Critics have called the Sunny Bunny’s Easter week timing offensive while organizers are defending it as a scheduling coincidence Read Full Article at RT.com

Emir Kusturica said efforts to intimidate Christians will fail after Moldova ended a bishop’s Easter trip to Jerusalem Read Full Article at RT.com

Mogadishu (HOL) — Several mortar shells struck multiple neighborhoods in Mogadishu on Sunday, including Hamarweyne, Hamar Jajab, and Shibis districts, as Somalia’s electoral commission continues its voter registration drive across the capital.

«No man avenged has ever risen from the grave» is the haunting tagline of a film that has shocked Somalis to the core in a case of life imitating art.

A report by DW and other German media outlets put the spotlight on a kidney trafficking operation based in Kenya. Now the government is launching an investigation.

Garowe (HOL) — Puntland regional forces have announced the complete clearance of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters from the Dooxada Miraale area in the Bari region following a prolonged and intense military operation on Friday.

The council, which is run by the Liberal Democrats, made the block at Latchmere Recreation Ground in south London gender neutral.

That said, Spokeswoman for the US Department of State Tammy Bruce noted that there is «a lot of enthusiasm» following the Paris meeting on the matter

Spokeswoman for the US Department of State Tammy Bruce added that US President Donald Trump «would expect that to be signed toward the end of next week»

Andrey Marochko noted that at the moment the Russian forces are currently engaged in active fighting in the area of Volchanskiye Khutora

This week, Jamaica joined 67 other nations in participating in the 2025 Foreign Exchange Reserve Portfolio Management Conference in New York City. The four-day in-person programme was organised jointly by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and...

ONE OF the first-time exhibitors at the recent Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) Expo Jamaica 2025 event, was Matthews...

PATRONS AT the recent Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) Expo Jamaica 2025 might have seen some youngsters around a steering wheel manoeuvring a vehicle on a screen in front of them. And, they were having fun indeed with the...

In Lyssons, St Thomas, Tishauna Mullings is changing the way people think about education and opportunity. As the founder of NexxStepp Lifelong Educational Services, she’s built a space that puts community first –earning her recognition as one of...

Jerlicia Williams, the 2024 winner of the six to eight age group in the Jamaica Library Service’s (JLS) National Reading Competition, is setting her sights on the top prize in the nine to 11 category later this year. On Tuesday, during the launch...

The Moldovan opposition has blasted the government for “pressuring” the nation’s largest church Read Full Article at RT.com

Les Polynesian Battle Games 2025, c’est trois jours de compétition intense du 18 au 20 avril, au Parc Vairai à Punaauia. Près de 340 compétiteurs et compétitrices qui font le spectacle dans une ambiance de folie.

Le week-end pascal est aussi commercial !  Mais au milieu du chocolat industriel, les artisans chocolatiers redoublent d'audace pour surprendre les papilles. Entre le chocolat façon Dubai et tartes revisitées, ces créateurs bousculent les codes de la pâtisserie traditionnelle pour en faire de véritables œuvres sucrées.

C'est sans doute la fête la plus importante du calendrier chrétien : Pâques c'est dimanche ! Aujourd'hui, c'est vendredi Saint ! Les catholiques ont célébré le chemin de croix comme la paroisse Sainte-Thérèse de Taunoa, les fidèles ont marché depuis le Fare Tamahau de Motu Uta. Chez les protestants, on observe un renouveau de la pratique du jeûne pour commémorer la mort du Christ.

En janvier dernier, un jeune homme de 26 ans, ancien gendarme volontaire, est décédé sur son lieu de travail. L’autopsie a révélé que c’était suite à un mauvais dosage de produit dopant. Une enquête est en cours. Sa famille espère des réponses.

Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam will lead a new team in Nee Soon GRC for the upcoming 2025 General Election.  Shanmugam, who was first elected in 1988, said this in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao published on Saturday (April 19).  The Straits Times also reported on Saturday that Shanmugam confirmed on the sidelines of a community event that the People's Action Party (PAP) will field four new faces in Nee Soon GRC. (Left to right) PAP's Nee Soon GRC line-up for GE2020: Minister of State Assoc Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Carrie Tan, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam, Derrick Goh, and Louis Ng.  IMAGE: Screengrab/YouTube/PAP Nee Soon  On April 11, Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development Assoc Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim confirmed that he will be contesting in Marine Parade GRC. 

The battlegroup’s spokesman Alexander Savchuk added that the enemy lost two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, five motor vehicles and a field artillery gun

According to the TV channel, more than half of the victims perished in Gaza City and the embattled enclave’s northern districts

According to the battlegroup’s spokesman Yaroslav Yakimkin, Ukrainian losses amounted up to 85 troops

According to the battlegroup’s spokesman Yevgeny Tretyakov, Ukrainian military losses amounted to over 335 troops

The battlegroup’s spokesman Ivan Bigma added that the enemy’s losses included three armored combat vehicles, 10 motor vehicles

The battlegroup’s spokesman Roman Kodryan added that the enemy’s losses included nine motor vehicles

SINGAPORE — The Singapore People's Party (SPP) has launched its manifesto ahead of the 2025 General Election on May 3.The 16-page manifesto entitled It is Time was launched on April 19, as the party gears up to field five candidates to contest in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Potong Pasir SMC.The manifesto's nine themes are wide-ranging and include proposals to promote economic stability and fairness, as well as plans for sustainable public transport. To tackle inflation and rising cost of living, the party proposes distributing government budget surpluses annually as CDC vouchers, with more aid for lower-income Singaporeans. It also suggests progressive taxation — for income tax to be raised on the top two per cent of earners, and the reintroduction of estate duty for ultra-high-net-worth individuals. To counter job insecurity and unemployment, it proposes a review of India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Ceca), which it says will «address labour inflow concerns». It also advocates for the gradual reduction of Special and Employment Pass quotas and dependency ratios in «automatable sectors».

SINGAPORE — The opposition PSP on April 19 unveiled its line-up of candidates for Chua Chu Kang GRC, which includes the former secretary-general for the Singapore Manufacturing Federation Lawrence Pek. The four-member PSP team also includes three candidates with political experience. Technology lawyer Wendy Low, 48, and PSP second vice-chairperson and business consultant A'bas Kasmani, 71, had contested Tanjong Pagar GRC in the 2020 general election. Investment specialist S. Nallakaruppan, 60, who was a PSP candidate in Nee Soon GRC in the 2020 general election, rounds up the party's slate for Chua Chu Kang GRC. Pek, 55, is a political new face who, as the former leader of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation, stands out among the PSP's newcomers as having one of the most notable backgrounds. According to his LinkedIn profile, Pek was the secretary-general of the federation between July 2020 and April 2023. The federation aims to champion the growth and global competitiveness of Singapore's manufacturing sector.

The People's Action Party (PAP) announced on Saturday (April 19) that labour chief Ng Chee Meng will contest the new Jalan Kayu SMC in the upcoming General Election. Ng, a former Cabinet minister, has been serving as secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 2018. Before entering politics, the 56-year-old was previously the Chief of Defence Force in the Singapore Armed Forces. The announcement was made during PAP's unveiling of its candidates for Jalan Kayu single-seat ward, as well as the adjacent Ang Mo Kio GRC, Kebun Baru SMC and Yio Chu Kang SMC. «I humbly ask for your trust to walk this journey with you... Let's build a Jalan Kayu SMC that is kinder, stronger and more inclusive,» Ng said at the press conference.  After the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) released its report on March 11, Ng has made several appearances at community events and walkabouts in Jalan Kayu, leading up to Saturday’s announcement. Ng said that conversations have given him a much better sense of what matters to residents of Jalan Kayu. 

A US$13,463 grant from American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) will enable the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to digitise and expand support to educators to effectively teach English in Creole-speaking communities, using a linguistics-based...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal police shooting of a man during an alleged confrontation early Friday morning on Smith Avenue in Old Harbour, St Catherine. The deceased has been identified as Oshane...

A 40-year-old man on a bicycle succumbed to injuries sustained in a traffic collision in St Thomas last night. He has been identified as Robert Turner, a merchandiser from the Pondside district in the parish. Reports are that around 9:45 p.m.,...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than half of Haiti’s population is expected to experience severe hunger through June, and another 8,400 people living in makeshift shelters are projected to starve, according to a new report released this week....