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Italy's Andrea Belotti celebrates his first goal during the World Cup 2022 Group C qualifying soccer match between Bulgaria and Italy at Vassil Levski stadium, in Sofia, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/ Tony Uzunov)

Italy extends perfect qualifying streak with win in Bulgaria

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A woman walks past anti Irish Sea Border graffiti in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Politicians from Britain, Northern Ireland and the European Union are meeting to defuse post-Brexit trade tensions that have shaken Northern Ireland’s delicate political balance. British Cabinet minister Michael Gove, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic and the leaders of Northern Ireland’s Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government will hold a video conference to discuss problems that have erupted barely a month after the U.K. made an economic split from the 27-nation EU. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

UK, EU meeting in bid to calm post-Brexit trade turbulence

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the united EU approach to COVID-19 vaccinations at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP)

EU top official regrets ‘mistakes’ over vaccine export gaffe

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Vehicles disembark from the P&amp;O ferry arriving from Scotland at the port of Larne, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Authorities in Northern Ireland have suspended checks on animal products and withdrawn workers from two ports after threats against border staff. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

UK-EU talks aim to defuse Brexit tensions over N Ireland

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A man walks past graffiti reading &quot;No Irish sea border&quot; in the mainly loyalist Donegal road area of South Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Graffiti has appeared across Loyalist areas in Northern Ireland in recent days as anger grows relating to the Northern Ireland protocol and the row over vaccines across the border into Northern Ireland. The European Union has introduced tighter rules on exports of coronavirus vaccines that could hit shipments to nations like the United Kingdom amid a deepening dispute with drugmaker AstraZeneca over supplies of potentially lifesaving shots. The measure created an outcry Friday in Northern Ireland amid fears it would trigger controls on vaccines shipments produced in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Border checks stopped at N Ireland ports after threats

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Signs for the COVID-19 Vaccination Centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London, Monday Dec. 7, 2020, as preparations are made ahead of the coronavirus vaccination programme from Tuesday. (Dominic Lipinski/Pool via AP)

UK starts virus campaign with a shot watched round the world

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said his government is "excited" about striking a post-Brexit free trade deal with the United States. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Dominic Raab, foreign secretary, defends Britain’s handling of Brexit

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Man pleads to 39 manslaughter counts in container case

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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 1998 file photo, John Hume, right, looks at the Nobel Peace Prize diploma which he received from Francis Sejersted, left, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee during the award ceremony in Oslo Town Hall. The family of politician John Hume, who won Nobel Peace Prize for work to end violence in Northern Ireland, says he has died. He was 83. The Catholic leader of the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party , Hume was regarded by many as the principal architect behind the peace agreement. (AP Photo/Bjoern Sigurdsoen/NTB/POOL)

John Hume, who worked to end N. Ireland violence, dies at 83

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

In this Feb, 28, 2016 file photo, Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams talks to members of the media after being elected TD for Louth at the count centre in Dundalk, Ireland. Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday May 13, 2020 quashed Irish nationalist politician Gerry Adams’ convictions for trying to break out of prison in the 1970s, handing a long-awaited legal victory to the former Sinn Fein leader. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, file) **FILE**

Top UK court quashes Gerry Adams’ prison break convictions

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FILE - In this Wednesday Oct. 23, 2019 file photo, forensic police officers attend the scene after a truck was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, in Grays, South England. A truck driver accused in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found inside a refrigerated container in England has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Maurice Robinson, 25, of Craigavon in Northern Ireland, entered the plea at Central London Criminal Court on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file)

UK truck driver pleads guilty in deaths of 39 Vietnamese

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DUP leader Arlene Foster speaks to the media in the Great Hall of Parliament Buildings, Stormont, in Belfast, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Northern Ireland's major political parties agreed Friday to restore the Belfast-based government, three years after it collapsed in acrimony and left 1.8 million people with no regional government. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)

Judge says N Ireland eco-scandal not caused by corruption

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Supporters of Paul McIntyre protest outside Londonderry Magistrates' Court, where he is appearing charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. A 52-year-old man appeared in court in Northern Ireland on Thursday in connection with the murder of Lyra McKee, a journalist shot dead during a riot involving Irish Republican Army dissidents last year. Paul McIntyre has been charged with murder, though police say they believe several people were involved and they are still seeking “evidence to bring the gunman to justice.” (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)

Man in court over killing of N Ireland journalist Lyra McKee

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Man charged with murder of N Ireland journalist Lyra McKee

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Robyn Peoples, left, 26, and Sharni Edwards, 27, pose together after becoming the first same sex couple to marry in Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, Tuesday Feb. 11, 2020. Two women tied the knot Tuesday in Northern Ireland’s first same-sex wedding, after the region became the last part of the United Kingdom to legalize gay marriage. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)

Couple weds in Northern Ireland’s first same-sex marriage

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

A bridge too far? UK looks at linking Scotland, N Ireland

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Counting starts for the Irish General Election in Dublin, Sunday Feb. 9, 2020. Irish voters are choosing their next prime minister in an election where frustration with economic austerity and a housing crisis seem to have fuelled political uncertainty. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Vote prediction for Sinn Fein puts Irish politics in turmoil

By DANICA KIRKA and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE - Associated Press

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, center, is greeted by well wishers during a walkabout in central Dublin during a walkabout in central Dublin, whilst on the General Election campaign trail on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Ireland goes to the polls for a general election on Feb. 8. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)

Ireland’s two-party system shaken by Sinn Fein surge

By JILL LAWLESS and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE - Associated Press

NIreland police say IRA dissidents planned Brexit truck bomb

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Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, center, and deputy leader Michelle O'Neill, right, with party colleagues speak to the media in the Great Hall of Parliament Buildings, Stormont, in Belfast, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Northern Ireland’s main political parties are meeting to decide whether to accept a deal to restore the Belfast-based government that collapsed three years ago. Northern Ireland's 1.8 million people have been without a functioning administration since the power-sharing government collapsed in January 2017 over a botched green-energy project. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)

After 3 years of acrimony, N Ireland has a government again

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press