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Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page, July 24, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

European Union investigating Musk’s X over possible breaches of social media law

Newly elected Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, center, is congratulated by lawmakers after his government passed a confidence vote at the parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s new Prime Minister Donald Tusk takes office, ending 8 years of conservative rule

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Newly elected Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk addresses lawmakers during his speech at the parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government wins confidence vote in parliament

By Vanessa Gera and Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping sits next to other world leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

Cold War-style tension between U.S. and China rising in Balkans

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Poland's former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Lech Walesa being greeted in parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Monday Dec. 11, 2023. Though he was hospitalized last week for COVID-19, Walesa nevertheless traveled early from his home in Gdansk to attend the parliamentary session. The national conservatives who have ruled Poland for eight years are expected to finally relinquish power this week to a centrist bloc led by political veteran Donald Tusk. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

A day of two prime ministers in Poland begins the delayed transition to centrist, pro-EU government

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

European Union flags wave in the wind as pedestrians walk by EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 to protest what they perceive as new austerity measures as the 27 European Union countries discuss ways to overhaul rules on government spending. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Thousands of demonstrators from Europe expected in Brussels to protest austerity measures in the EU

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Europe reaches deal on world’s first comprehensive AI rules

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping sits next to other world leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco, on Nov. 16, 2023. Xi met at a state guesthouse in Beijing with the two European presidents, Ursula von der Leyen from the EU Commission and Charles Michel from the EU Council on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Divides over trade and Ukraine are in focus as EU and China’s leaders meet in Beijing

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French gendarmes patrol the Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel Tower after a man targeted passersbys late saturday, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. Police subdued the man, a 25-year-old French citizen who had spent four years in prison for a violent offense. After his arrest, he expressed anguish about Muslims dying, notably in the Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Senior EU official warns of huge security risk in Europe over Christmas as Israel-Hamas war rages

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech after he was re-elected as party president at the election of officials congress of the ruling Hungarian Fidesz party in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban demands Ukraine’s EU membership be taken off summit agenda

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Europe’s world-leading artificial intelligence rules are facing a do-or-die moment

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter attends a press conference after a meeting of Interior Ministers of Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), Austria and Germany, in Szeged, Hungary, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Central European interior ministers agree to step up fight against illegal migration at EU borders

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki flashes a victory sign in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Delegations from the European Union member states and from Middle East and northern Africa countries are meeting Monday in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the crisis in Gaza where a fragile pause in fighting is set to expire. Forty-two delegations will gather at the Union for the Mediterranean event with many represented by their foreign ministers. Israel is not attending. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Palestinian diplomat appeals for Gaza truce to be extended as EU and Arab nations meet in Spain

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Gagged activists hold a placard as persons wearing a mask of French President Emmanuel Macron stand behind putting his hand on their mouth during a protest Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 in Paris. Activists say that France is vetoing a European decision on rape definition based on lack of consent. The large majority of EU member countries already treat violence against women and girls as a crime but the Commission said last year there are gaps in national legislation. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Activists call on France to endorse a consent-based rape definition across the entire European Union

By Helena Alves and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

A government billboard reading "Let's not dance to their tune" is seen with portraits of Alex Soros and Ursula von der Leyen in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. A countrywide billboard campaign that flooded the streets of Hungary this week takes aim at the head of the European Union's executive Ursula von der Leyen, the start of an election campaign that marks an escalation of tensions between the country's right-wing government and the EU. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

An anti-European Union billboard campaign in Hungary turns up tensions with the Orban government

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, known as PVV, talks to his supporters after announcement of the first preliminary results of general elections in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders headed for massive win in Netherlands in shock for Europe

By Mike Corder and Raf Casert - Associated Press

FILE - Tourists look at the illuminated Eiffel Tower in Paris, on June 13, 2013. A culinary issue erupted as the European Parliament prepares to vote on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, on a proposal about packaging waste. Some French cheese producers feared that its language would mean their delectable, pungent Camembert will no longer be encased in wooden boxes. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

France remains ‘le grand fromage’ in the European Union, and Camembert remains in a wooden box

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

FILE - European Union flags wave in the wind as pedestrians walk by EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. EU lawmakers have rejected a proposal from the bloc’s executive arm to set legally binding targets to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030 and a ban on all pesticide use in areas such public parks, playgrounds and schools. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

A ‘black day’ for the EU Green Deal: lawmakers reject proposal to cut use of chemical pesticides

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Election billboards are seen near the parliament building in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Dutch voters will go to the polls on Wednesday Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Voters offered a clean slate in an election to replace The Netherlands’ longest-serving leader

By Mike Corder and Raf Casert - Associated Press

Leader of the Polish Civic Coalition Donald Tusk, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen walk off the podium after addressing a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Poland set to get more than 5 billion euros in EU money after commission approves recovery plan

By Samuel Petrequin and Vanessa Gera - Associated Press