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FILE - French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen leaves her campaign headquarters in Paris, Monday, April 11, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron, the incumbent president with strong pro-European views, and Marine Le Pen, an anti-immigration nationalist, couldn't have more radically opposed visions of the EU. A win for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's presidential race would have immense repercussions on the functioning of the European Union. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Potential far-right victory in France seen as threat to EU

By Sylvie Corbet and Samuel Petrequin and Raf Casert - Associated Press

Ukrainian tanks move in a street in Irpin, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine braces for Donbas battle as Moscow’s war effort faces new questions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A dog stands next to the body of an elderly woman killed inside a house in Bucha, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

More Western sanctions to hit Russia after Bucha killings

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban acknowledges cheering supporters during an election night rally in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 3, 2022. Early partial results in Hungary's national election are showing a strong lead for the right-wing party of pro-Putin nationalist Orban as he seeks a fourth consecutive term. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

EU starts process to cut funding to Hungary over rule of law

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A loaded dump truck passes an empty truck as it carries away coal at the Kedrovsky open-pit coal mine in Kemerovo, Russia, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Poland’s government has decided to block imports of coal from Russia. The move is an element in a larger strategy to reduce energy dependence on Russia which gained new urgency after the invasion of Ukraine. The government of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki agreed to impose financial penalties on the private entities importing Russian coal into Poland, with Polish customs officials tasked with carrying out checks. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

France pushing for energy sanctions against Russia

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

A car stops in a gas station where prices are up to 2,75 euros per liter (US dlrs. 3.04) in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Shocking pictures from the Ukrainian town of Bucha and accusations of Russian war crimes are building pressure for more sanctions against Moscow, Monday, April 4, 2020. A key potential target: Russian oil and natural gas, and the $850 million that European importers pay for those supplies every day. But it's not so easy, given Europe's dependence on Russian energy. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Why is Europe balking at a ban on Russian energy?

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An election official checks a ballot box prior to sealing it at a local polling station in Nagykanizsa, Hungary, Sunday, April 3, 2022, before the start of the general election and national referendum on the child protection law. (Gyorgy Varga/MTI via AP)

Hungary’s pro-Putin PM Orban claims victory in national vote

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

FILE - EU and Chinese flags are seen at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. The European Union will seek China's assurances that it won't assist Russia in circumventing economic sanctions leveled over the invasion of Ukraine at an annual summit Friday, April 1, 2022. (John Thys/Pool Photo via AP, File)

China rejects sanctions as Ukraine war tops summit agenda

By Lorne Cook and Samuel Petrequin and Ken Mortisugu - Associated Press

European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni, right, speaks with European Commissioner for European Green Deal Frans Timmermans during the European Commission weekly College Meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The European Union is warning consumers to stop using their clothing like throwaway tissues and is planning measures to counter the spiraling use of polluting &quot;fast fashion.&quot; (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)

EU proposes new rules to discourage disposable fast fashion

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Anti- tank barricades are placed on a street as preparation for a possible Russian offensive, in Odesa, Ukraine, Thursday March 24, 2022.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Live updates: New phase of Ukraine war? Russia shifts focus

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talk to the press about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the U.S. Mission in Brussels, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Brussels. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S., EU announce new partnership to undercut Russian energy

By Jeff Mordock and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to COVID-19 and new emerging variants, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP, File) **FILE**

Sen. Paul complicates final passage on measure to strip Russia of favored trade status

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden points as he is flanked by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, as they take part in a G7 family photo at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Biden to help Europe ditch Russian energy, go green but pressed for more U.S. gas

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Western leaders are arriving in Brussels for Thursday's summits taking place at NATO and EU headquarters where they will seek to highlight their sense of unity in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Live updates: Bulgarians protest Russia’s war in Ukraine

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, walks with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg prior to a group photo during an extraordinary NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2022. As the war in Ukraine grinds into a second month, President Joe Biden and Western allies are gathering to chart a path to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin while tending to the economic and security fallout that's spreading across Europe and the world. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Biden, Western allies open first of 3 summits on Russian war

By Chris Megerian, Lorne Cook and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Families arrive at Kyiv's train station after leaving their homes in Chernihiv, Ukraine, through a humanitarian corridor, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Live updates: Russia to expel more American diplomats

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Soldiers walk on a path as smoke billows from the town of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Biden, allies pressure Russia with new sanctions, deployment of NATO troops

By Jeff Mordock, Mike Glenn and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Post-Soviet states must decide how they align post-Ukraine

By Taras Kuzio

A woman measures a window before covering it with plastic sheets in a building damaged by a bombing the previous day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. As Russia intensified its effort to pound Mariupol into submission, its ground offensive in other parts of Ukraine has become bogged down. Western officials and analysts say the conflict is turning into a grinding war of attrition, with Russia bombarding cities.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) **FILE**

Live updates: France’s Macron speaks with Putin, Zelenskyy

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier stands on the ruins after Russian shelling of a shopping center, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. At least eight people were killed in the attack. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine rejects Moscow’s surrender demand amid exodus of refugees, growing death toll

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times