A 4.7-magnitude earthquake has struck in Kathmandu in Nepal, with tremors felt in India as well. The quake struck at a depth of 29km at around 5.30am on Wednesday. Via: Earthquake rocks Nepal: 4.8-magnitude quake strikes shake Kathmandu with tremors felt in India too
The 15th annual TIME 100 gala celebrating TIME’s list of the world’s most influential people took place on Tuesday at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Via: TIME 100 Gala: Taylor Swift looks every inch the pop princess in a fairy-tale pink Read more
Anne Widdecombe has been a member of the Tory party for 55 years, but has been put her retirement on hold to ‘campaign vigorously’ for Farage’s party in the upcoming European elections in May. Via: Tory grandee Widdecombe defects to Farage's Brexit Party
Bombings that killed more than 320 people have hallmarks of Isis, say security experts Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people, the group’s Amaq news agency has said, with experts saying the attacks bear the hallmarks of the group. Read more
The men, whose names haven’t been revealed, blew themselves up at the Shangri-La and Cinnamon Grand hotels. Pictured: The suspected suicide bombers. It is unclear which are the brothers. Via: Sri Lanka suicide bomber FAMILY: Two brothers blew themselves up in terror attack
Nasa probe InSight picks up slight tremor that fits profile of similar episodes on the moonA Nasa probe has detected and measured what scientists believe to be a “marsquake”, marking the first time a likely seismological tremor has been recorded on another planet, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.The breakthrough Read more
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is set to open at Disney World’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida on August 29. Via: Aerial pictures show Disney World's BILLION Star Wars land nearing completion
Polling station set up deep inside Gir wildlife sanctuary for Shiva priest who looks after isolated templeIndian officials travelled nearly 70km (45 miles) through jungle this week to ensure a 69-year-old holy man got to cast his vote in the Indian general election.Four election officials, accompanied by a policeman, set Read more
Smaller towns such as Timaru are targeting priced-out city dwellers as well as international migrants to shore up their ageing populationsMichelle Marshall and her husband, Zane, returned to New Zealand after living in London, ready to settle down, buy a house, have a child and live “the Kiwi dream”.But the Read more
New Zealand PM launches ‘Christchurch Call’ to build support to eliminate extremist material on social mediaNew Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is to spearhead a push to combat violent extremism and terrorism on social media in the wake of the Christchurch attacks, saying the gunman did not have “a right Read more