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A view of the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Flooding in Central Europe leaves five dead in Poland and one in Czech Republic

By Karel Janicek and Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Flooded streets and houses in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Torrential rains trigger mass evacuations as rivers surge in Central Europe during record flooding

By Karel Janicek - Associated Press

FILE - A man fishes with the towering Dukovany nuclear power plant in the background, in Dukovany, Czech Republic, Sept. 27, 2011. South Korea's KHNP won a lucrative public tender to build at least two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic as the country tries to become more energy independent and wean itself off fossil fuels, the government said on Wednesday July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Korea’s KHNP selected to build at least 2 new nuclear reactors in Czech Republic

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APTOPIX Czech Republic's goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek (1) stops a shot by Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo during a Group F match between Portugal and Czech Republic at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Cristiano Ronaldo back in action as Portugal and Turkey look for second straight win at Euro 2024

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

APTOPIX Czech Republic's goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek (1) stops a shot by Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo during a Group F match between Portugal and Czech Republic at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Cristiano Ronaldo back in action as Portugal and Turkey look for second straight win at Euro 2024

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo gestures during a training session in Gutersloh, Germany, Friday, June 14, 2024. Portugal will play against Czech Republic during their Group F soccer match at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament on June 18. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Euro 2024: Ronaldo on verge of European Championship record as Portugal opens vs. Czech Republic

By Ciarán Fahey - Associated Press

U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft F-35 performs aerobatic maneuvers on the second day of the Aero India 2023 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

Czech government signs a deal with the U.S. to acquire 24 F-35 fighter jets

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FILE - Children wave Danish flags as they celebrate Denmark's Queen Margrethe's birthday, in Fredensborg, Denmark, on April 16, 2021. Norway's top body for international adoptions on Tuesday recommended a halt to all adoptions from abroad for a two-year period pending an investigation into several allegedly illegal cases, while Denmark's sole overseas adoption agency announced it was stopping for the same concerns. (Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Norway considers halting overseas adoptions as Denmark’s only international agency winds down work

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, hits a return against Kimberly Birrell, of Australia, during the National Bank Open women's tennis tournament in Montreal, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Wozniacki comes out of retirement, wins first-round match in straight sets at National Bank Open

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A Lockheed Martin F-35 performs a demonstration flight at the International Paris Air Show, Monday, June 19, 2023, at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

State Department OKs sale of latest F-35 fighters to Czech Republic

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Istvan Szekeres, engineer of the Hungarian Oil and Gas Company (MOL) checks the receiving area of the Druzhba oil pipeline in the country's largest oil refinery in Szazhalombata, south of Budapest, Hungary, Jan. 9, 2007. Several countries in Europe dependent on Russian energy suffered another blow with confirmation Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, that oil shipments have stopped through a critical pipeline. Russian state pipeline operator Transneft said it halted shipments through the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline, which flows through Ukraine to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky, File)

Russian oil shipments to central Europe expected to resume

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In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their walk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Johnson walking in Kyiv, Biden bicycling in Delaware

By Newt Gingrich

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Oct. 22, 2009 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on NATO. Albright has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies of cancer at 84

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FIFA doesn’t ban Russia, announces team will play as ‘RFU’ in World Cup qualifying

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is shown ahead of a meeting at the EU Charlemagne building in Brussels, in this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, file photo. Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been stashing away their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter century, according to a review of nearly 12 million files obtained from 14 different firms located around the world. The report released Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists involved 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one of 330 current and former politicians identified as beneficiaries of the secret accounts. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via AP, File)

Leaked ‘Pandora’ records show how the powerful shield assets

By Michael Liedtke and Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

Car of Russia's ambassador to Prague, Aleksandr Zmeyevsky is parked in front of the Foreign Ministry in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The ambassador was summoned by newly appointed Foreign Minister Kulhanek to be handed the Czech protest against the Russian expulsion move, which the Czechs consider disproportionate, saying it has paralyzed the Czech Embassy in Moscow following the fierce diplomatic crisis over allegations that Russian agents were involved in a massive Czech ammunition depot explosion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs expel more Russians in dispute over 2014 depot blast

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Russia's ambassador to Prague, Aleksandr Zmeyevsky leaves the Foreign Ministry in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The ambassador was summoned by newly appointed Foreign Minister Kulhanek to be handed the Czech protest against the Russian expulsion move, which the Czechs consider disproportionate, saying it has paralyzed the Czech Embassy in Moscow following the fierce diplomatic crisis over allegations that Russian agents were involved in a massive Czech ammunition depot explosion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs to Russia: Let our diplomats back or more of yours go

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Report sheds little light on fatal Alaska helicopter crash

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

Candles and flowers are placed to pay respect to victims of the COVID-19 pandemic at a spontaneous memorial place set at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, March 29, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic is unleashing enormous suffering as infection rates rise across central Europe even as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, recently among the worst-hit areas in the world, are finally seeing some improvements following tight lockdowns. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

3rd health minister fired in virus-battered Czech Republic

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Feds: Owners must get helicopter wreckage off Alaska slope

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