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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen listens to statements during a meeting of the Conference of Presidents at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

EU throws weight behind Pfizer-BioNTech and new technology

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

EU, UK set meeting over Northern Ireland trade rules

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In this March 6, 2021, file photo, boxes stand next vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in the pharmacy of National Jewish Hospital for distribution in east Denver. The drug maker decided Tuesday, April 13, to delay deliveries to Europe after the American regulator recommended a pause in the vaccine's use in the United States while very rare blood clot cases are examined. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Europe scrambles as J&J vaccine delay deals another blow

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

COVID-19 patient Everton Nascimento de Oliveira, 32, receives treatment at the emergency unit of a field hospital set up for COVID patients in Ribeirao Pires, greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

The Latest: California governor says all schools must reopen

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Irish watchdog opens another Facebook probe, over data dump

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FILE - This March 31, 2021 file photo shows a EVgo electric vehicle charging station at Willow Festival shopping plaza parking lot in Northbrook, Ill. The European Union is lacking sufficient charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, according to the bloc's external auditor. In a report published Tuesday, April 13, 2021, the European Court of Auditors said users are gaining more harmonized access to charging networks but the EU is still “a long way from reaching its Green Deal target of 1 million charging points by 2025.&quot; (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

EU lacking sufficient electric cars charging infrastructure

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2021 file photo, a woman receives a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, during a mass vaccination campaign at San Pedro Hospital, in Logrono, northern Spain. While some non-European Union nations were speeding ahead with emergency use authorizations for vaccines, the EU's drug regulator moved more slowly — and hasn't caught up. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)

EU and COVID-19: When a vaccine only adds to the trouble

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE -- In this April 8, 2021 file photo Italian Premier Mario Draghi speaks during a press conference in Rome . Turkey demanded Friday that Italy's premier apologize for having called President Tayyip Erdogan a “dictator,” adding fuel to the scandal over the perceived seating snub of the European Commission president and deepening the EU-Turkey rift at the precise moment both sides were hoping for rapprochement. (Riccardo Antimiani/Pool Photo via AP)

Turkey demands apology after Draghi calls Erdogan a dictator

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Visual journalists work as a medical worker administers a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Russia started a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign on Monday, Jan. 18. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Germany mulls possible order of Russian COVID-19 vaccine

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Nationalists and Loyalists clash with one another at the peace wall on Lanark Way in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The police had to close roads into the nearby Protestant area as crowds from each divide attacked each other. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Northern Ireland leaders call for calm after night of violence

By Peter Morrison and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday March 1, 2021 file photo, Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic, right, and Health Minister Marek Krajci at Kosice Airport, Slovakia, as Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives. Two parties in Slovakia’s ruling coalition called on the conservative prime minister to resign to open the way for a reconstruction of the government amid a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia's coronavirus vaccine. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP, File)

Russia wants Slovakia to return its Sputnik V vaccines

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 3, 2021, file photo, a health worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Pamplona, northern Spain. A patchwork of advice is emerging from governments across Europe and farther afield, a day after the European Union’s drug regulator said there was a “possible link” between the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare clotting disorder. Regulators in the United Kingdom and the EU both stressed that the benefits of receiving the vaccine continue to outweigh the risks for most people. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)

Governments give varying advice on AstraZeneca vaccine

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Nationalists and Loyalists clash with one another at the peace wall on Lanark Way in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The police had to close roads into the nearby Protestant area as crowds from each divide attacked each other. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates

By PETER MORRISON and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, centre, and EU Council President Charles Michel arrive for a joint news conference after talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Top European Union officials met with Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday, weeks after EU leaders agreed to boost trade and improve cooperation on migration following conciliatory steps from Turkey. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey rejects claims of sexist snub towards von der Leyen

By SUZAN FRASER and SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Europe’s AstraZeneca vaccine fiasco erupts

By Jed Babbin

A man jogs as it snows, at Cinquantenaire park during a cold spring day in Brussels, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Belgians woke up on Tuesday to a dusting of snow in the capital in an unusual weather event for this time of the year. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU life expectancy drops across bloc amid virus pandemic

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, centre, and EU Council President Charles Michel arrive for a joint news conference after talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Top European Union officials met with Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday, weeks after EU leaders agreed to boost trade and improve cooperation on migration following conciliatory steps from Turkey. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

EU officials tell Turkey human rights are key to better ties

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

European ‘Rule of Law’ Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Saving Kosovo from Europe’s democracy-cleansing ‘Rule of Law’ Mission’

By Judge Malcolm Simmons

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen listens to a question during an online news conference at the end of a EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, March 25, 2021. European Union leaders struggled Thursday to solve quarrels about the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine shots as they tried to ramp up inoculations across their 27 nations amid a shortage of doses, spikes in new cases and a feud with the United Kingdom. (Aris Oikonomou, Pool Photo via AP)

EU nations struggle to full show vaccination solidarity

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In this photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing behind a glass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ** FILE **

Russia: Navalny on hunger strike to protest prison treatment

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press