Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said, the BBC reports.
The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world’s best-known sportsmen, died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix, Arizona, after being admitted on Thursday.
He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson’s disease.
The funeral will take place in Ali’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his family said in a statement.
Manchester United have joined the likes of Arsenal in the race to sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Borussia Dortmund this summer, according to reports.
The Red Devils are preparing to bring in a number of players during the summer transfer window as Jose Mourinho looks to stamp his authority at Old Trafford.
Arsenal, Tottenham and Juventus are also believed to be in the running to land Mkhitaryan this summer.
But is now reporting that United have already made enquiries about the player’s situation as Mourinho looks to secure his first signing since being appointed as the club’s new manager last week.
A dagger entombed alongside the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was made with iron that came from a meteorite, researchers say, the BBC reports.
The weapon was one of a pair of daggers discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1925 within the burial wrappings of the teenaged king.
The origin of its unrusted iron blade has baffled scientists because such metalwork was rare in ancient Egypt.
Tutankhamun was mummified more than 3,300 years ago.
Italian and Egyptian researchers used “a non-invasive X-ray technique” to confirm the composition of the iron without damaging it, according to a study published in the journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
Twitter is overhauling some of its rules to try to make itself simpler to use and more attractive to newcomers.
Members will be able to add multimedia to tweets – including pictures and videos – without eating into the 140-characters-a-post limit.
The service is also changing the way it handles conversations between users.
Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey told the his aim was to ensure that “when people tweet, it makes sense”.
The changes, as outlined by Twitter, will be:
In addition, any new tweet – ie one that isn’t a reply to someone else’s tweet – that starts with a username will now be seen by all of a person’s followers.
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following statement in the run up to the meetings led by the Foreign Ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chair countries with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev regarding Nagorno Karabakh.
“Everything we have seen in the forty-five days since Azerbaijan launched its April 2nd offensive confirms that Ilham Aliyev is hell-bent on conquest, that he’ll only leverage concessions by Nagorno Karabakh to intensify his attacks, and that the OSCE, the international community, and – sadly – our own U.S. government are all unable or unwilling to confront ongoing Azerbaijani ceasefire violations that continue to claim lives on all sides. Given Azerbaijan’s track record of escalating violence, we remain profoundly opposed to one-sided deals that require Nagorno Karabakh to make up-front, strategic, and irrevocable security concessions in return for deferred, vague, and reversible Azerbaijani promises regarding Artsakh’s future status.”
“We remain supportive of the OSCE platform and hopeful for progress in today’s talks and the timely implementation of concrete confidence building measures – including the placement of a ceasefire monitoring systems at the line of contact and an agreement on the non-deployment of snipers, heavy arms and new weaponry.”
Two pieces of aircraft debris found on beaches in Mauritius and South Africa almost certainly came from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, say Malaysian and Australian officials, the BBC reports.
It is the latest development in efforts to solve the mystery of the aircraft, which went missing in March 2014.
The plane, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, had 239 people on board when it vanished.
It is presumed to have crashed into the sea after veering off course.
Three ships are searching a 120,000 sq km area of the southern Indian Ocean but have so far found no trace of the plane.
Five pieces of debris have been confirmed as definitely or probably from the plane.
Each was found thousands of miles from the search zone, though within the area models of ocean currents have indicated debris could wash up.
The Madrid Principles and the Kazan document are not acceptable after the situation created as a result of Azeri aggression and in the current geopolitical context, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Navasardyan said.
He believes it’s high time for Armenia to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
“If Armenia recognizes Karabakh’s independence today, in today’s reality there will be more countries to do so, and this will mark the start of a process.
According to Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute, political scientist Sergey Minasyan, recognition can be a restraining tool, and it will be unavoidable should Azerbaijan unleash large-scale war.
Canada is holding a number of events to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
On April 17 a large political gathering was held in Toronto, featuring representatives of the federal, regional and municipal authorities of Canada. The address of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was read out at the event, Armenian Ambassador to Canada Armen Yeganian told
On April 20 a book titled “Armenian Genocide and the Canadian Response” was presented at the Canadian parliament, the Ambassador informed.
Canadian Armenians from Toronto, Montreal Laval, Cambridge and other cities are gathering in capital Ottawa for a rally today. Representatives of the diplomatic corps have also been invited to attend the event.
The participants will march to the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa to demand recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Another march is scheduled for May 8 in Montreal; a number of Canadian Ministers are expected to participate in the event.
On April 30 a cross-stone dedicated to the Armenian genocide victims will be unveiled in the city of St. Catharines, Mr. Yeganian informed.
A new documentary about the Armenian Genocide will premiere this week in Glendale, the reports.
“The Other Side of Home,” directed by Naré Mkrtchyan, follows the journey of an Armenian filmmaker and a Turkish woman whose lives have been defined by the genocide, which began more than 100 years ago, according to a news release.
The premiere will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at MGN Five Star Cinema, 128 N. Maryland Ave. It will run through April 28.
“It was important for us to create a documentary that tells a personal story about how this history-altering event affects us still today,” Mkrtchyan said in a statement. “Making this film, I realized that the sad reality is that genocide does not end the moment the killing stops. The effects actually continue and pass from generation to generation.”
The project was produced by Feeln, a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards.
President of the Republic of Armenia, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Serzh Sargsyan visited the Ministry of Defense today.
Serzh Sargsyan was briefed on the steps the Armenian Armed Forces are taking. The President gave corresponding instructions.