tourist dies after Thailand zipline wire snaps

Authorities in Chiang Mai say the 25-year-old man was on holiday with his girlfriend and a group of friends.

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18:38 15/04/2019
Best Buy CFO to replace Hubert Joly as CEO

Joly was brought in from travel company Carlson Wagonlit in 2012 to turn around Best Buy that had been dogged by falling same-store sales and a takeover battle with founder Richard Schulze.

18:16 15/04/2019
Sub-Sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay' successfully test-fired

The state-of-the-art missile, which can be deployed from multiple platforms, was test-fired at 11.44 am from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore, sources in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said.

17:24 15/04/2019
Endangered whale experiencing mini-baby boom off New England

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest species of whale on the planet, numbering only about 411.

17:00 15/04/2019
Pete Buttigieg officially launches his 2020 US presidential bid

He held his launch event in South Bend, the Indiana town where he has served as mayor since 2012.

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Newmag to publish Henrikh Mkhitaryan's autobiography
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Mirzoyan congratulates Marco Rubio on his confirmation as US secretary of state
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Kindergarten fire in Armenian town forces evacuation of 117 children
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Opposition councilor accuses Yerevan authorities of 'shadowy dealings and favoritism'
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan celebrates 36th birthday
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Hotel fire at Turkey ski resort kills at least 10
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EU delegation briefed about situation on Armenian-Azeri border
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Armenian FM to travel to Moscow
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37 police officers sacked in Armenia last year
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Armenia's Parakar to hold snap elections in March
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15:45
Armine Kheranyan named new opposition MP
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MP Levon Kocharyan urges strong pressure on Baku to release Armenian prisoners
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14:36
Opposition MP pins unified map of Armenia and Artsakh to parliament rostrum
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14:21
January 20 a 'historic day' for the US, Armenian expert says
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13:45
Georgia signals willingness to revive relations with US under Trump
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13:34
Armenian defense minister's grandfather dies
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13:06
Ex-prosecutor in Robert Kocharyan's case quits Investigative Committee
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Bitcoin hits new all-time high
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12:15
Armenian students win 17 medals at International Zhautykov Olympiad
The 21st International Zhautykov Olympiad in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science was held in Astana, Kazakhstan, on January 13-17....

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