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Updated 22/09/2026, 15:07:52 UTC

Easter is drawing attention across 8 news outlets right now. The reports below are the current coverage, newest first.

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WorldBBC News1h ago3 outlets

Sri Lanka court convicts 15 men over deadly Easter Sunday bombings

The coordinated bombings in April 2019 were carried out at three tourist hotels and three churches, killing 279 people.

WorldNPR2h ago3 outlets

Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly 2019 Easter bombings

Nine people were acquitted, while another defendant was found guilty of only some of the charges, the court said.

WorldBBC News5h ago

Sri Lankan court to deliver verdict on deadly Easter bombings

Co-ordinated suicide attacks killed 270 people across several churches and hotels in Colombo in 2019.

WorldAl Jazeera15h ago

Typhoon Dujuan kills two in Japan, causes travel chaos near Tokyo

Storm is moving northeast away from Japan's eastern coast into the Pacific, leaving a path of destruction behind.

WorldBBC News22h ago

Watch: Timelapse shows typhoon barrelling towards Japan

The typhoon is passing Japan's eastern coast, bringing major disruption and heavy rainfall in its wake.

TechnologyMIT Technology Review1d ago

She died at the San Diego border. A surveillance camera was in plain sight

She had only walked for a couple of hours, and already she was lost. It was early afternoon on Sept. 14, 2025, when 30-year-old Graciela Gómez Hernández crossed the border from the eastern edge of Tijuana into Southern California, sending voice messages to her mother and sister as she walked. This story is part of Dying…

EntertainmentVariety2d ago

‘Angh’ Review: Toronto’s Platform Award Winner Is a Lush Lament for an Indian Tribe in the 1960s

Expanding on his 2021 short film, Theja Rio’s debut feature “Angh” forces its way into the hidden crevices between indigenous identity and colonial modernity. This tension unfolds with riveting restraint in a story set in 1960s Nagaland — the eastern Indian state on the Burmese border — following the principled chief of a waning tribe, […]

WorldThe Guardian4d ago

Weather tracker: Thunderstorms hit Spain as Japan braces for typhoon

At least one person dead as stormy weather causes severe flooding in Barcelona and Valencia Intense and slow-moving thunderstorms broke out on Wednesday afternoon across parts of eastern Spain, bringing some severe flooding and killing at least one person . Storms first struck over the Castilla-La Mancha region during the afternoon before passing over Spain’s east coast, becoming very slow-moving and continuing overnight. Torrential rainfall, strong winds and large hail were reported in Valencia and Barcelona, causing widespread flooding in both cities. Weather stations west of Barcelona recorded some of the highest totals with more than 100mm (4in) of rain falling in the space of a few hours, and locally 70mm in just 30 minutes in the early hours of Thursday morning. Cars and roads were submerged, and flights were cancelled across the region. Continue reading...

WorldAl Jazeera4d ago

Fire engulfs Zaporizhzhia shopping centre after Russian strike

A Russian strike hit a shopping centre in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine, sparking a major fire.

EntertainmentVariety5d ago

‘Resident Evil’ Video Game References: All the Zombies, Weapons and Easter Eggs in Zach Cregger’s Reboot

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for Resident Evil, now playing in theaters. Resident Evil is one of the longest-running horror video game series, and for a time it was the highest-grossing film series based on a game (until Universal’s Super Mario movies dethroned them). The games started out as scary, third-person shooters that […]

SportsBBC Sport6d ago

Gray sacked by Hibs after six league games

Hibernian sack head coach David Gray six games into the Scottish Premiership season, ending the former captain's 12-year stay at Easter Road.

SportsSky Sports6d ago

Fairy Glen well fancied in John Musker feature at Yarmouth

The Listed John Musker Fillies’ Stakes takes centre stage on day two of Yarmouth’s Eastern Festival on Wednesday, all live on Sky Sports Racing.

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