“Oscar” will be held without a host this year, Daily Mail reports. The producers of the award ceremony noted that this year’s event should be like a movie, not a TV show. The Oscar, which has been postponed because of COVID, will be hosted by a small number of offline guests. The awards ceremony will …

Eric Esrailian, a well-known American-Armenian doctor and co-director of the David Geffen Medical Center at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), said in a Facebook post that the film “Francesco” about Pope Francis will be available from March 28. “I was honored to be here when Pope Francis prayed at the Armenian Genocide Memorial …

The death toll in an attack on villages in southwestern Niger has risen to at least 137 people, a government spokesman said Monday. The attack constitutes the deadliest suspected jihadi massacre to hit the African nation in recent times. “In treating civilian populations systematically as targets now, these armed bandits have gone a step further into horror and …

As of 11:00 am on March 23, a total of 185.020 cases of COVID has been confirmed, of which 169.172 have been cured and 3384 – fatal. 11.602 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 812.076 tests has been performed. Thus, 3.721 tests were performed yesterday, which confirmed 801 new cases of COVID. Since …

RA Ministry of Defense reports: “As we have already informed, оn March 21 in the conditions of a strong snowstorm, during the transition from one military base of the military unit N of the RA Armed Forces to another base, contact with the contract servicemen K. Shakhnazaryan and A. Oganisyan was lost. On the same …

Russian President Vladimir Putin will be vaccinated against Covid-19 tomorrow, Interfax reports. “Vaccination is a personal, voluntary decision of every person. In general, 6.3 million people in Russia have already been vaccinated with the first component, of which 4.3 million have received the first and second components of the vaccine,” Putin said. Presidential spokesman Dmitry …

Opposition “Bright Armenia” party member Gevorg Gorgisyan says he has been summoned by the National Security Service in connection with the capture of the National Assembly building. In a conversation with Factor.am, Gorgisyan said he did not know the details, but he is going to the NSS next week. He assumes there’s nothing to worry about. …

Artsakh’s Defense Army has published the names of 192 servicemen killed in action during the Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression in fall 2020. Asatryan Gevorg Hrach, born in 2000 Sargsyan Sos Armen, born in 2001 Khachatryan Samvel Seyran, born in 2002 Tonoyan Tonakan Levon, born in 2000 Vardanyan Arthur Mkhitar, born in 2001 Budoyan Vahan Andranik, born in …

Former President Donald Trump is planning to launch his own social-media platform within the coming months, longtime Trump adviser Jason Miller said during a Sunday appearance on Fox News “Media Buzz.”, Business Insider reports. “I do think we’re going to see President Trump returning to social media in probably about two or three months here …

During the transition from one military base to another, the connection with two contract servicemen was lost, the RA Ministry of Defense informs. “On March 21, in conditions of a strong snowstorm, during the passage from one military base of the military unit N of the RA Armed Forces to another base, the connection with …