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Portugal: Prime minister asks if skin color shaped questions

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Police in Portugal, Belgium break up sham marriages ring

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The Sea-Watch rescue ship waits off the coast of Malta, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018. Two German nonprofit groups are appealing to European Union countries to take in 49 migrants whose health is deteriorating while they are stuck on rescue ships in the Mediterranean Sea. Sea-Watch and Sea-Eye representatives told reporters in Berlin on Tuesday that drinking water was being rationed on their ships and some migrants had trouble eating due to illness. (AP Photo/Rene Rossignaud)

Malta to take stranded migrants off boats in EU deal

By STEPHEN CALLEJA - Associated Press

Portugal’s government increases minimum wage

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China's President Xi Jinping walks with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, right, before their meeting Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at the Queluz National Palace in Queluz, outside Lisbon. Xi closes Wednesday a two-day state visit to Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

China strengthens foothold in EU with Portugal agreements

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Portugal fetes China, risking tension with Western allies

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Italy coach Roberto Mancini attends a press conference at Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Portugal will play Italy in a Nations League soccer match Saturday. (Matteo Bazzi/ANSA via AP)

Mancini wants to ‘bring Italy back where it belongs’

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Air Astana plane lands safely after emergency over Portugal

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Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo gestures to a teammate during the Champions League group H soccer match between Manchester United and Juventus at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

Ronaldo wins again at Old Trafford as Juve beats United 1-0

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Leslie weakens from hurricane as it nears Portugal, Spain

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Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo warms up prior to the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Juventus, at the Dacia Arena stadium in Udine, Italy, Saturday, Oct.6, 2018. Cristiano Ronaldo is back in Juventus' starting lineup, a week after a Nevada woman filed a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape nine years ago. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Portugal PM defends Ronaldo amid rape accusation

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Spanish passengers wait for their flight to Malaga, Spain, in front of Ryanair airline check-in desks during a Ryanair employees strike at the Charleroi airport, outside Brussels, Belgium, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Ryanair pilots and cabin crew went on strike forcing the cancellation of some 250 flights across Europe, including Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Thousands of travelers affected in Europe by Ryanair strike

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Refugees and migrants carry their belongings after they disembark from a ferry, at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. About 400 migrants and refugees arrived at the port from the island of Lesbos as authorities have been moving hundreds of migrants deemed to be vulnerable from the overcrowded Moria camp to camps on the mainland. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

5 EU countries reach deal to end limbo of rescued migrants

By ARITZ PARRA and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Portugal women’s groups outraged by sexual assault sentence

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sept. 12, 2018, workers pick grapes on the slopes above the Tavora river, in the background, where it meets the Douro river near Tabuaco, northern Portugal. The scorching late summer sun of northern Portugal is ripening the black, super-sweet grapes that will go to make what European Union rules say is the only wine in the world that can be called port. But port wine's second-largest export market is the United Kingdom, and the impending British exit from the EU is throwing port's almost 50 million euros' ($58 million) worth of annual business there into doubt. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Port wine? Feta? Brexit may spell trouble for famed EU names

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Police nab cocaine at sea, taking 3-month total to 11 tons

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People observe as fire gets closer to the village of Monchique, in southern Portugal's Algarve region, Sunday, Aug. 5 2018. Over 700 firefighters were still battling a forest fire near the Portuguese town of Monchique in the southern Algarve region, a popular tourist destination. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo)

Portugal battles major wildfire as Europe heat wave endures

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People sunbathe on a beach during a hot summer day in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Hot air from Africa is bringing a heat wave to Europe, prompting health warnings about Sahara Desert dust and exceptionally high temperatures that could peak at 47 degrees Celsius (117 Fahrenheit) in Spain and Portugal. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Lisbon breaks record for maximum temp, hits 44 C (111.2 F)

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A man rests next to the beach during a hot summer day in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Hot air from Africa is bringing a heat wave to Europe, prompting health warnings about Sahara Desert dust and exceptionally high temperatures that could peak at 47 degrees Celsius (117 Fahrenheit) in Spain and Portugal. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Red alerts for Portugal, Spain amid smothering heat wave

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A woman rests next to the beach during a hot summer day in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Hot air from Africa is bringing a heat wave to Europe, prompting health warnings about Sahara Desert dust and exceptionally high temperatures that could peak at 47 degrees Celsius (117 Fahrenheit) in Spain and Portugal. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

The Latest: Hundreds of workers battle Portuguese wildfire

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