Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz singer, dies aged 70

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Mississippi-born Wilson, who worked across folk, pop, R&B and country, was once dubbed America’s best singer

Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70.

Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice, which expanded the boundaries of traditional blues-based jazz and worked effortlessly across folk, pop, R&B, country and beyond. At the heart of all her work was her idiosyncratic contralto, a soulful sound distinctly tied to her roots.

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UN report: The world is whiffing on its biggest climate goal – vox.com

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  1. UN report: The world is whiffing on its biggest climate goal  vox.com
  2. ‘Fight for humanity’: Avoiding a climate catastrophe means acting now  UN News
  3. Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’  The Guardian
  4. UN Warns Global Warming Will Exceed 1.5C and Must Be Reversed  Bloomberg.com
  5. The world is certain to overshoot a critical climate threshold, U.N. warns  The Washington Post
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Protests in Spain against government’s handling of Ceuta migrant crisis – bbc.com

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  1. Protests in Spain against government's handling of Ceuta migrant crisis  bbc.com
  2. Tens of thousands flood streets to protest Spain border crisis  Fox News
  3. The Ceuta border breach was leapt on by Europe’s right. That doesn’t absolve Spain | María Ramírez  The Guardian
  4. Ceuta spirals into chaos as Spain’s Sánchez struggles to regain control  politico.eu
  5. Tens of thousands in Spain protest Ceuta border crisis  AP News
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Estonia’s Defense Minister resigns after wasting 70 million euros on faulty ammunition for Ukraine – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Estonia's Defense Minister resigns after wasting 70 million euros on faulty ammunition for Ukraine  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Estonian defense minister resigns after procurement scandal  politico.eu
  3. Estonia’s defence minister resigns over a failed €70 million shell deal for Ukraine  Estonian World
  4. Estonia takes defence firm to court over €70mn contract for Kyiv  euractiv.com
  5. Outgoing defense minister: Ammunition not useless but of low quality  ERR
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Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users after Trump order

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Tech company submits to controversial Trump order to rename body of water amid US trade spat with Canada

Apple has renamed Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for US users of its Maps app, after an executive order from Donald Trump to change the name of the Great Lake amid his trade spat with Canada.

The Apple Maps app now displays the controversial new name for the lake, which sits between New York state and the Canadian province of Ontario, for users in the US. Apple users outside the country will still see the Lake Ontario name.

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Benjamin Netanyahu: Potential Iranian attack would result in significant Israeli response – jpost.com

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  1. Benjamin Netanyahu: Potential Iranian attack would result in significant Israeli response  jpost.com
  2. Mideast live: Toppling Iran’s Islamic regime ‘within reach’, Netanyahu says  france24.com
  3. Netanyahu: Toppling Iranian regime is Israel’s ‘central mission,’ goal ‘within reach’  The Times of Israel
  4. Netanyahu says spoke again with Trump about Iran ‘threat’  Arab News PK
  5. Netanyahu backs tougher US sanctions on Iran and doubts diplomatic deal with Tehran  Межа. Новини України.
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Clippers docked five first-round draft picks and fined $30m over Kawhi Leonard scandal

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  • Team circumvented salary cap rules to sign star

  • Owner Steve Ballmer lands one-year ban

The NBA has handed down one of the biggest punishments in the history of the league to the Los Angeles Clippers after finding that the franchise circumvented salary cap rules when it courted Kawhi Leonard as a free agent.

The league has stripped the team of five first-round draft picks, giving the team no natural pick in the draft from 2029 through 2033.

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Jury in Malta acquits businessman in killing of investigative journalist – AP News

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  1. Jury in Malta acquits businessman in killing of investigative journalist  AP News
  2. Maltese tycoon acquitted of orchestrating murder of renowned journalist  BBC
  3. Malta court clears businessman over murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia  Reuters
  4. Malta businessman found not guilty in car bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia  CBS News
  5. Malta businessman acquitted of plotting journalist Caruana Galizia murder  Al Jazeera
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Moscow likely behind drone-factory arson, says Poland’s Tusk – politico.eu

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  1. Moscow likely behind drone-factory arson, says Poland’s Tusk  politico.eu
  2. Poland investigates potential "foreign intelligence" involvement in fire at drone plant  Notes From Poland
  3. Tusk: We Have Probably Faced Acts of Sabotage Again  REFORM.news
  4. Poland is investigating a possible Russian connection to two fires at industrial facilities  UA.NEWS
  5. Tusk calls fire at drone factory an act of sabotage  Interfax-Ukraine
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How are search operations progressing in Nepal, a week after deadly flash flood? – Reuters

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  1. How are search operations progressing in Nepal, a week after deadly flash flood?  Reuters
  2. Dramatic video shows woman and two children narrowly escaping Nepal flash flooding  WBAL-TV
  3. Nepal-Tibet flood death toll tops 1,100 as tens of thousands search for missing  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. Nepal Seeks Climate Compensation From China, US and India  Bloomberg.com
  5. China Censors and Punishes to Shape Narrative on Floods in Tibet, a Contrast to Nepal  The New York Times
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Macron and King Charles III hail their nations’ ties as they view the Bayeux Tapestry in London – AP News

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  1. Macron and King Charles III hail their nations' ties as they view the Bayeux Tapestry in London  AP News
  2. King Charles, Macron and Burnham arrive to view Bayeux Tapestry at British Museum  BBC
  3. France is love-bombing Britain  The Economist
  4. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron join King Charles and Queen Camilla in private viewing of famed Bayeux Tapestry  CNN
  5. King Charles and France's Macron view Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum  Reuters
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Maltese tycoon found not guilty of involvement in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder

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Yorgen Fenech cleared on both charges he faced over 2017 killing of journalist that prompted global outrage

One of Malta’s richest men has been found not guilty of involvement in the murder of the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The verdict, which is expected to be appealed against by the prosecution, came as a blow not only to the victim’s family, but to the politicians and campaigners who regard the case as a landmark action in the fight to protect press freedom in Europe.

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