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Lawyers for the European Commission, left, and AstraZeneca right, prepare arguments during a hearing, European Commission vs AstraZeneca, at the main courthouse in Brussels, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU takes on AstraZeneca in court over COVID-19 vaccine deliveries

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Passengers wait for their Lufthansa flight at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ** FILE **

Major airlines avoid Belarus after plane diversion

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by ONLINER.BY, security use a sniffer dog to check the luggage of passengers on the Ryanair plane with registration number SP-RSM, carrying opposition figure Raman Pratasevich which was traveling from Athens to Vilnius and was diverted to Minsk after a bomb threat, in Minsk International airport, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in BelarusWestern leaders decried the diversion of a plane to Belarus in order to arrest an opposition journalist as an act of piracy and terrorism. The European Union and others on Monday demanded an investigation into the dramatic forced landing of the Ryanair jet. (ONLINER.BY via AP)

Raman Pratasevich detainment, Ryanair flight ‘forced diversion’ condemned by Joe Biden

By David Sherfinski and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Workers arrange sunbeds as others install umbrellas at Plaka beach on the Aegean island of Naxos, Greece, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. With debts piling up, southern European countries are racing to reopen their tourism services despite delays in rolling out a planned EU-wide travel pass. On Friday, Greece became the latest country to open up its vacation season as it dismantles COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and focuses its vaccination program on the islands. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

EU moves to open its borders to vaccinated tourists

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Secretary of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo participate in a roundtable with women-led small business owners Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

U.S., EU agree to talks, truce in steel and aluminum dispute

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 10, 2021. EU Foreign Affairs Ministers meet in Brussels to discuss current affairs, tensions with Russia, the Western Balkans, transatlantic relations and Belarus. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)

EU talks up Afghan support as US leaves, security declines

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

EU insists dispute with AstraZeneca is only contractual

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 28, 2021 file photo, European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni addresses the plenary chamber at the European Parliament in Brussels. The European Union's top economy official said Monday, May 10, 2021 that the measures the EU and its 27 member states have in the works to come out of the pandemic total some US dollars 5.85 trillion. EU economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told a European Parliament Committee said that if comparisons are made with U.S. President Biden pandemic stimulus relief package, the 27-nation EU can confidently stand next to to Washington when all efforts are counted together. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP, File)

EU: Pandemic measures to total about $5.85 trillion

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Family members place a cloth on the body of Rajendra Prasad Mishra, 62, who died due to COVID-19 before cremation by the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The Latest: France welcomes EU curb on AstraZeneca vaccine

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Porto, Portugal, Saturday, May 8, 2021. On Saturday, EU leaders held an online summit with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, covering trade, climate change and help with India's COVID-19 surge. (AP Photo/Luis Vieira)

EU, India try again to clinch trade deal, sidelining China

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a press conference after the informal EU summit and the EU-China summit in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Merkel reiterated her stance that the shortage of vaccines worldwide would not be solved by a waiver of patents, as suggested by U.S. President Biden. (John MacDougall/Pool Photo via AP)

Merkel hopeful on Europe summer travel even without vaccine

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, April 23, 2021 file photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement during an official visit to the Pfizer pharmaceutical company in Puurs, Belgium. The European Union has cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that her office “has just approved a contract for a guaranteed 900 million doses (+900 million options).” (John Thys, Pool via AP, File)

EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer jab

By RAF CASERT and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit at the Crystal Palace in Porto, Portugal, Saturday, May 8, 2021. On Saturday, EU leaders hold an online summit with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, covering trade, climate change and help with India's COVID-19 surge. (Violeta Santos Moura, Pool via AP)

EU says US stand on patent virus waiver is no ‘magic bullet’

By RAF CASERT and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

People stand in queues while they wait their turn to receive the first shot of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

The Latest: Utility regulator shares discredited theories

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa gestures as he attends the opening ceremony of an EU summit at the Alfandega do Porto Congress Center in Porto, Portugal, Friday, May 7, 2021. European Union leaders are meeting for a summit in Portugal on Friday, sending a signal they see the threat from COVID-19 on their continent as waning amid a quickening vaccine rollout. Their talks hope to repair some of the damage the coronavirus has caused in the bloc, in such areas as welfare and employment. (AP Photo/Luis Vieira, Pool)

EU chided for not ensuring improved social rights at summit

Associated Press

FILE- In this Wednesday, July 15, 2020 file photo, European Council President Charles Michel, top screen, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, screen right, speak with India's Prime Minister Shri Narenda Modi during an EU-India videoconference summit from the EU Council building in Brussels. European Union leaders are meeting for a summit in Portugal on Friday, May 7 sending a signal they see the threat from COVID-19 on their continent as waning amid a quickening vaccine rollout. Their talks hope to repair some of the damage the coronavirus has caused in the bloc, in such areas as welfare and employment. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP, File)

EU leaders attend summit in person for 1st time this year

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaks to the media, attends a press conference about the end of a 5+1 Meeting on Cyprus, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Antonio Guterres lays out vision for second term as UN chief

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, May 5, 2021, cars with people waiting for AstraZeneca vaccination queue in front of a tent on the parking lot of a supermarket in Pforzheim, southern Germany. The European Union's statistical office Eurostat issued a statement Friday May 7, 2021, estimating that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion dropped 10% in the EU during 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, FILE)

Carbon emissions from energy dropped 10% in the EU last year

Associated Press

Conservative's Jill Mortimer gives speech after being declared winner in the Hartlepool parliamentary by-election at Mill House Leisure Centre in Hartlepool, England Friday May 7, 2021. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

UK’s Johnson hails electoral win as focus turns to Scotland

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the opening ceremony of an EU summit at the Alfandega do Porto Congress Center in Porto, Portugal, Friday, May 7, 2021. European Union leaders are meeting for a summit in Portugal on Friday, sending a signal they see the threat from COVID-19 on their continent as waning amid a quickening vaccine rollout. Their talks hope to repair some of the damage the coronavirus has caused in the bloc, in such areas as welfare and employment. (AP Photo/Luis Vieira, Pool)

EU calls on US to push exports to counter vaccine shortage

By RAF CASERT and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press