- Reuters
Blinken tours Kerem Shalom aid crossing as tank fire rings out from Gaza
Tank fire echoed from the Gaza strip on Wednesday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited an aid inspection point, where he heard from Israeli officials including Defense Minister Yoav Gallant about efforts to increase assistance to the Palestinian enclave just a few hundred meters away. Blinken got his first up-close view of the strip six months into the war as he toured a compound at the Kerem Shalom crossing bordered by thick concrete walls where aid trucks bound for Gaza are held for inspection, a process that aid groups have complained has been a major bottleneck. Sacks of canned chickpeas, rice, potatoes and toilet paper, some marked with the logo of the UN's World Food Programme or the World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid group sat on pallets waiting to enter Gaza.
- Associated Press
Music Review: Sia soars with first solo album in 8 years, ‘Reasonable Woman’
A whole album of Sia singing alone is great — great, don’t get us wrong — but Sia paired with the icon Chaka Khan? Fire. “Immortal Queen,” out Friday, is just one of the highlights of the super 15-track “Reasonable Woman,” Sia’s first solo album since 2016 and following her work on the movie “Sing,” a Christmas album, her writing for others like David Guetta and Pink, and the supergroup album “LSD.”
- WWD
Cher Puts Sensual Spin on Suiting in Blazer and Lace Bodysuit on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’
Cher and Hudson performed together at last month's iHeartRadio Music Awards.
