• Associated Press

    Modi's Hindu nationalist party heads for sweeping win in Maharashtra state election

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party headed for a stunning victory Saturday in state elections in politically significant Maharashtra while the opposition seemed about to clinch victory in mineral-rich Jharkhand. Polling in the two states has been widely seen as a test of Modi's popularity after his party returned to power five months ago in national elections truncated for a third term without a parliamentary majority, forcing him to form a coalition government with help from regional partners. India’s Election Commission said Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies led with 215 of 288 seats in Maharashtra, India’s wealthiest state and home to the country's financial and entertainment capital, Mumbai.

  • The Canadian Press

    The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated

    MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke.

  • Yahoo Movies UK

    Wicked's Jon M Chu talks 'very special' Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth cameos

    The director speaks to Yahoo UK about his delight at having the originators of Elphaba and Glinda on Broadway involved in the movie adaptation.