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The Trinidad-born musician wrote soulful hits including You Sexy Thing and Emma in the 1970s. Source link

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL’s newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe’s Eastern neighborhoods. I’m RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on two issues: What was removed from the latest EU sanctions on…

Ukrainian drones hit the large Russian Black Sea oil facility terminals at Tuapse for the third time in 12 days, sparking another billowing fire and prompting evacuations. The April 28 attack, which Ukraine’s military confirmed, came soon after firefighters extinguished the blazes from previous attacks. The region now faces a looming environmental disaster, with large…

Gay’s two centuries this year, the first of which came on the season’s opening day, follow four in Division One in Durham’s relegation season last year. One of those in 2025 came against champions Nottinghamshire and another against Surrey, who finished second. “Is he good enough? Quite possibly,” said BBC Newcastle commentator Martin Emmerson, who…

Pogacar’s UAE-Team Emirates-XRG wealth comes from the region’s oil resources and so appears limitless, while other big-budget teams are the Netherlands’ Visma-Lease a Bike of two-time Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard and Germany’s Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe who have Belgian superstar and Olympic road and time trial champion Remco Evenepoel. In a past three seasons, Ineos Grenadiers have…

And, according to federal charging papers, Van Dyke also used his knowledge of top-secret operations to trade on Polymarket, allegedly cashing out more than $400,000 (£296,000) after betting on Maduro’s removal. The removal involved a covert military operation which prosecutors allege that Van Dyke helped plan and execute within the US military. Source link

The US rapper ends her Broadway run almost three weeks early after her break-up from NBA star Klay Thompson. Source link

The battle between the AI big hitters has largely played out on social media. Now it is coming to the courtroom. Source link

Lauren Bell leads the pace attack with Lauren Filer and Issy Wong, while all-rounders Dani Gibson and Freya Kemp offer seam-bowling options. Leg-spinner Sarah Glenn, a recent mainstay of England’s T20 squads, was not considered for selection as she is recovering from a broken finger and has not played this season. England start their World…

Sir Philip Barton says he was worried Lord Mandelson’s links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “could be a problem”. Source link