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Drones hit ships in Black Sea, sinking 1 and prompting rescue operations, Bulgaria says

SOFIA, Bulgaria | Drones struck two ships in the Black Sea off Bulgaria on Tuesday, sinking one and prompting emergency rescue operations, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said. The Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship Dignity sank after it was hit by a military strike. Five sailors were rescued, while a search for the other 11 crew members continues, […]

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no intelligence from partners on incoming missile strike on Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine | Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in which five missiles hit civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday in a post on X. Zelenskyy characterized the barrage on the capital as “particularly vile,” and emphasized that receiving intelligence from Ukraine’s partners on […]

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Adult acne is real, but there are ways to treat it. Here’s what to know

NEW YORK | As a teenager, Gillian Maegan Montalbo’s pimples weren’t too bad — just a few bumps on her forehead and nose. But as an adult in the workforce, the breakouts returned and intensified. The acne on her cheeks and chin made her hesitant to look her bosses in the eye. “It really took […]

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Egypt’s Fayoum mummy portraits to travel abroad for first time after restoration

CAIRO | Egypt unveiled Sunday a restored version of the “Tondo of the Two Brothers,” a prized 2nd-century painting from the famed Fayoum portraits. Specialists from Rome worked alongside conservators from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir — where the collection is usually kept — for three weeks to restore the artwork, officials said at a […]

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What to Stream: Katseye, ‘VisionQuest,’ ‘Tenzing’ and a new ‘Castlevania’ game

A new album from Katseye and the Marvel series “VisionQuest” 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: Judd Apatow’s tribute to Norm Macdonald, “Dopamine Chamber” from Fontaines D.C. […]

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Quentin Tarantino’s first stage play will debut in London with Sacha Baron Cohen as star

LONDON | The latest project from Quentin Tarantino is a swashbuckling stage comedy featuring “Borat” star Sacha Baron Cohen. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sonia Friedman Productions announced Sunday that the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s first stage play, “The Popinjay Cavalier,” will open in London’s West End in March. It’s set in 1830s Europe, and the producers call […]

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Caregivers need to take care of themselves, too

CONCORD, N.H. | For Jessica Renda, the breaking point was a particularly chaotic Christmas season. Consumed by her eldest daughter’s mental and behavioral health struggles, she stopped exercising or doing anything else that brought her joy. Forget holiday magic, she was barely hanging on. “After that, I was like, ‘I really need to take care […]

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Americans 75 and older are wealthiest age group, Fed survey finds

WASHINGTON | Bolstered by steady gains in the stock market, families headed by someone aged 75 or older are now America’s wealthiest, while the youngest families saw their wealth decline in the past three years, a government report released Friday said. The finding from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances underscores how robust stock […]

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Nobel Peace laureate defends international justice as it comes under US criticism

THE HAGUE, Netherlands | Navi Pillay, the South African-born jurist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week, told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that, as a judge, she had to see the evidence of her win before she could believe the news. “I received the letter in writing … so now […]

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Mystery surrounds young worker’s death at Russia lab studying severe diseases

GENEVA | The World Health Organization said Saturday it still doesn’t know what caused the death of a young worker at a lab in Russia that focuses on plague and other illnesses. The U.N. health agency has cited initial, unconfirmed reports suggesting pneumonic plague, a severe disease less common than the better-known bubonic plague linked […]