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Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis looks up during a parliament session in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. The Czech coalition government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis is facing a parliamentary no-confidence vote over European Union subsidies paid to his former business empire. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czech government faces no-confidence vote over PM’s scandal

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Turkey's 230-meter (750-foot) drillship 'Yavuz' escorted by a Turkish Navy vessel, crosses the Marmara Sea on its way to the Mediterranean, from the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul, Thursday, June 20, 2019. Turkey had launched Yavuz, that it says will drill for gas off neighboring Cyprus despite European Union warnings to refrain from such illegal actions that could incur sanctions against Ankara. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Greece: Turkey’s gas drilling off Cyprus shows ‘weakness’

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Antigovernment protesters take part in a rally in Tirana, Friday, June 21, 2019. The opposition is boycotting the local elections planned for June 30 and has threatened to disrupt them.(AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

Albania’s president rejects ruling to hold local elections

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 file photo, a man stands in front of Poland's Supreme Court building in Warsaw, Poland. The European Union's top court has ruled that a Polish law that pushed Supreme Court judges into early retirement violates EU law. In its Monday June 24, 2019 ruling, the European Court of Justice said the measures breach judicial independence. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

EU court says Poland’s Supreme Court reforms unlawful

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Swiss prepare tit-for-tat measure on stocks in spat with EU

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Numerous environmental activists walk on a roadway on the site of the Garzweiler open-cast mine in Garzweiler, Germany, Saturday, June 22, 2019. The protests for more climate protection in the Rhineland continue. (Marcel Kusch/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Climate protesters leave German coal mine

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaks with the media as he leaves an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, June 21, 2019. EU leaders concluded a two-day summit on Friday in which they discussed, among other issues, the euro-area. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU rules out reopening Brexit deal whoever replaces May

By RAF CASERT and PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Fukuoka, Japan. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: EU states against renegotiating Brexit deal

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FILE - In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. The Bank of England is open to the idea of letting new payment services such as Facebook's upcoming Libra hold funds with the central bank, Carney said Thursday, June 20. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Bank of England chief dismisses Johnson’s Brexit trade claim

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, June 21, 2019. EU leaders concluded a two-day summit on Friday in which they discussed, among other issues, the euro-area. (AP Photo/Riccardo Pareggiani)

Europeans urge US, Iran to step back from confrontation

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FILE - In this file photo from Aug. 27, 2018, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama talks during a meeting in the western port city of Durres. Rama said in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, June 21, 2019, in Tirana, Albania, that the opposition’s main goal is to disrupt the country’s efforts to launch full membership negotiations with the European Union. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina, File)

AP Interview: Albania PM says opposition ruining EU chances

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, June 21, 2019. EU leaders concluded a two-day summit on Friday in which they discussed, among other issues, the euro-area. (AP Photo/Riccardo Pareggiani)

Macron says 3 candidates for top EU job have been ruled out

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Anti-Brexit remain supporters stand with European flags and pro-Brexit leave supporters hold red placards as they all protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Britain's Conservative Party are set to kick one more candidate out of the contest to become the country's next prime minister, as rivals scramble to catch front-runner Boris Johnson. The five-strong field will be narrowed in elimination votes by Tory lawmakers Wednesday and Thursday, with the two top candidates going to a runoff of party members across the country. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK Treasury chief issues stiff ‘no-deal’ Brexit warning

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

European People's Party member and Candidate for the next president of the European Commission, Germany's Manfred Weber, left, is welcomed by European Council President Donald Tusk ahead to a meeting on EU top jobs at the Europa building in Brussels, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

The race is on: Candidates vie for top EU jobs

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 20, 2019. European Union leaders meet in Brussels for a two-day summit to begin the process of finalizing candidates for the bloc's top jobs. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The Latest: Juncker: filling Europe’s top jobs won’t be easy

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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to a meeting during an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 20, 2019. European Union leaders meet for a two-day summit to begin the process of finalizing candidates for the bloc's top jobs. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)

EU fails to reach top jobs deal, will try again June 30

By RAF CASERT and SAM PETREQUIN - Associated Press

U.S. Navy patrol boats carrying journalists to see damaged oil tankers leave a U.S. Navy 5th Fleet base near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) ** FILE **

Iran resistance organizing global protests

By L. Todd Wood

Czech PM to face no-confidence vote over subsidy scandal

Associated Press

British Conservative party leadership contender Boris Johnson gets in a car as he leaves home in south London, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Contenders for leadership in Britain's ruling Conservative Party to become the next Prime Minister, jostled for attention Monday as the race narrowed into a contest to seize the mantle of challenger to front-runner Boris Johnson. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Who is still standing in the race to be UK prime minister?

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The United States and China are scheduled Thursday, May 9, 2019, to resume talks to try to back off an escalating trade war. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Trump confirms Xi G-20 meeting as trade war rages

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times