Buckingham Palace has confirmed that King Charles will not be issuing a formal Easter message this year, breaking with last year’s tradition when he spoke on Maundy Thursday. 

Unlike the annual Christmas broadcast, the Easter message is not guaranteed each year, a Palace spokesperson clarified.

Last year, the King reflected on Jesus’ act of humility, saying: “His humble action was a token of His love that knew no bounds or boundaries and is central to Christian belief.” 

The decision not to release an Easter message comes amid heightened attention on the royal family’s faith-related communications. 

In February, Buckingham Palace received praise and some criticism after issuing a “Ramadan Mubarak” greeting on social media, wishing Muslims in the UK and across the Commonwealth a blessed and peaceful Ramadan. 

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer took to Twitter to extend his own seasonal greetings, writing: “As Lent comes to an end and we approach the Easter weekend, I want to send my warmest wishes to the UK and around the world.”

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 hit the Molucca Sea early Thursday, April 2.

The quake toppled buildings and triggered a brief tsunami warning. Authorities have also reported the death of at least one person.

It had a depth of around 35 kilometres from the city of Ternate in north Maluku province. As reported by the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake hit around 6:48 a.m. (local time) and triggered dozens of aftershocks, including a strong 6.2 magnitude tremor.

A 70-year-old woman was crushed to death by debris from the collapsed building in the city of Manado, the capital of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi.

At least three other people were hospitalized with injuries in the city of Ternate.

Following the earthquake, a small tsunami of up to 75 centimetres was generated. It was recorded at several monitoring stations around the Molucca Sea coast.

However, within two hours, Indonesia’s meteorological agency lifted the tsunami warning.

Images of the affected area revealed destroyed homes, a destroyed sports complex, and frightened people gathering on the streets away from buildings.

Indonesia is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is characterized by intense earthquakes and volcanic eruptions because of the collision of tectonic plates.

This affects the large population of over 280 million people living in the Indonesian archipelago.

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, made a big return to the stage on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

The 48-year-old rapper performed at the sold-out SoFi Stadium to a crowd of 70,000 fans and was joined by his 12-year-old daughter North, who often comes under massive spotlight because of her daring lifestyle.

Wearing tour merch and with her blue hair, the reality star’s daughter hugged her dad on stage while they performed ‘Talking’ and ‘Piercing on Mt Hand’.

The show, however, lasted two hours and included songs from Ye’s new album Bully as well as some of his biggest hits like Can’t Tell Me Nothing and Mercy.

Don Toliver also performed as a guest and Ye even restarted his song ‘Good Life’ a few times because he didn’t like the lighting, joking: “Is this like an ‘SNL’ skit or something?”

This performance came after the Heartless rapper’s comeback after his public apology for his past antisemitic comments which hurt millions of people’s emotions.

Earlier this year, he ran a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal explaining how his bipolar disorder made him lose ‘touch with reality’ and how he got help with support from his wife Bianca Censori.

All of Kanye West’s fans are now excited about his upcoming UK shows at Wireless Festival but there are still doubts because of his history of being late or cutting shows short.