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Five dead in 'massive' Papua New Guinea quake
Five dead in 'massive' Papua New Guinea quake
by  AFP

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea Sunday, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least five people, with several others severely injured. Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", causing it to experience frequent earthquakes.

'It came from the gut': New mother Jennifer Lawrence returns with 'Causeway'
'It came from the gut': New mother Jennifer Lawrence returns with 'Causeway'
by  AFP

When Jennifer Lawrence was offered a script about a wounded US Army engineer who returns from Afghanistan to a strained relationship with her mother, she was on a sabbatical from acting and not yet a parent. - Motherhood - But she also partly drew on her own childhood for the role in "Causeway," in which Lynsey has a fractious relationship with her unreliable mother.

Shadow of Lesotho's 'famo' music wars hangs over Soweto massacre
Shadow of Lesotho's 'famo' music wars hangs over Soweto massacre
by  AFP

When 16 people were shot dead at a South African tavern, few thought the investigation would lead to the kingdom of Lesotho, where a war between rival music gangs has claimed scores of lives. More than 15 percent of mountainous Lesotho's 2.2 million people live in South Africa.

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