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Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Marcus Jordan's ‘I Can,' the First Song He Ever Wrote, Hits No. 1 on Gospel Airplay Chart
Marcus Jordan scores his second No. 1 on Billboard's Gospel Airplay chart as 'I Can' ascends to the top of the chart dated July 5. During the June 20-26 tracking week, the song increased by 5% in plays, according to Luminate. Jordan solely authored, co-produced and self-released 'I Can.' More from Billboard Foo Fighters Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Debut Album With Emotional New Track 'Today's Song' At First, Kapo 'Didn't Dare' to Release Afrobeat Music, But Then He Leaned Into 'What Truly Made Me Feel Most Unique' Quavo 'Ready to Bring It Home' to Perform at The Players Party Ahead of 2025 MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta Jordan is pastor of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Houston. He was a police officer before entering the ministry. He notched his initial Gospel Airplay leader when his first of three entries, 'Call on the Name,' led for a week in February 2023. His second hit, 'Dance,' reached No. 20 that December. ''I Can' is a testament to my mission of inspiring hope, strength and faith through music,' Jordan tells Billboard. 'This single is really special to me because it was the first song I ever wrote. Now it is receiving more recognition than I could imagine. Reaching No. 1 again isn't only a personal achievement, but a reminder of the power of faith and perseverance.' Josiah Queen earns his second top 10 on Hot Christian Songs and debuts in the tier for the first time. The 22-year-old Tampa, Fla., native's 'Dusty Bibles' bounds in at No. 7 with 2 million official U.S. streams and 2,000 sold in its launch week. It enters Christian Digital Song Sales at No. 5 and Christian Streaming Songs at No. 10. Queen's first top 10 on Hot Christian Songs, 'The Prodigal,' hit No. 4 in May 2024. 'Dusty Bibles' previews Queen's studio album Mt. Zion, due Aug. 22. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100
The Guardian
23-06-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Involvement in US strikes on Iran could make Australia a target, experts warn as government tight-lipped on Pine Gap
Australian assistance in US airstrikes on Iran could make Australia a target for retaliation, nuclear experts say, as Australian government ministers decline to comment on the potential involvement of the secretive US-Australian surveillance base at Pine Gap in Sunday's bombardment. The International Coalition Against Nuclear Weapons (ICan), an Australian-founded organisation that won the 2017 Nobel peace prize, has warned Australia should not facilitate the attacks, 'directly or indirectly', and that 'by assisting the US we risk becoming a target'. Anthony Albanese was asked repeatedly on Monday about Australia's level of involvement in the strikes. 'We are upfront, but we don't talk about intelligence,' the prime minister told reporters. 'We've made very clear this was unilateral action taken by the United States.' The department of defence, and the defence minister, Richard Marles, declined to comment. The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, said there had been no request from the US for Australia to become 'more involved' in the conflict, and that she 'wouldn't speculate' on Australia's response if such a request came. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email Last October, Australia supported the American bombardment of Houthi targets in Yemen 'through access and overflight for US aircraft in northern Australia'. That attack was seen as a warning to the Iranian regime, for which the Houthi insurgency acts as a proxy. ICan argued Australia was not a bystander to the recent US airstrikes, and that the joint US-Australian surveillance base at Pine Gap was integral to US nuclear targeting and war-fighting capabilities. Contribution to the attacks by Pine Gap could make Australia complicit and a target, Ican said. 'We call on the Australian government to immediately rule out any logistical support for these operations, including by denying permission for US B-2 stealth or B-52 bombers attacking Iran to transit or refuel in Australia, as occurred recently during a US mission to attack Yemen,' Gem Romuld, director of ICan Australia, said. 'Australia must not facilitate, assist or enable these attacks — directly or indirectly. We cannot bomb a path to peace.' Dr Margaret Beavis, Australian co-chair of Ican, said any Australian support for the US strikes would 'actively undermine the global rules-based order'. 'We risk accelerating nuclear proliferation, we risk Pine Gap becoming a target, Tindal Air base [both in the Northern Territory] becoming a target.' Senior research associate at the Nautilus Institute, Prof Richard Tanter, said it was a 'realistic assessment' that the Pine Gap joint defence facility near Alice Springs might be involved in some capacity in Sunday's bombardment of three Iranian nuclear facilities. Pine Gap, Tanter said, is a ground station for two types of intelligence satellites in geosynchronous orbits: signals intelligence satellites, and early warning infra-red satellites, some of which are stationed over the Middle-East. Data from the early warning satellites runs directly to the US through Pine Gap, without Australian intervention, Tanter said, adding that Australia was increasingly casting itself 'as an enabler of American strategic projection'. 'It is very implausible to believe that Australia has any effective control over the tasking of those satellites, particularly the level of a veto [such as]: 'We do not want you to do that'.' Former Labor senator and union leader Doug Cameron strongly criticised the government's support for the 'illegal' strikes. Speaking as national patron for Labor Against War, Cameron said if the government was committed to the rules-based order it would condemn the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, which some international law experts described as unlawful under the UN charter. 'We condemn the Australian government's support for the aggression that Trump is using against Iran. We believe it is illegal, and we believe it's inconsistent with the long-held Labor Party's support for the United Nations charters,' the former NSW senator told Guardian Australia. Cameron said it was 'inconceivable' the Labor government would support the Trump-ordered bombings had it not signed up to controversial Aukus security pact that he said 'subjugated' Australian foreign policy to US interests. The former left-faction heavyweight also criticised his own wing of the Labor Party for being 'mute' on the issue. 'It's about time voices for peace once again dominated the Labor Party … not this appeasement of the US and Israel,' he said. Dr Sue Wareham, Australian national president of the Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW), argued Australia was 'totally conflicted' in its support for the US strikes, agreeing the government was 'really trying to appease the aggressors'. MAPW, noting that the US, with over 5,000 nuclear weapons, and Israel, with approximately 90 – were attacking Iran, which has zero, said Western double standards over nuclear weapons were in 'overdrive'. Wareham said Iran's potential development of nuclear weapons was a serious global concern, but argued that 'the military [response] option rules out the diplomatic ones'. Given Pine Gap's critical role in US intelligence and targeting, it would be 'fairly naive to think that Australia is not involved to that extent [of intelligence contribution],' Wareham said. 'As to whether we're more involved, the government needs to be upfront about this, about all of its involvement with, and support, for the US military … we know that some of the American B-52s are nuclear armed, we don't know if the B-52s at Tindal are, because the US won't tell us, and the Australian government won't ask.' The US has a policy of strategic ambiguity around its B-52 fleet, a large part of which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, and Australia does not request that the US disclose whether it is landing nuclear-armed bombers on Australian territory.
Hindustan Times
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Minu Bakshi on her film being screened at Cannes film festival 2025: It's incredible
Author, poet, singer- Minu Bakshi wears many hats. And now, she has added another feather- her film, I Am, I Can, which traces her journey so far and the lives she touched through her art, was screened at the Cannes film festival recently. A post shared by Minu Bakshi (@minubakshi) She shared a video on her Instagram account recently, which captured the special moment. As someone filmed her reaction, Minu said, 'It is incredible to be at the Cannes. We can dream about these things... what better can I expect from life?' The screening took place at the Marche du Film section of Cannes. "The next stop is screening the film at the major red carpet section. Yahaan se bas upar hi jaana hai (I have to rise further above) But even the sky has never been the limit for me,' she added.
South China Morning Post
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Ryan Moore enters the fray as Million Challenge comes down to wire
Ryan Moore has been tasked with delivering DBS x Manulife Million Challenge glory to the connections of Soleil Fighter at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Moore, who has been brought to Hong Kong as injury cover and begins a three-meeting stint in the city at the midweek fixture, will partner Million Challenge leader Soleil Fighter for trainer David Hayes in the Class Three Tsui Man Handicap (1,650m). Soleil Fighter sits on 50 points at the top of the competition, which awards 15 points for a win, six for second, four for third and three for fourth. While he could secure the Million Challenge's HK$1 million first prize with victory in Wednesday night's third event, there are three gallopers within striking range and ready to pounce should the five-year-old fail to fire. While currently sitting in equal second position with I Can on 42 points, Gustosisimo won't race on Wednesday night and connections will be relying on results falling their way if they are to scoop some of the prize money, which sees HK$350,000 awarded to second and HK$150,000 to third. I Can steps out in the same race as Soleil Fighter and if the Pierre Ng Pang-chi-trained galloper were to salute under Andrea Atzeni, he would move to 57 points and victory would be his regardless of where Soleil Fighter finishes. The two gallopers racing later on the programme who remain alive in the Million Challenge, Eternal Fortune and Aurora Lady, need Soleil Fighter and I Can to be beaten to remain a chance of victory by the time they step out. The Danny Shum Chap-shing-trained Eternal Fortune, who will also be ridden by Moore, lines up in the evening's finale, the Class Three King Kwong Handicap (1,000m). Sitting on 40 points, victory would be enough for Eternal Fortune to scoop top prize provided I Can doesn't win and Soleil Fighter misses the top two. Aurora Lady is just within striking distance on 36 points but the Ng-trained runner would need Soleil Fighter to miss out on points completely and I Can and Eternal Fortune to fail to salute. It's the 'Zac Purton Show' at Happy Valley! 📺 The superstar jockey makes it SIX WINS on the card tonight as Aurora Lady denies a fast-closing Beauty Destiny with consecutive victories... 🔥 @zpurton | #LoveRacing | #HKracing — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) December 26, 2024 Aurora Lady jumps from barrier five under Atzeni in the Class Three Sing Woo Handicap (1,200m). Further down the Million Challenge leaderboard, Red Elegance and Brave Star are the two other gallopers racing Wednesday night who could grab some minor prize money if results fall their way. Held between September and February, the Million Challenge is open to horses in Class Three and above. Hayes and Shum are chasing back-to-back victories in the competition after Tomodachi Kokoroe and Copartner Ambition shared top honours on 51 points 12 months ago. 'We really want to win it for the owner,' said Hayes. Meanwhile, the entries for this Sunday's Classic Cup (1,800m) have landed as expected, with My Wish, Packing Hermod, Rubylot, Divano, Johannes Brahms, Stunning Peach, Mickley, Noisy Boy, Cap Ferrat, Californiatotality, Packing Angel, Mondial, Steps Ahead and Sky Trust making up the field. Sky Heart is the first reserve for the second leg of the prestigious four-year-old series.
