Author: Prima News

Mixed reviews didn’t dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” which scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie. The Illumination and Nintendo co-production earned $130.9 million over the weekend and a massive $190.1 million in its first five days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. Universal Pictures released the sequel globally on Wednesday, capitalizing on kids’ spring break vacations in the week leading up to the Easter holiday. With an estimated $182.4 million from 80 overseas markets, the film is looking at an astronomical $372.5 million debut — the…

Pope Leo urged global leaders in his Easter message on Sunday to end the conflicts raging across the world and ​abandon any schemes for power, conquest or domination. The pope, who has emerged ‌as an outspoken critic of the Iran war, lamented in a special message to the thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square that people “are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, ​and becoming indifferent”. “Let those who have weapons lay them down!” the first ​U.S. pope exhorted. “Let those who have the power to unleash wars ⁠choose peace!” Leo did not mention any specific conflicts in the message, known ​as…

 Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the traditional Easter service at Windsor Castle on Sunday, joined by his eldest son ​and heir to the throne Prince William, wife Catherine, and their ‌three children at St George’s Chapel. The Easter Matins service is an important fixture in the calendar of the king, who is supreme governor of the Church of ​England. The Dean of Windsor, Christopher Cocksworth, greeted Charles and Camilla, who ​wore a red hat and coat, as they arrived for ⁠the Easter Matins, which was also attended by Prince Edward and Anne, ​the Princess Royal, and other royals.…

 The family of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre on Saturday urged Britain’s King Charles ‌to meet with survivors during his state visit to the United States later this month, saying the trip coincides with the anniversary of her death. In a statement shared with Reuters, Sky and Amanda Roberts said the visit ​would take place two days after the one-year anniversary of Giuffre taking her own ​life. “We strongly urge King Charles to meet with us and survivors and hear ⁠what we have to say,” they said. “We are thankful to him for heeding our sister’s allegations ​against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor,…

Explosives of “devastating power” were found near the Turkstream pipeline in Serbia that carries ​Russian natural gas to Hungary and beyond, leaders ‌from the two countries said on Sunday. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told him that explosives had been found ​near the pipeline, which transports Russian gas through ​the Balkans to Central and Eastern Europe. “Our units found ⁠an explosive of devastating power,” Vucic, a close ally ​of Orban, said in a post on Instagram. “I told PM ​Orban that we would keep him updated on the investigation.” Orban, who held a phone call…

China confirmed on Sunday the execution of a French national sentenced ​to death in 2010 for drug trafficking, saying ‌it did not discriminate against defendants on the basis of nationality, a day after Paris criticised the court handling of ​the case. The Chinese embassy in France made the ​remarks in a brief statement on the execution ⁠of 62-year-old Chan Thao Phoumy after a 20-year stint ​in jail. On Saturday, the French foreign ministry said it “particularly regretted” ​that Chan’s defence was not allowed to attend the court’s final hearing in violation of his rights. China, one of the world’s ​toughest…

An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, local health authorities ​said, in the latest violence to overshadow a fragile ceasefire amid ‌a new push by mediators to bolster the agreement. Medics said the airstrike targeted a group of people in Jaffa Street, near the Darraj neighbourhood in Gaza City, killing ​four people and wounding others. The Israeli military said forces in ​the northern Gaza Strip had struck and killed members of a ⁠Palestinian militant cell who were operating near the troops, posing an ​immediate threat to them. Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel have traded blame…

U.S. President Donald Trump ‌said in an expletive-laden social media post on Sunday that the United States will target ​Iran’s power plants and bridges on ​Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz ⁠is not reopened. “Tuesday will be Power ​Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped ​up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Trump said in a Truth ​Social post, referencing the key shipping ​lane that Tehran has effectively closed since the U.S. ‌and ⁠Israel launched attacks on Iran more than a month ago. “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living ​in Hell…

China is willing to continue to cooperate with ​Russia at the U.N. Security Council and ‌make efforts to cool down the Middle East situation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei ​Lavrov in a phone call on Sunday. Wang ​said the fundamental way to resolve navigation issues ⁠in the Strait of Hormuz is to ​achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible, adding ​that China has always advocated political settlement of hotspot issues through dialogue and negotiation. The foreign ministers’ call came ahead ​of a U.N. Security Council vote next week on ​a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr ​Zelenskiy has ‌made his first visit ​to Syria ​to hold a ⁠meeting ​with his counterpart ​Ahmed al-Sharaa, two Syrian sources ​told ​Reuters on Sunday. The talks ‌were ⁠linked to defence in light ​of ​the ⁠regional war, one ​of the ​sources, ⁠a government adviser, ⁠said.