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In this photo taken on Friday July 12, 2019, a man works in the garden of a high-end restaurant, Amber Room, where top Polish politicians and business people were secretly and illegally recorded over hundreds of hours in 2013 and 2014, in Warsaw, Poland. Five years after dozens of Polish politicians were secretly recorded at two Warsaw restaurants, claims that Poland’s “Waitergate” scandal was a prelude to Russian election interference in the United States are getting another look. A book by an investigative journalist and a pardon request from the Polish coal tycoon who was convicted of having restaurant VIP rooms bugged have fueled suspicions about Russia and the nationalist party that benefited when the scandal toppled a pro-EU government. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)

Was Polish scandal a Russian test for US election tampering?

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, July 24, 2019 photo, a Syrian woman leaves a pharmacy after buying medicine in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Syrians say it’s even harder now to make ends meet than it was during the height of their country’s civil war because of intensified U.S and European sanctions. Prices have leaped because of restrictions on oil imports, the value of the currency has plunged in recent months. Most of the country is now below the poverty line, earning less than $100 a month. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Western sanctions push war-weary Syrians deeper into poverty

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Google halts Assistant speech data transcription in EU

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Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney speaks during the Bank of England interest rate decision and inflation report press conference at the Bank of England in London, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Brexit uncertainties are becoming &quot;more entrenched&quot; and increasingly weighing on the British economy less than three months before the country is scheduled to leave the European Union, the Bank of England said Thursday.(Chris J Ratcliffe/Pool Photo via AP)

Bank of England says Brexit uncertainties ‘more entrenched’

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a speech on domestic priorities at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England, Saturday July 27, 2019. Economists have warned that leaving the European bloc without an agreement in under 100-days would disrupt trade to impact on finances and investment. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Boris Johnson Brexit push puts U.S. trade deal fate in question

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

EU president-elect praises Croatia as bloc’s ‘role model’

By DARKO BANDIC - Associated Press

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, right, gestures to Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, outside Bute House, ahead of their meeting, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday, July 29, 2019. Johnson made his first official visit as British prime minister to Scotland, pledging to boost &quot;the ties that bind our United Kingdom&quot; amid opposition from Scottish leaders to his insistence on pulling Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal. (Duncan McGlynn/PA via AP)

Boris Johnson tries to reassure on Brexit as pound slumps

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a speech on domestic priorities at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England, Saturday July 27, 2019. Economists have warned that leaving the European bloc without an agreement in under 100-days would disrupt trade to impact on finances and investment. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Boris Johnson trying to pressure EU to give ground on Brexit

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a speech on domestic priorities at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England, Saturday July 27, 2019. Economists have warned that leaving the European bloc without an agreement in under 100-days would disrupt trade to impact on finances and investment. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

UK charity warns no-deal Brexit threatens science, research

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The Latest: EU official warns on UK divorce bill

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Britain's newly appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, holds his first Cabinet meeting, with Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid and Secretary for Work and Pensions Amber Rudd, right, at Downing Street in London, Thursday July 25, 2019. Johnson held his first Cabinet meeting Thursday as prime minister, pledging to break the Brexit impasse that brought down predecessor Theresa May.(Aaron Chown/Pool via AP)

UK car lobby warns Johnson against no-deal Brexit

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a walkabout during a visit to North Road, Birmingham, England, Friday, July 26, 2019. Johnson is making a plethora of promises that go well beyond Brexit: boosting police numbers, increasing school spending, improving internet speeds, even building electric planes. Johnson has not given details of where the money would come from to pay for these plans, though he has threatened to withhold a payment of 39 billion pounds ($49 billion) as part of a Brexit divorce bill that May agreed to if there is no deal. (Geoff Pugh/Pool Photo via AP)

PM Boris Johnson’s agenda raises UK election speculation

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

US official backs North Macedonia’s EU bid, urges reforms

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Ursula von der Leyen, right, designated European Commission President, and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrive for a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 25, 2019.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

EU president-elect in Poland for talks on migration, law

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Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to make a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Boris Johnson has replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister, following her resignation last month after Parliament repeatedly rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement she struck with the European Union. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Boris Johnson, new British PM, urges EU to renegotiate Brexit deal

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Banana and orange farmer Lassina Keita, 38, on his farm in Karan-Manan, Mali. Mr. Keita considered leaving Mali for Europe but changed plans when he became part of a UN development program. (Eric J. Lyman/Special to The Washington Times)

Africa to Europe migration not worth risk, Mali would-be refugee warns

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Police bust international Balkan cocaine cartel

Associated Press

EU official urges N. Macedonia to stick with reform effort

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES - Associated Press

A police officer stands guard outside the Prime Minister's residence of 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Boris Johnson will replace Theresa May as Britain's Prime Minister later Wednesday, following her resignation last month after Parliament repeatedly rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement she struck with the European Union. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: Australia hopes to sign trade deal with Johnson

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Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks outside 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Boris Johnson has replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister, following her resignation last month after Parliament repeatedly rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement she struck with the European Union. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Boris Johnson, new U.K. prime minister, sets sights on Brexit

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times