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European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, right, and UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen talk to journalists at the European Parliament on the eve of the Syria donors conference, in Brussels, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Top officials are warning that the crisis in Syria is not over and are calling for large-scale support for people in need on the eve of a major donor's conference. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Donors pledge $7B in aid for Syria, refugees

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

An anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporter, left, plays a guitar as she's surrounded by UKIP pro-Brexit supporters outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, March 14, 2019. British lawmakers faced another tumultuous day Thursday, as Parliament prepared to vote on whether to request a delay to the country's scheduled departure from the European Union and Prime Minister Theresa May struggled to shore up her shattered authority. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Brexit uncertainty means anxiety for some UK students

By RENEE GRAHAM and GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to lawmakers in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday March 13, 2019. In a tentative first step toward ending months of political deadlock, British lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the country from leaving the European Union without a divorce agreement, triggering an attempt to delay that departure, currently due to take place on March 29. (Mark Duffy/UK Parliament via AP)

The Latest: UK lawmakers vote strongly to delay Brexit

Associated Press

Anti-Brexit, remain in the European Union supporters hold an EU and British union flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Britain's Parliament will vote later Wednesday on whether to rule out leaving the EU on March 29 without a deal. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

UK seeks to slam the brakes on Brexit, but what comes next?

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor Philip Hammond arrives at Downing Street in London, Thursday, March 14, 2019. In a tentative first step toward ending months of political deadlock, British lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the country from leaving the European Union without a divorce agreement, triggering an attempt to delay that departure, currently due to take place on March 29. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Brextension: UK lawmakers vote to seek delay of EU departure

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

A cleaner works in Downing Street in London, Thursday, March 14, 2019. In a tentative first step toward ending months of political deadlock, British lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the country from leaving the European Union without a divorce agreement, triggering an attempt to delay that departure, currently due to take place on March 29.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

From backstop to Brexiteer, AP demystifies Brexit jargon

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters, take part in a protest outside the House of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May's mission to secure Britain's orderly exit from the European Union appeared headed for defeat Tuesday, as lawmakers ignored her entreaties to support her divorce deal and end the political chaos and economic uncertainty that Brexit has unleashed.(AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

The Latest: EU official says ‘no-deal’ vote wont halt Brexit

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, a group of migrants moves through a forest in the Pljesevica Mountain in a attempt to illegally cross the border into Croatia. Amnesty International released a report on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, that accuses European Union nations of complacency in the &quot;systematic, unlawful and frequently violent pushbacks&quot; by Croatian border guards of thousands of asylum-seekers to squalid and unsafe refugee camps in Bosnia. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)

Rights group: EU complicit in violence against migrants

By DARKO BANDIC - Associated Press

A pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporter takes part in a protest outside the House of Parliament in London, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. European Union officials on Wednesday criticized the U.K. Parliament for rejecting a Brexit deal for a second time as the bloc prepared for a chaotic, cliff-edge departure. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK lawmakers to vote on requesting delay as Brexit day nears

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier addresses the media during a joint press conference with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at the federal chancellery in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber)

UK lawmakers vote against no-deal Brexit, now aim for delay

By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond leaves from Downing Street to go to Parliament to deliver his spring statement in London, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. European Union officials on Wednesday criticized the U.K. Parliament for rejecting a Brexit deal for a second time as the bloc prepared for a chaotic, cliff-edge departure. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK unveils new tariff regime in event of ‘no-deal’ Brexit

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

EU check of Polish slaughterhouses finds document issues

Associated Press

FILE- This March 20, 2018 file photo shows the Spotify app on an iPad in Baltimore. Music site Spotify has complained to European Union regulators about Apple, saying that the U.S. tech giant is abusing its dominant position in music streaming and hurting competition. Spotify founder Daniel Ek said Wednesday, March 13, 2019 that the company has filed a formal complaint with the executive European Commission against Apple. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Spotify files antitrust complaint to EU against Apple

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

A man walks near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rates at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as investors look ahead to the British parliament’s vote on a plan to leave the European Union. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney all advanced. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Global stocks dip, pound drops ahead of Brexit vote

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, speaks during a media conference after a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Monday, March 11, 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last-ditch attempt to get concessions from EU counterparts on elements of the agreement they all reached late last year. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, set to put her EU divorce deal to the test

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters, left, and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as &quot;legally binding&quot; changes in hopes of winning parliamentary support for the agreement. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Brexit booster Farage expects yearlong delay

Associated Press

People watch a television in a pub showing Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May during a vote of Brexit deal at the House of Commons, in Brussels, Tuesday March 12, 2019. In an Irish pub in the Belgian capital, a group of Brexit opponents has gathered to watch British lawmakers vote on their country's future in the European Union. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Anti-Brexit Britons hit Irish pub in Brussels to watch vote

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters, left, and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as &quot;legally binding&quot; changes in hopes of winning parliamentary support for the agreement. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

With Brexit deal down, UK lawmakers have 2 more choices

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, a bureau de change on the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, near the town of Jonesborough, Northern Ireland. The Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland have issued a warning to Irish drivers, Thursday Feb. 28, 2019, that they will need a special insurance document to cross the currently invisible border from Ireland into Northern Ireland, if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a deal. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, FILE)

Irish border still a key Brexit obstacle

By GREGORY KATZ and PAOLO SANTALUCIA - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to lawmakers in parliament, London, Tuesday March 12, 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May's mission to secure Britain's orderly exit from the European Union appeared headed for defeat Tuesday, as lawmakers ignored her entreaties to support her divorce deal and end the political chaos and economic uncertainty that Brexit has unleashed. (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament via AP)

British Parliament decisively rejects May’s Brexit deal to leave European Union

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times