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Polish soldiers, part of the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo KFOR, guard street after Friday's violent clashes between Kosovo police and ethnic Serbs, in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo, Monday, May 29, 2023. Serbia condemned NATO-led peacekeepers stationed in neighboring Kosovo for their alleged failure to stop "brutal actions" by Kosovo police against ethnic Serbs, and said that its armed forces stationed near the border will remain on the highest state of alert until further notice. (AP Photo/Marjan Vucetic)

Kosovo Serbs trying to take over municipality building in the north clash with police

By Radul Radovanovic and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Kosovar police car burns in Zvecan, northern Kosovo Friday, May 26, 2023. Serbia put its troops on the border with Kosovo on the highest state of alert Friday following clashes between ethnic Serbs and Kosovo police that left more than a dozen injured on both sides. (AP Photo)

Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist?

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Large parts of the forests are missing in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, April 7, 2023. The European Union has been at the forefront of the fight against climate change and the protection of nature for years. But it now finds itself under pressure from within to pause new environmental efforts amid fears they will hurt the economy. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Cracks emerging in Europe’s united front to battle climate change

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman, the founder of ChatGPT and creator of OpenAI gestures while speaking at University College London, as part of his world tour of speaking engagements in London, Wednesday, May 24, 2023.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

OpenAI boss downplays fears ChatGPT maker could leave Europe over AI rules

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. European Union hits Facebook parent Meta with record $1.3 billion fine over transfers of user data to US. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to U.S.

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, file photo, a supporter of Serbian ultranationalist leader Vojislav Seselj holds a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a protest In Belgrade, Serbia. Vladimir Putin has accused the U.S. and the West of destabilizing the Balkans with NATO expansion policies as Serbia prepares a hero's welcome for the Russian president. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Putin seeks to foment second Balkan war to distract the West, Bosnian diplomat warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to U.S.

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

In this grab taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Saturday, May 20, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group military company members wave a Russian national and Wagner flag atop a damaged building in Bakhmut, Ukraine. The head of the Russian private army Wagner claims his forces have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after the longest and most grinding battle of the Russia-Ukraine war, but Ukrainian defense officials have denied it. In a video posted on Telegram, Prigozhin said the city came under complete Russian control at about midday Saturday. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP)

African leaders to broach thorny issue of paying Russia for fertilizers in Kyiv and Moscow talks

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

A Stellantis sign is seen outside the Chrysler Technology Center, Jan. 19, 2021, in Auburn Hills, Mich. Stellantis has warned of a potential existential threat to large parts of the British car industry unless the government moves to alter the terms of its Brexit trade deal with the European Union. In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the supply of batteries for electric vehicles released Wednesday, May 17, 2023, the parent company of Citroen, Fiat, Peugeot and Vauxhall said it may not be able to keep its commitment to manufacture its new fleet of cars in the U.K. without changes to the terms of the deal. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Automaker warns over U.K. operations and calls for Brexit trade deal renegotiation

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. European lawmakers have rushed to add language on general artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT as they put the finishing touches on the Western world's first AI rules. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

How Europe is leading the world in building guardrails around AI

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, left, poses with Dutch King Willem-Alexander prior to a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, May 11, 2023. China continues its diplomatic push in Europe with a high-level visit to the Netherlands where Vice President Han Zheng will be meeting the King and Premier and facing questions about its relations with Russia and the European Union. (Patrick van Katwijk/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese vice president visits Netherlands, continuing diplomatic push in Europe

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Kemi Badenoch, Britain's Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, Minister for Women and Equalities leaves after attending a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, on Jan. 17, 2023. The U.K. government on Wednesday May 10, 2023 scrapped plan to remove all remaining EU laws, some 4,000 in all, from British statute books by the end of this year — a post-Brexit goal that critics said was rash and unachievable. Badenoch said in a written statement that the government would instead draw up a list of about 600 specific laws that would be revoked. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

UK ditches post-Brexit plan to scrap thousands of EU laws by year’s end

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

The European flag, left, flies Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias) ** FILE **

EU Parliament votes to fast-track Ukraine ammunition bill

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during her press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

EU takes aim at countries helping Russia to avoid sanctions

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

In global rush to regulate AI, Europe set to be trailblazer

By Kelvin Chan

Nunay Mohamed, 25, who fled the drought-stricken Lower Shabelle area, holds her one-year-old malnourished child at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on June 30, 2022. More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022

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Ukrainian soldiers prepare their ammunition at the frontline positions near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

EU wants to ramp up ammunition production to help Ukraine

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives to board his flight to Budapest at Rome's international airport in Fiumicino, Italy, Friday, April 28, 2023. The Pope is on his way to a three-day pastoral visit to Hungary. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Amid Ukraine war, pope to give vision for Europe in Hungary

By Nicole Winfield and Justin Spike - Associated Press

Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, left and Spain's King Felipe speak during a meeting at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday April 26, 2023. Lula is on an official visit to Spain. (Chema Moya/Pool Photo via AP)

In Spain, Brazil’s Lula stands his ground on Ukraine war

By Jennifer O'Mahony - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian authorities display Captagon pills, in rural Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Syrian authorities said on Tuesday they have seized more than 500 kilograms (over 1,000 pounds) of amphetamine pills known as Captagon smuggled in pasta and headed for Saudi Arabia. (SANA via AP) ** FILE **

Syria condemns EU sanctions over amphetamine business

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