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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a media briefing in Downing Street, London, Monday, June 14, 2021. Johnson has confirmed that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England will be delayed by four weeks until July 19 as a result of the spread of the delta variant. In a press briefing Monday, Johnson said he is “confident that we won’t need more than four weeks” as millions more people get fully vaccinated against the virus, which could save thousands of lives. (Jonathan Buckmaster/Pool Photo via AP)
The Latest: Nevada to disburse $5 million in vaccine effort

By The Associated Press Jun. 17, 2021 02:27 AM EDT

Migrants wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 sit at a pier as Italian police officers stand by, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Monday, May 10, 2021. Several hundred more migrants reached the tiny Italian island before dawn on Monday, swelling to past 2,100 the number of arrivals in around 24 hours and fueling calls from across the political spectrum for the Italian government to strengthen its migration policies. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)
Migrant arrivals by sea on Italian island swell past 2,100

By Frances D'emilio May. 10, 2021 05:15 AM EDT

Supporters of conservative Madrid president Isabel Diaz Ayuso wave flags outside the popular party headquarters in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Over 5 million Madrid residents have voted for a new regional assembly in an election that tests the depths of resistance to lockdown measures and the divide between left and right-wing parties. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Madrid's champion of soft virus restrictions wins election

By Aritz Parra May. 04, 2021 03:35 AM EDT

FILE -- In this April 6, 2021 file photo European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen leaves after a joint news conference with EU Council President Charles Michel after talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey demanded Friday that Italy's premier apologize for having called President Tayyip Erdogan a “dictator,” adding fuel to the scandal over the perceived seating snub of the European Commission president and deepening the EU-Turkey rift at the precise moment both sides were hoping for rapprochement. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Turkey demands apology after Draghi calls Erdogan a dictator

By Nicole Winfield And Suzan Fraser Apr. 09, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 file photo, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, arrives to a European People's Party's meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels. Hungary's governing party pulled out of its conservative group in the European Union's legislature on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, following years of conflict over the rule of law and European values. In a letter Wednesday to Manfred Weber, chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Fidesz's decision to leave the group. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Hungary pulls its ruling party out of EU's conservatives

By Justin Spike Mar. 03, 2021 08:45 AM EST

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi attends a debate at the Senate, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, before submitting his government to a vote of confidence. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Italy's Draghi easily wins Senate backing for unity gov't

By Nicole Winfield Feb. 17, 2021 06:11 AM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 file photo, Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, is flanked by Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini as he addresses the Senate in Rome. When Giuseppe Conte exited the premier’s office, palace employees warmly applauded in him appreciation. But that’s hardly likely to be Conte’s last hurrah in politics. Just a few hours after the handover-ceremony to transfer power to Mario Draghi, the former European Central Bank chief now tasked with leading Italy in the pandemic, Conte dashed off a thank-you note to citizens that sounded more like an ’’arrivederci″ (see you again) then a retreat from the political world he was unexpectedly propelled into in 2018.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
Conte's last hurrah? Italy's 'simple citizen' plots return

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 15, 2021 05:22 AM EST

Italian Premier Mario Draghi sanitizes his hands as outgoing Premier Giuseppe Conte looks at him, as he enters Palazzo Chigi Premier office in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Mario Draghi, credited with largely saving the euro currency, has formally taken the helm of Italy, focused on guiding the country through the pandemic and reviving its economy. Premier Draghi and his Cabinet ministers were sworn into office Saturday at the Quirinal presidential palace in front of President Sergio Mattarella. (Ettore Ferrari/Pool via AP)
Draghi takes helm in Italy, focused on pandemic recovery aid

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 13, 2021 07:09 AM EST

Soldiers march in the courtyard of the Quirinale presidential palace prior to the arrival of Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Draghi has secured pledges of backing from nearly every party in the Italian Parliament as he wrapped up political consultations aimed at giving the pandemic-ravaged nation a new government. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Draghi forms new govt blending experts, political operatives

By Colleen Barry And Nicole Winfield Feb. 12, 2021 01:49 PM EST

Leader of the Democratic party, Nicola Zingaretti arrives to speak to the media after meeting Mario Draghi, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Tuesday, Feb.9, 2021. Former European Central Bank chief Draghi is consulting Italy's fractious parties after being tapped by President Sergio Mattarella to try to pull together a government to guide the debt-riddled country through the health and economic crises it is confronting. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool via AP)
Draghi nets wide support to lead Italian government, for now

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 09, 2021 02:02 PM EST

Five-Star Movement's Luigi Di Maio waves after meeting Mario Draghi, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Former European Central Bank chief Draghi is consulting Italy’s fractious parties after being tapped by President Sergio Mattarella to try to pull together a government to guide the debt-riddled country through the health and economic crises it is confronting. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy's Draghi wins support of 2 rival parties for new govt

By Colleen Barry Feb. 06, 2021 10:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, June 5, 2014 file photo, the President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi speaks during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Italy's weary president on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 tapped "Super Mario," arguably the world's most famous Italian, to resolve a festering political crisis that threatens the ability of the eurozone's third-largest economy to manage the coronavirus pandemic and recover from the worst recession since World War II. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Draghi wins support of ex-Italian PM who triggered crisis

By Colleen Barry Feb. 05, 2021 01:30 PM EST

Mario Draghi arrives at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. As Mario Draghi works to secure the required backing in Parliament for him to govern, Italy's outgoing leader on Wednesday warned against the former European Central Bank chief's opting to lead the pandemic-battered country with a team of technocrats instead of politicians. Caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte told reporters he had a long, “very open” talk a day earlier with Draghi, shortly after Italy’s president asked the banking expert to try to form a government to replace Conte’s collapsed coalition. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy's Conte: Draghi's new government should be political

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 04, 2021 11:03 AM EST

A group of supporters hold placards reading "Draghi President" in front of the Quirinale Presidential palace in Rome Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi arrived for talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella to discuss a mandate to form a new government. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy looks to 'Super Mario' Draghi to end political crisis

By Nicole Winfield And Colleen Barry Feb. 03, 2021 03:03 AM EST

FILE-- Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, left, welcomes reigning European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on the eve of the change at the head of the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. Italian President Sergio Mattarella has summoned Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi at the Quirinale Presidential Palace on Wednesday for talks, after two rounds of talks failed to seal an agreement among parties on a new premiership for the outgoing Giuseppe Conte. (Boris Roessler/Pool Photo via AP)
Ex-ECB's Draghi positioned to lead Italy after politics fail

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 02, 2021 10:11 AM EST

A man stands by the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italian president opens talks to resolve political crisis

By Colleen Barry Jan. 27, 2021 01:18 PM EST

Reporters stand at the entrance of the Rome's Quirinale Presidential Palace, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Premier Giuseppe Conte was meeting Tuesday, with his cabinet before heading to the presidential palace to offer his resignation after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italian premier resigns, setting off scramble for new allies

By Nicole Winfield Jan. 26, 2021 04:52 AM EST

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks during his final address at the Senate prior to a confidence vote, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Roberto Monaldo/ Lapresse via AP)
Italian premier to offer resignation as government wobbles

By Frances D'emilio Jan. 25, 2021 02:01 PM EST

Presidential candidate Andre Ventura and French far-right populist Marine le Pen, center left, lay a wreath at the monument to WWI fallen soldiers in Lisbon, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Ventura is the leader of a populist party called CHEGA! (ENOUGH!), founded in 2019. Portugal holds a presidential election on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 and the moderate incumbent candidate is widely seen as the sure winner. But an intriguing question for many Portuguese is how well a brash new populist challenger fares in the ballot. Mainstream populism is a novelty in Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
In Portugal presidential race, how high can a populist fly?

By Barry Hatton Jan. 22, 2021 03:04 AM EST

Premier Giuseppe Conte delivers his speech at the lower chamber of Parliament, in Rome, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, pool)
Italy: Conte clears hurdle to retain power, bigger one ahead

By Colleen Barry And Nicole Winfield Jan. 18, 2021 05:23 AM EST