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11:55pm, 12th May, 2019

Sri Lanka blocks social media after worst anti-Muslim unrest since Easter bombings

Sri Lanka is temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, it said on Monday after attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the worst unrest since Easter bombings by Islamist militants.

New Zealand PM Ardern engaged to partner after Easter proposal

5:58am, 3rd May, 2019

World

New Zealand PM Ardern engaged to partner after Easter proposal

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is engaged to her longtime partner, fishing-show host Clarke Gayford, after a proposal over the Easter holidays, her spokesman said on Friday.

Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people after Easter bombings

7:54am, 26th April, 2019

World

Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people after Easter bombings

Sri Lankan police are trying to track down 140 people believed linked to Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels that killed 253 people, President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday.

Sri Lanka wakes to emergency law after Easter bombing attacks

10:23pm, 22nd April, 2019

World

Sri Lanka wakes to emergency law after Easter bombing attacks

Sri Lankans woke to emergency law on Tuesday as authorities searched for those behind suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 290 people at the weekend, with the focus turning to militants with links to foreign groups.

Box Office: 'Curse of La Llorona' Wins Worst Easter Weekend in Over a Decade

11:49am, 21st April, 2019

Entertainment

Box Office: 'Curse of La Llorona' Wins Worst Easter Weekend in Over a Decade

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Warner Bros. and New Line's "The Curse of La Llorona" ascended to the top of domestic box office charts, conjuring $26.5 million when it opened in 3,372 North American theaters.

11:07am, 21st April, 2019

Entertainment

U.S. Box Office: 'Curse of La Llorona' Wins Worst Easter Weekend in Over a Decade

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Warner Bros. and New Line's "The Curse of La Llorona" ascended to the top of domestic box office charts, conjuring $26.5 million when it opened in 3,372 North American theaters.

Bombs kill more than 200 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels on Easter Sunday

9:13am, 21st April, 2019

World

Bombs kill more than 200 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels on Easter Sunday

Over 200 people were killed and at least 450 injured in bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.

Queen celebrates 93rd birthday at Easter service

7:53am, 21st April, 2019

UK

Queen celebrates 93rd birthday at Easter service

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the world's oldest and longest reigning living monarch, celebrated her 93rd birthday on Sunday by attending the traditional Easter service at Windsor Castle.

Bombs kill 138, wound hundreds in Easter attacks on Sri Lanka churches, hotels

5:05am, 21st April, 2019

World

Bombs kill 138, wound hundreds in Easter attacks on Sri Lanka churches, hotels

Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and four hotels killed 138 people and wounded more than 400, hospital and police officials said, following a lull in major attacks since the end of the civil war 10 years ago.

Easter Day bomb blasts kill more than 20 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels

12:59am, 21st April, 2019

World

Easter Day bomb blasts kill more than 20 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels

Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three hotels killed more than 20 people and wounded nearly 300, a hospital official and police sources said.

Easter Island delegation heads to British Museum to lobby for statue return

6:22am, 16th November, 2018

UK

Easter Island delegation heads to British Museum to lobby for statue return

A delegation from Easter Island will arrive in London next week to seek the return from the British Museum of one of the native Polynesians' emblematic statues.