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U.S. Battle of the Bulge veterans, front row, listen to the U.S. national anthem during a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge at the Mardasson Memorial in Bastogne, Belgium, Monday.

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WWII allies, ex-enemy mark Battle of the Bulge’s 75th

by Raf Casert Associated Press, and Mark Carlson Associated PressDecember 16, 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, is greeted by Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, center left, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Britain and the European Union reached a new tentative Brexit deal on Thursday, hoping to finally escape the acrimony, divisions and frustration of their three-year divorce battle. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Johnson, EU ink Brexit agreement

by Raf Casert Associated Press, Jill Lawless Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressOctober 17, 2019

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson rushes through the rain during the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Boris Johnson said Tuesday that his government prepared at last to make firm proposals for a new divorce deal with the European Union. Britain is due to leave the 28-nation bloc at the end of this month, and EU leaders are growing impatient with the U.K.'s failure to set out detailed plans for maintaining an open border between Northern...

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EU mulls what Johnson calls compromise offer on Brexit

by Jill Lawless Associated Press, Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Raf Casert Associated PressOctober 3, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, talks to French war veteran Leon Gautier, a member of the Kieffer commando, during a ceremony to pay homage to the Kieffer commando, Thursday, June 6, 2019 in Colleville-Montgomery, Normandy. The Kieffer commando, an elite French unit, was among the first waves of Allied troops to storm the heavily defended beaches of Nazi-occupied northern France, beginning the liberation of western Europe. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

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Honoring veterans, fallen comrades

by Raf Casert Associated Press, John Leicester Associated Press, and Elaine Ganley Associated PressJune 6, 2019

European Council President Donald Tusk, left, speaks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, center, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, second left, prior to a dinner during an EU summit in Brussels, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. European Union leaders met Wednesday in Brussels for an emergency summit to discuss a new Brexit extension. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

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EU offers UK a Brexit delay

by Jill Lawless Associated Press, and Raf Casert Associated PressApril 11, 2019

Activists poses with their faces painted in the EU and Union Flag colors during an anti-Brexit campaign stunt outside EU headquarters during an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 21, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to persuade European Union leaders to delay Brexit by up to three months, just eight days before Britain is scheduled to leave the bloc. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Europe offers UK more time to leave the bloc

by Raf Casert Associated Press, and Jill Lawless Associated PressMarch 21, 2019

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday.

Europe fines Google $1.7B in antitrust case

by Kelvin Chan Associated Press, and Raf Casert Associated PressMarch 21, 2019

Rescue workers install a screen on the spot where a body was covered with a white blanket following a shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands, Monday, March 18, 2019. Police in the central Dutch city of Utrecht say on Twitter that "multiple" people have been injured as a result of a shooting in a tram in a residential neighborhood. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Gunman kills 3 on Dutch tram

by Aleksander Furtula Associated Press, Mike Corder Associated Press, and Raf Casert Associated PressMarch 18, 2019

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions inside the House of Commons in London, Wednesday.

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UK lawmakers vote against no-deal Brexit, now aim for delay

by Jill Lawless Associated Press, and Raf Casert Associated PressMarch 14, 2019

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives back at the the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Britain's Parliament delivered a crushing defeat to Prime Minister Theresa May's European Union divorce deal Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos just 17 days before the U.K. is due to leave the bloc. Lawmakers rejected the deal 391-242, ignoring May's entreaties to back the agreement and end the political chaos and economic uncertainty that Brexit has...

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UK Parliament rejects prime minister’s Brexit deal

by Jill Lawless Associated Press, and Raf Casert Associated PressMarch 13, 2019