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 Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic chokepoint for Red Sea shipping and oil exports. Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a precaution after it came under attack. The Houthis also reportedly took over Yemen's port of Mokha, about 50 miles from the strait, consolidating control along the key maritime route.
Sky News – Front Page Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested Jacques Ratliff in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house in August. Authorities have ruled her death a homicide.
BBC News – World Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline after drones launched from Iraq attacked and set the route on fire, authorities said Friday. The pipeline has become crucial for shipping Saudi oil to the Red Sea since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Iraq removed a military commander and opened investigations into the attack, which came from an area bordering Iran.
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