Sixto Rodriguez, an obscure musician in the U.S. who became a mysterious star and voice of protest under South Africa's Apartheid unbeknown to him, has died. He was 81.
Driving the news: His official websiteSugarman.org announced his death Wednesday and his daughter, Regan, confirmed the death to the Detroit News.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to get a security agreement with the U.S. focused on deterring Iran in the context of the mega-deal the Biden administration is trying to reach with Saudi Arabia and Israel, four Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios.
Why it matters: A formal agreement, which would likely have to be approved by Congress, would give stronger U.S. security guarantees to Israel at a time when Iran continues to advance its nuclear program. The chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told Congress the Iranians could build a nuclear device within five months if they decided to do so.
Republicans and Democrats alike are bigger fans of Prince William and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky than many of their own political leaders, a new Gallup poll shows.
Why it matters: Hyper-partisan politics have sullied the reputations of U.S. political leaders, from President Biden to Speaker McCarthy (R-Calif.) to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Three million Brazilians who live in the Amazon region now have internet access thanks to an underwater fiber optic cable that's part of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's plan to expand connectivity in remote areas.
Details: Lula said on Monday that the fiber optic cables are part of a proposal to "care for the jungle, water and fauna, but also for the people" who call the rainforest home, Marina writes.
A Library of Congress project that collects and preserves war veterans' first-hand accounts wants to hear more stories from Latinos.
Driving the news: The 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, in which 150,000 Hispanics served, was last week, and the Veterans History Project is hoping that commemoration will spur more veterans to share their stories. Most veterans from that war are in their 80s and 90s now.
A Los Angeles artist is transforming Barbie dolls with sharpie eyebrows, intricate tattoos and hoop earrings amid conversations around limited concepts of beauty reignited by Barbie mania.
Why it matters: Research has shown that dolls have a direct correlation with how young girls of color see themselves and their standards of beauty.
CNN anchor and chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto will be out in March with a new book on the "definitive break between the post–Cold War era and an entirely new and uncertain one."
Zoom in: Sciutto tells Axios he's been working on "The Return of Great Powers" since anchoring and reporting from Lviv on the first day of the war in Ukraine, in February 2022.
