Beninese musician Angélique Kidjo has become the first African musician and first Black African to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 66-year-old icon, honored on Tuesday, said, "Without Africans, no music is possible on this planet."
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BBC News – World Without Africans, no music is possible on this planet, says the 66-year-old musical icon from Benin.
NYTimes – World Israel's military has opened criminal investigations into the 2024 killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab and six relatives in Gaza, and into the deaths of 15 emergency and aid workers in March 2025. The army admitted its troops fired at the car carrying Rajab. Rights groups note such internal inquiries rarely result in convictions.
NYTimes – US Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan advanced in Alaska's nonpartisan Senate primary on Tuesday, setting up a key November contest that could help decide control of the U.S. Senate. A potential spoiler candidate sharing Sullivan's name had not yet been determined as qualified.
BBC News – World A Ukrainian man has been arrested in Croatia in connection with the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and Europe. German prosecutors say he is the second Ukrainian suspect detained over the attack and allege he was one of the scuba divers who planted explosives. Berlin is expected to seek his extradition.
