On Sunday 21 April a series of coordinated bombings took place in Sri Lanka. The explosions targeted Christians at Easter Sunday church services in Colombo, “Sri Lanka bombings – a timeline and visual guide”
Election at 20: assessing the high school satire’s brutal politics
There’s a big M Night Shyamalan twist in the final minutes of Election, Alexander Payne’s searing 1999 high school satire. Tracy Flick, the irritating overachiever “Election at 20: assessing the high school satire’s brutal politics”
Vladimir Putin to meet Kim Jong-un this week for first time
Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin are expected to hold talks on an island in the far east of Russia this week in the first meeting “Vladimir Putin to meet Kim Jong-un this week for first time”
‘The harder you look the more you find’: Nepal’s hidden leprosy
One summer’s morning Paniya Sardar noticed a strange mark on her leg. It was the size of her palm, light in colour and felt numb “‘The harder you look the more you find’: Nepal’s hidden leprosy”
Capricorns need not apply: is it legal to pick a roommate by astrological sign?
Is choosing a roommate based on their astrological sign simply a preference, or illegal discrimination? It may depend on where you live. This week, a “Capricorns need not apply: is it legal to pick a roommate by astrological sign?”
John Oliver: Mueller report reveals ‘cartoonish levels of incompetence’
The release of the redacted version of Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation last week is the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of “John Oliver: Mueller report reveals ‘cartoonish levels of incompetence’”
US toughens stance on Iran, ending exemptions from oil sanctions
The US has announced it will no longer exempt countries from sanctions that aim to impose a complete oil embargo on Iran. Officials said the “US toughens stance on Iran, ending exemptions from oil sanctions”
Sofie Hagen: ‘Fat is a neutral word – I want us to reclaim it’
Click:fuego artificial Sofie Hagen no longer tells fat jokes. “I did at the beginning of my career,” she says, a bit regretfully. “Nothing negative, just “Sofie Hagen: ‘Fat is a neutral word – I want us to reclaim it’”
Grief behind bars: prisoners on Nipsey Hussle and the cycles of violence
Inside the prison waiting room, we were greeted with a threat. An official at Lancaster, the California state prison in a desert town outside of “Grief behind bars: prisoners on Nipsey Hussle and the cycles of violence”
Lyra McKee: woman, 57, arrested over journalist’s killing
A 57-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the killing of the journalist Lyra McKee in Derry last Thursday. The Police Service of Northern “Lyra McKee: woman, 57, arrested over journalist’s killing”