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RT’S #ROMANOVS100 AR-BOOK WINS SHORTY SOCIAL GOOD AND EPICA AWARDS MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 26 — #Romanovs100 AR Family Photo Album, an augmented reality book created by RT’s #Romanovs100 multimedia project, has taken home a Shorty Social Good Award, which recognizes works with a socially positive impact, and an Epica Award, for achievements in marketing and advertising.  The #Romanovs100 book marks the centennial of the Russian royal family’s execution. It combines the photos taken in the beginning of the 20th century with the augmented reality technology. Through the Romanovs100 app readers can access over 60 AR elements of the book, including interactive galleries, colorized photos, and VR animations.  The #Romanovs100 book won in the Best use of Images category of Shorty Social G...

NATO needs ‘political unity to succeed,’ European diplomats say Top diplomats from Germany and Norway are pushing back at questions about NATO’s relevance, saying the alliance needs political cohesion to succeed, AP reports. Speaking at a forum in Berlin, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said on Tuesday that “everything we do as a military alliance, our strength as a military alliance, rests heavily on our ability to be politically united.” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas also says the “political unity of the alliance needs to be secured” because “a decoupling of American and European security would be in nobody’s interest.” French President Emmanuel Macron has recently joined US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the Western military allia...

Qatar could support Turkey’s plans to settle Syrian refugees, Erdogan says Qatar could back Turkey’s plans to settle more than a million Syrian refugees in northeast Syria after its offensive against Kurdish militia in the region, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, as cited by broadcaster NTV on Tuesday. Erdogan told journalists on his return flight from a visit to Doha that he presented his plans to Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, adding that “Mr Tamim liked our projects,” according to the report. Ankara launched a military incursion against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia last month, seizing a 120-km strip of land along its southeastern border. Turkey has urged Western allies to back its plans to build new towns in northeast Syria, where it says up to half of ...

#Stopviolenceagainstchildren: Pakistani celebrities demand justice for toddler girl in alleged kidnapping, rape and murder case A little girl in northern Pakistan died after spending four days in deep well, having allegedly been abducted and raped. Pakistani celebrities are joining protest by the family, demanding justice in the high-profile case. The horrific tragedy happened last week in Pakistan’s northern Mansehra District. A young girl name Jannat Bibi went missing when playing outside her family home in a village. Four days later she was found in an 80 feet (24 meter) deep dry well, still alive but in critical condition. The toddler died shortly afterwards, triggering a wave of outrage among locals, who went on a protest last Friday to demand ...