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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Cayman initiative is warfare

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Far-right German party softens position on possible EU exit

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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 5, 2018, a plane takes off over a road sign near Heathrow Airport in London. British lawmakers are set to vote Monday June 25, 2018, on whether to expand Europe's biggest airport, Heathrow. Disruptions to air travel are possible if Britain leaves the European Union in March without a deal, the head of the leading association for airlines around the world warned Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

EU offers UK helping hand, but no reopening of Brexit deal

By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Opponents to the change of the country's constitutional name protest outside the parliament building prior to a session of the Macedonian Parliament in the capital Skopje, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Macedonian lawmakers are entering the last phase of debate on constitutional changes to rename their country North Macedonia as part of a deal with neighboring Greece to pave the way for NATO membership and eventually joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

The Latest: NATO, EU support Macedonia’s vote to change name

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May walks with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and senior British Army officer Major General Benjamin John Bathurst, left, during a military guard of honour in London, ahead of bilateral talks at 10 Downing Street, Thursday Jan. 10, 2019. (Dan Kitwood/Pool via AP)

Shinzo Abe says Japan hopes UK will avoid no-deal Brexit

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British conservative lawmaker Anna Soubry, center, who campaigned to remain in the European Union during referendum debates, reacts with pro-Brexit protesters outside parliament in London, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Soubry was verbally confronted by Brexit campaigners on Monday outside parliament. Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal seems widely disliked by both pro-Europe and pro-Brexit politicians, threatening the exit agreement and future relations with EU. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Brexit sparks showdown between U.K. Parliament and government

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Backstage drama accompanies Romania’s debut in EU presidency

By RAF CASERT and ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte react at the top of a meeting during a boat tour of the harbor of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. The leaders are expected to discuss issues including the June G-20 summit in Osaka, trade and Brexit, the impending departure of Britain from the European Union. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch, Japanese PMs offer to help save imperiled Brexit deal

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, left, and his Polish counterpart Joachim Brudzinski, right, address the media following their talks in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Salvini's visit is seen as sounding out a possible alliance with Poland's ruling EU-skeptic party ahead of spring elections for the European Parliament. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Italy’s Salvini seeks to build new European order with Poles

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Pro-Europe demonstrators hold banners and flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019. The British government on Tuesday ruled out seeking an extension to the two-year period taking the country out of the European Union ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote next week on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Dutch PM wants to help May win Brexit backing

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The Sea-Watch rescue ship waits off the coast of Malta, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018. Two German nonprofit groups are appealing to European Union countries to take in 49 migrants whose health is deteriorating while they are stuck on rescue ships in the Mediterranean Sea. Sea-Watch and Sea-Eye representatives told reporters in Berlin on Tuesday that drinking water was being rationed on their ships and some migrants had trouble eating due to illness. (AP Photo/Rene Rossignaud)

Malta allows migrants off rescue ships in 8-nation EU deal

By STEPHEN CALLEJA and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

EU parliament laments trans-Atlantic relations under Trump

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons for her weekly Prime Minister's question time, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. The British government was bringing its little-loved Brexit deal back to Parliament on Wednesday, a month after postponing a vote on the agreement to stave off near-certain defeat. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

U.K. lawmakers rebuff Theresa May as she tries to salvage Brexit deal

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

The Sea-Watch rescue ship waits off the coast of Malta, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018. Two German nonprofit groups are appealing to European Union countries to take in 49 migrants whose health is deteriorating while they are stuck on rescue ships in the Mediterranean Sea. Sea-Watch and Sea-Eye representatives told reporters in Berlin on Tuesday that drinking water was being rationed on their ships and some migrants had trouble eating due to illness. (AP Photo/Rene Rossignaud)

Malta to take stranded migrants off boats in EU deal

By STEPHEN CALLEJA - Associated Press

In this picture taken Aug.7, 2018 containers are located at the container terminal Tollerort in the port of Hamburg, Germany. (Axel Heimken/dpa via AP)

Eurozone unemployment a bright spot amid growing gloom

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

The Sea-Watch ship waits off the coast of Malta, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018. Two German nonprofit groups are appealing to European Union countries to take in 49 migrants whose health is deteriorating while they are stuck on rescue ships in the Mediterranean Sea. Sea-Watch and Sea-Eye representatives told reporters in Berlin on Tuesday that drinking water was being rationed on their ships and some migrants had trouble eating due to illness. (AP Photo/Rene Rossignaud)

The Latest: Italy alleges extremists smuggled migrants

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Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen, center, arrives for a General Affairs Council meeting at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) ** FILE **

EU blacklists Iranian intel service over assassination plots

By Jan. M. Olsen and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

EU withdraws ban threat on Thai fisheries after reforms

Associated Press

A man takes a photograph of a mural by street artist Banksy, depicting a star being chiselled from the European flag in Dover, south-east England, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. Britain is testing how its motorway and ferry system would handle a no-deal Brexit split from the European Union by sending a stream of trucks from a regional airport to the port of Dover. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: UK lawmakers pass roadblocks to no-deal Brexit

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Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives for a cabinet meeting in Downing street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

UK Parliament moves to make ‘no-deal’ Brexit more difficult

By GREGORY KATZ and LORNE COOK - Associated Press