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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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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, April 24, 2023. The Serbian president on Monday sharply criticized Western officials who are mediating talks on normalizing ties with Kosovo, calling them "liars" and "fraudsters" and said the Serb minority in the former Serbian province won't tolerate foreign "occupation." (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian leader lashes out at the West over Kosovo vote

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a military promotion ceremony, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva traveled to Portugal on Friday, April 21 amid heightened tensions with the European Union, following the leftist leader’s criticism of support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) **FILE**

Brazil’s Lula in Portugal amid Ukraine remarks controversy

By Helena Alves - 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 lawmakers approve migration plan, set clock ticking

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

A dump track unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Aug. 9, 2022. Poland’s new agriculture minister vowed Wednesday to introduce detailed quality controls on the massive inflow of grain from Ukraine transiting through the country, and to ensure its efficient transport abroad. The move follows protests by angry Polish farmers, who say they face bankruptcy because of a glut of cheap Ukrainian grain (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Bulgaria temporarily bans imports of Ukrainian farm produce

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

Luxembourg prime minister champions LGBTQ rights, chastises Hungary

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows damaged aircraft, including one on fire, at Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 17, 2023. Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC analyzed Tuesday by The Associated Press show the extent of the destruction from days of fighting in Sudan between rival military forces, including some 20 aircraft either damaged or destroyed at Khartoum's airport. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

U.S. diplomatic convoy attacked in Sudan amid new truce appeal

By Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

A visitor to the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo looks at a computer chip through the microscope displayed by the state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup project which has emerged as a national champion for Beijing's semiconductor ambitions in Beijing, China on May 17, 2018. The European Union was closing in Tuesday April 18, 2023 on approval for a plan to ramp up semiconductor production as it seeks to ween itself off reliance on Asia for the tiny computer chips that control everything from cars to washing machines. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

EU nears deal on $47B law to boost computer chip production

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A dump track unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Aug. 9, 2022. Poland’s new agriculture minister vowed Wednesday to introduce detailed quality controls on the massive inflow of grain from Ukraine transiting through the country, and to ensure its efficient transport abroad. The move follows protests by angry Polish farmers, who say they face bankruptcy because of a glut of cheap Ukrainian grain (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

EU investigates after 3 countries ban Ukraine grain imports

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after their talks, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, April 7, 2023. So far, the Russian presidency of the U.N. Security Council has been the most contentious in the memory of long-time U.N. diplomats and officials. More fireworks are to come later in the month when Lavrov presides over the premier event of the presidency — an open council meeting on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Russia’s U.N. council presidency is most contentious in memory

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping after meeting the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on April 6, 2023. In the weeks since Chinese leader Xi Jinping won a third five-year term as president, setting him on course to remain in power for life, leaders and diplomats from around the world have beaten a path to his door. None more so than those from Europe. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool, File)

EU leaders beat a path to Xi’s door seeking China’s help

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Russian businessman and founder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov points while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, at the Lebedinsky GOK JSC, in Gubkin, Belgorod Region, Russia, July 14, 2017. The U.S. Treasury Department on April 12, 2023, announced new sanctions aimed at Usmanov, targeting the financial network of one of Russia's wealthiest businessmen. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

U.S., U.K. aim sanctions at Russian oligarchs’ finance networks

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a year end international press conference at the government headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP) ** FILE **

Hungary’s Orban sees U.S. as a top adversary, purported CIA leak shows

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Tourists visit the graffiti-covered “peace walls” that still separate some nationalist and unionist neighborhoods in west Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. It has been 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement largely a conflict in Northern Ireland that left 3,600 people dead. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Troubles shadow lingers as N Ireland marks 25 years of peace

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns

By Frances D'Emilio and Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

A tree is surrounded by solar panels in Los Arcos, Navarra Province, northern Spain, on Feb. 24, 2023. Renewable energy investors who lost subsidies promised by Spain are heading to a London court to try to claw back $125 million from the government — a decadelong dispute with ramifications for clean energy financing across the European Union. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)

Spain clean energy case shakes confidence in EU investment

By Jennifer O'Mahony - Associated Press

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Britain's King Charles III attend a welcome ceremony, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. (Wolfgang Rattay/Pool via AP)

King Charles III makes world debut as tour starts in Germany

By Kirsten Grieshaber and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Mohamed Auajjar, center, Chairperson of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, Chaloka Beyani, left, and Tracy Robinson, members of the Fact-Finding Mission, speak to the media ahead of presenting the findings of the final report, at the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council during a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 27, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

EU defends its Libya migrant record over U.N. team allegations

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

European Council President Charles Michel, left, arrives with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis for joint statements at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

European Council chief vows support, ammunition for Ukraine

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FILE - Cars give off exhaust fumes as children head to school in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Germany and the European Union said Saturday, March 25, 2023 that they reached an agreement in their dispute over the future of cars with combustion engines allowing the registration of new vehicles with combustion engines even after 2035 if they use climate-neutral fuel only. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Germany, EU reach agreement in combustion engine row

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press