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What to Stream: ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Tony’ and ‘Marvel’s Wolverine’
The return of “Dancing with the Stars” and a new album from Luke Bryan are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: A new album from Carly Rae Jepsen, […]
Betty Liu’s Sesame-Cumin Chicken is double-fried for flavor and crispiness
Deep-fry (zhà), a well-known technique where the food is fried in a pool of hot oil, which both cooks it and creates a crispy exterior, is used throughout the “Frying” chapter in my cookbook “The Chinese Way.” When deep-frying, I use a thermometer, aiming for 350°F to 375°F. Another way to gauge the temperature is […]
Brazil Supreme Court justice unseals probe into Bolsonaro biopic, citing suspected criminal funding
RIO DE JANEIRO | A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Sunday unsealed an investigation into the production of a film about former President Jair Bolsonaro, pointing in his decision to suspicions the movie’s financing had ties to a criminal network. The suspicions laid out in Justice Flávio Dino’s decision may complicate matters further for Sen. […]
What’s happening at TIFF: Musical comedy ‘The Debut’ dazzles and ‘I Play Rocky’ scores a knockout
TORONTO | The 51st Toronto International Film Festival is underway, with steady parades of premieres running like traffic jams through downtown Toronto. Here are glimpses of what’s happening on the ground, and what festivalgoers are talking about. ‘The Debut’ dazzles in its debut It takes a certain amount of gumption to declare an arch comedy […]
Want to lower your risk of dementia? It doesn’t involve a blood test
WASHINGTON | New blood tests that might predict Alzheimer’s years before symptoms begin may sound tantalizing for people who worry about later-in-life dementia. But doctors say they aren’t quite ready yet — and besides, you don’t need a test before trying to lower your risk. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared four blood […]
Trump says he’s lifting a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey because ‘everybody’s been bugging me’ about it
DOONBEG, Ireland | U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey. Trump said during the trophy ceremony for the Irish Open that he had been asked about the issue by everyone, including Irish Prime Minister Micheál […]
Trump agreed to new ethics rules to get a crypto bill across the line. But that might not be enough
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump had been hearing the message loud and clear for weeks about the sweeping cryptocurrency bill being written in the Senate: to get it across the line, he would have to agree to ethics provisions that apply to him, too. First, Trump agreed to a measure that would bar him and […]
Carney pitches Canada to global investors as Trump tries to pull investment south
TORONTO | U.S. President Donald Trump wants factories and investment moving south to the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is betting he can make billions flow north. About 300 CEOs and senior executives from some of the world’s biggest investment firms will descend on the Four Seasons in Yorkville, a tony Toronto enclave […]
Russians are still fleeing abroad, citing fears of a new mobilization and a loss of freedom
This summer, a 28-year-old digital content marketer packed up his suitcases and duct-taped boxes and fled Russia, leaving behind his family and friends and not knowing when he’ll be able to return. “It is very sad to leave Russia,” he said in the southern city of Krasnodar before heading for the border with Georgia. He […]
NATO chief Rutte vows more support for Ukraine after Russian drone strikes near Polish border
WARSAW, Poland | NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Monday that Russian drone strikes near the Ukraine-Poland border — one of which hit a train shortly after senior visiting officials had passed through the same station — would drive the military alliance to increase its support for Kyiv, calling Sunday’s attacks a sign of Moscow’s growing […]