Easter

Easter is a celebration that brings together age-old culinary traditions and the freshness of spring. It is all about freshness, lightness, and a pop of colour so we are planning a culinary spread with a selection of traditional favourites and innovative spring-inspired creations.

Easter in Paris: Chocolatiers embrace sports theme inspired by 2024 Olympics

In select Parisian chocolate shops, the classic Easter chocolate eggs have undergone a whimsical transformation into sports-themed figures. With the approaching Olympic Games in mind, chocolatiers have crafted intricate pieces depicting egg-shaped track athletes, podiums, and medals. Ahead of the Easter holiday, shelves were adorned with these creative confections, reflecting the anticipation of the upcoming Games scheduled from July 26 to August 11 in Paris. At La Maison du Chocolat store, esteemed head chocolatier Nicolas Cloiseau has conceptualized a remarkable chocolate centerpiece weighing 7.6 kilograms. The centerpiece resembles a stopwatch frozen at 20.24 seconds, paying homage to the year of the Paris Olympics. It features three egg-shaped athletes engaged in a sack race around a cocoa bag-shaped racetrack, reminiscent of traditional French sack races in certain regions of the country.

Easter marks the resurrection of Christ. So why is it celebrated with eggs and bunnies?

Easter is a Christian festival that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. So why have eggs and the Easter rabbit become symbols of this festival?

Easter recipes: How to make fish broth, fish & vegetables for Easter Sunday brunch

How to cook fish for Easter? Recipes for Pesce Aqua Pazza, a classic Neapolitan dish of poached fish and vegetables; and Caldeirada, made with white fish, lots of garlic, ginger, onions, tomatoes - and chillies!

Easter 2024: From Priyanka Chopra Jonas to Kareena Kapoor Khan, how Bollywood celebs spend Easter Sunday

Easter 2024 is on March 31. Symbolising hope with the Risen Lord, Easter celebrations call for good food, and many celebrities in Bollywood enjoy this feast to the fullest with Simnel cake, Easter eggs, Easter bunnies and more.

Explore Mumbai’s delectable Easter specials this weekend

If you are in Mumbai or travelling to the Maximum City for Easter, try out these restaurants for their Easter special spreads.

Easter in Mallorca, where processional robes are eerily reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan

In the global imagination, Easter might conjure images of bunnies and chocolate eggs, but in Spain, melancholy is the dominant mood.

'My bunny rabbit, my baby': Sukesh Chandrashekhar sends Easter wishes to Jacqueline Fernandez

'It's one of your favourite festivals in the year and your love for Easter eggs," Chandrashekar wrote in his letter.

Happy Easter 2023: Wishes and messages that can be sent to friends and family

Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who sacrificed himself for the sins of humanity and Easter eggs are distributed, as part of the celebration.

Spain: Easter procession events a ‘yearlong’ operation

Spain is getting ready for one of its most revered holiday periods of the year: Easter Week, which means thousands of colorful and noisy religious street processions that draw multitudes onto the streets to watch.

Cake and Kalashnikovs: Ukraine marks grim Orthodox Easter months after Russian invasion

Ukrainian and Russian artillery fire could be heard throughout the singing of the psalms during Easter Sunday.

Pope speaks of Ukraine’s suffering on ‘an Easter of war’

The country had been “sorely tried by the violence and destruction of the cruel and senseless war into which it was dragged,” Francis said.

Easter 2022: The significance of egg hunts and bunnies

Happy Easter 2022: Baskets full of painted eggs have become the most common sight associated with Easter celebrations.

In Pics | Oddly pictures around the world

Odd and unusual images from around the world this week.

Why is Good Friday called ‘Good’ though Jesus Christ was crucified on this day?

Good Friday, one of the most major religious days, is observed by Christians across the world. The Friday before Easter is the Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus. This year the Holy Friday is observed on April 15.

Myanmar Anti-Coup Protest | Demonstrators launch 'Easter egg strike'

On Easter, decorated eggs became the latest emblem of resistance as scores of Myanmar protesters painted political messages on them and left them on neighbour's doorsteps.

This week in pictures: The most compelling images from around the world

From color-drenched Holi revelers in India to college basketball players in Texas and students dancing in Kabul, there are some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from around the world.

German union calls four-day strike at Amazon sites ahead of Easter

The trade union Verdi is demanding a pay increase of 4.5% for workers in the retail and mail order industry.

Pope to livestream Easter mass to locked down world

His only audience is the camera and the 83-year-old Argentine has admitted that the entire experience makes him feel "caged".

Wall St up on euro zone yields, earnings bets

US stocks edged higher in early trading on Thursday as concerns about rising yields in some euro zone countries eased and on bets corporate America will beat a lowered bar of earnings expectations.

Travel Picks: Top 10 places to celebrate Easter

For those of you observing Lent, the long slog of abstinence and reflection that also coincides with the last of the winter chill in the northern hemisphere will soon be over with the chocolate, feasting and springtime blooms of Easter.

Twitter tells scientists how the world feels

Hate mornings, especially on Mondays? You may be surprised to know that much of the world doesn't share that grumpy feeling.