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In this April 26, 2017, file photo, rows of motorcycles are behind a bronze plate with corporate information on the showroom floor at a Harley-Davidson dealership in Glenshaw, Pa. Harley-Davidson, facing rising costs from new tariffs, will begin shifting the production of motorcycles heading for Europe from the U.S. to factories overseas. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Harley, stung by tariffs, shifts some production overseas

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This Sunday, June 24, 2018 photo released by the Libyan Coast Guard shows migrants on a ship intercepted offshore near the town of Gohneima, east of the capital, Tripoli. There were four boats, boarding 490 African migrants including 75 women and 21 children, Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said. (Libyan Coast Guard via AP)

Italian minister emboldened by Libya visit, migration curbs

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Iran Scorpion Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The Iran deal and the end of the world

By John Ligato

In this April 26, 2017, file photo, rows of motorcycles are behind a bronze plate with corporate information on the showroom floor at a Harley-Davidson dealership in Glenshaw, Pa. Harley-Davidson, facing rising costs from new tariffs, will begin shifting the production of motorcycles heading for Europe from the U.S. to factories overseas. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Harley-Davidson to make motorcycles in Europe to avoid trade-war tariffs

By Dave Boyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Thursday, June 21, 2018, migrants on a rubber boat are being rescued by the ship operated by the German NGO Mission Lifeline in the Mediterranean Sea in front of the Libyan coast. Italy's interior minister says Malta should allow a Dutch-flagged rescue ship carrying 224 migrants to make port there because the ship is now in Maltese waters. Salvini said the rescue was in Libyan waters, which Lifeline denies. (Hermine Poschmann/Mission Lifeline via AP)

The Latest: Macron wants asylum centers to hold migrants

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FILE - In this Wednesday, April 25, 2018 file photo, an Airbus A350 flies during the ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin, Germany. Aviation giant Airbus has threatened to leave Britain if the country leaves the European Union without an agreement on future trading relations. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Airbus threatens to leave Britain in case of no-deal Brexit

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Kentucky governor downplays effect of EU tariffs on bourbon

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2018 file photo, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks to a joint session of the General Assembly at the Capitol, in Frankfort. In comments at odds with his home state’s whiskey distillers, Bevin is downplaying fears that the European Union's retaliatory tariffs could disrupt the booming market for the Bluegrass state’s iconic bourbon industry. “There’s always the potential for some type of impact, but I don’t think it will be a tremendous impact,” Bevin said when asked about tariffs during a TV interview this week with Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

From boat makers to farmers, US-led tariff war inflicts pain

By PAUL WISEMAN and MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Angela Merkel’s open borders policy could spell end for Germany chancellor

By Austin Davis - Special to The Washington Times

Activists lay on the ground to mark World Refugee Day during a protest in Madrid, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

The Latest: Reports: Europe to toughen migrant checks

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This photo released on Sunday, June 17, 2018, by French NGO &quot;SOS Mediterranee&quot;, shows migrants disembarking the SOS Mediterranee's Aquarius ship and MSF (Doctors Without Borders) NGOs, after its arrival at the eastern port of Valencia, Spain. Ships in the Aquarius aid convoy docked Sunday at the Spanish port of Valencia, ending a week long ordeal for hundreds of people who were rescued from the perilous Mediterranean only to become the latest pawn in Europe's battle over immigration. (Kenny Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via AP)

The Latest: Bosnian police stop migrants heading for Croatia

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FILE - In this Thursday, May 17, 2018 file photo, British Prime Minister Theresa May looks on during a news conference with her Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev, not pictured, following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia. British Prime Minister Theresa May is urging feuding Conservative lawmakers to unite and prevent the government from being defeated in key votes on its main Brexit bill. The European Union Withdrawal Bill, intended to enact Britain's exit from the bloc, has had a rocky ride through Parliament. The House of Lords has inserted 15 amendments to soften the terms of Britain's departure. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, file)

UK lifts immigration cap for medical workers amid shortages

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EU takes all Indonesian airlines off air safety blacklist

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Migrants wait to disembark from an Italian Coast Guard vessell &quot;Diciotti&quot; as it docks at the Sicilian port of Catania, southern Italy, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The vessel docked in Catania with 932 migrants aboard in a sign that Italy under the populist 5-Star Movement and anti-migrant League is still accepting some migrants, but is forcing other countries to share the burden. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)

Migrant aid ship on way to Spain as Italy draws deeper line

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

This undated photo released on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, by French NGO &quot;SOS Mediterranee&quot; and posted on it's Twitter account, shows stranded migrants aboard SOS Mediterranee's Aquarius ship and MSF (Doctors Without Borders) NGOs, in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy's new &quot;Italians first&quot; government claimed victory Monday when the Spanish prime minister offered safe harbor to a private rescue ship after Italy and Malta refused to allow it permission to disembark its 629 migrant passengers in their ports. (Kenny Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via AP)

The Latest: US Navy confirms Mediterranean rescue operation

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Singapore to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, in Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump ignores strong points in US trade

By CALVIN WOODWARD and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

In this June 6, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump holds up the &quot;VA Mission Act of 2018&quot; that he signed during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s bottom-line stats on trade are wrong

By CALVIN WOODWARD and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

Italy Boots the Euro Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How Italy’s new government could sink the euro

By Peter Morici

FILE - In this Friday, July 22, 2016 file photo, Clay Hamilton, left, and Adrian Coman, an American-Romanian gay couple who were married in Belgium and seek legal recognition of their status in Romania, smile during an interview with the Associated Press in Bucharest, Romania. On Tuesday, June 5, 2018 the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled that the gay couple is entitled to the same residency rights as other married couples in the European Union. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

EU court backs residency rights for gay couple in Romania

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

EU defense agency chief urges Cyprus to forge closer ties

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