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EU top court rules in favor of Google on search engine issue

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Amnesty says EU failing to properly protect activists

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Top UK court: Johnson’s suspension of Parliament was illegal

By GREGORY KATZ and MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - This June 26, 2019 file photo shows a Starbucks sign outside a Starbucks coffee shop in downtown Pittsburgh. In a ruling Tuesday Sept. 24, 2019, a European Union court overturned a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between the Dutch government and Starbucks amounted to illegal state support for the coffee giant. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

EU court: Dutch tax deal with Starbucks is legal

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 25, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, speak to the media before a working breakfast meeting at the Hotel du Palais on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France. Johnson says he’ll tell President Donald Trump that the U.K.’s state-funded health service will be off the table in any future trade negotiations and that the U.S. will have to open its markets to British goods if it wants to make a deal. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times, Pool, File)

Boris Johnson says he’ll tell Donald Trump: Hands off U.K. health service

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, right, and EU brexit Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier, left, shake hands after a joint press conference as part of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: EU: hard to see Irish border solution with UK

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A woman holds an upside down portrait of French President Emmanuel Macron during a climate demonstration, in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Scuffles broke out in Paris between some violent activists and police which responded with tear gas at a march for climate gathering thousands of people in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Macron urges French climate protesters to target Poland

By SYLVIE CORBET and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party listens on stage during the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK’s Labour Party, split on Brexit policy, eyes key votes

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

From left; French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, EU commissioner for migration Dimitris Avramopoulos, Maltese Interior Minister Michael Farrugia, Finnish Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer give a joint press conference at the end of an informal meeting of EU interior ministers, at Fort St. Angelo, in Birgu, Malta, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Five European Union nations have agreed to a temporary arrangement to take in migrants rescued from the central Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Jonathan Borg)

5 EU nations reach temporary deal on rescued migrants

By STEPHEN CALLEJA and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker listens Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France, as members of the European Parliament discuss the current state of play of the UK's withdrawal from the EU. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

EU’s Juncker: Irish border controls needed in no-deal Brexit

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, walking along the promenade, is met by the press on the way to the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England. Saturday Sept. 21, 2019. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

UK’s Labour Party in turmoil as vote to oust deputy ditched

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson flies a Black Hornet nano drone as he meets with military personnel on Salisbury Plain training area near Salisbury, England, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused by a one of the country’s former leaders of a “conspicuous” failure to explain why he suspended Parliament for five weeks, as a landmark Brexit case at the U.K. Supreme Court came to a head on Thursday. (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)

At least they’re talking: EU, UK push on with Brexit meets

By JILL LAWLESS and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson flies a Black Hornet nano drone as he meets with military personnel on Salisbury Plain training area near Salisbury, England, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused by a one of the country’s former leaders of a “conspicuous” failure to explain why he suspended Parliament for five weeks, as a landmark Brexit case at the U.K. Supreme Court came to a head on Thursday. (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: EU, UK agree to continue Brexit talks

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Illustration on Brexit by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why Britain should bolt and join NAFTA

By Peter Morici

France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne, give a speech prior to a meeting, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: UK’s Supreme Court aims to rule early next week

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Ant-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller leaves the Supreme Court in London, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he suspended Parliament on Sept. 9, sending lawmakers home until Oct. 14 — just over two weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK top court aims to rule next week on Parliament shutdown

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Ant-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller arrives at the Supreme Court in London, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he suspended Parliament on Sept. 9, sending lawmakers home until Oct. 14 — just over two weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

U.K. gov’t insists suspension of Parliament was not illegal

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham, left, and British International Trade Secretary Liz Truss hold a press conference in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Truss says she expects Britain will to strike a free trade deal with Australia within months of leaving the European Union. (AP Photos/Rod McGuirk)

UK envoy tips trade deal with Australia months after Brexit

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker listens Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France, as members of the European Parliament discuss the current state of play of the UK's withdrawal from the EU. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Johnson faces Brexit flak from EU lawmakers and top UK court

By JILL LAWLESS and SAMUEL PETREQUIN and MARK CARLSON - Associated Press

Group busted for alleged pay-TV fraud in Europe

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