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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

Holocaust survivor Fanny Amar wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus holds a rose as she and others attend the yearly Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Haifa, Israel, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Latest: US 7th Fleet: 14,000 personnel fully vaccinated

By The Associated Press Apr. 08, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

This combination of photos shows actors, from left, Michael Cerveris, Victor Garber and Steven Pasquale, who will participate in the dark musical “Assassins," for a streaming fundraising event. Cast members of the show’s 1990 world premiere will join with the 2004 Tony-winning revival, as well as the cast of the upcoming Classic Stage Company production for an hour-long filmed program on April 15 that mixes memories and music, exploring the show from the actors' points of view. (AP Photo)
Classic Stage Company has a treat: Three 'Assassins' casts

By Mark Kennedy Apr. 07, 2021 11:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021 file photo elderly people wait for the COVID-19 vaccine at the Don Orione rest home in Rome. In some Italian region lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before octogenarians despite government pledges of prioritizing Italy’s oldest citizens. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)
Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine

By Frances D'emilio And Colleen Barry Apr. 03, 2021 02:28 AM EDT

A make up assistant adjusts the tie of European Council President Charles Michel prior an online joint press conference with Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)
World leaders call for pandemic treaty, but short on details

By Maria Cheng Mar. 30, 2021 04:51 AM EDT

Belgium's Romelu Lukaku ,second right, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's third goal during a World Cup 2022 group E qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Wales at the King Power stadium in Leuven, Belgium, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Portugal, Belgium held in WCup qualifying, Ireland shocked

By James Ellingworth Mar. 27, 2021 07:21 PM EDT

A line of vehicles curls around a COVID-19 vaccination point for priority elderly persons in the Ceilandia neighborhood, on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil

By David Biller And Mauricio Savarese Mar. 27, 2021 09:15 AM EDT

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi meets the press, in Rome, Friday, March 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, pool)
EU vaccine politics reach fever pitch; Britain a target

By Raf Casert Mar. 26, 2021 12:59 PM EDT

Franca Persico, wife of Palmiro Tami, 82, looks for her husband, through a stained glass door at the Fondazione Martino Zanchi nursing home, in Alzano Lombardo, northern Italy, Monday, March 22, 2021. Italy's nursing homes have been declared an initial success in an otherwise lagging vaccine campaign. At a nursing home near Bergamo, one 82-year-old resident received his second jab, and a surprise visit from his 77-year-old wife. Their last hug had been through plastic on his birthday, in February. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Hands touch: Italy's nursing homes emerge from COVID tunnel

By Colleen Barry Mar. 26, 2021 03:23 AM EDT

Buffalo Sabres' Taylor Hall (4) shoots at Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith (1) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Hall did not score. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Penguins extend Sabres' winless streak to 16 straight

By Will Graves Mar. 25, 2021 09:49 PM EDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session of the German parliament Bundestag ahead of an European Union summit at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
EU leaders grapple with surge of infections, vaccine issues

By Samuel Petrequin And Raf Casert Mar. 25, 2021 07:12 AM EDT

Croatia loses 1-0 to Slovenia at start of WCup qualifying

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 06:00 PM EDT
Croatia, the runner-up at the 2018 World Cup, lost the opening match of its qualifying campaign for the 2022 tournament as Slovenia secured a surprise 1-0 win...

Italian Premier Mario Draghi wears a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 as he addresses the Senate ahead of the European Council of March 25-26, in Rome, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Draghi on Wednesday decried that various interest groups are getting their members COVID-19 vaccines before adults older than 80 receive the shots. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy's PM decries 'neglecting' of elderly in vaccine access

By Frances D'emilio Mar. 24, 2021 08:04 AM EDT

Albania coach wants fans at the stadium for England match

By Llazar Semini Mar. 21, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s national team soccer coach on Sunday called on the government to let a limited number of spectators to attend its World Cup...

Accountant Tercio Galdino and wife Alicea, dressed in their astronaut costumes, pose for a photo backdropped by Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 20, 2021. The Galdinos have come up with a unique way for protecting themselves and drawing awareness around COVID-19 protective measures – by dressing as astronauts. The pair first began to traverse the iconic beaches fully suited in mid 2020 at the height of the first wave of the pandemic in Brazil, now as cases surge once again they are taking their ‘astronaut walks’ back to the promenades. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
The Latest: UNLV now plans in-person spring graduation

By The Associated Press Mar. 20, 2021 06:52 AM EDT

Dr. Luca Lorini, head of intensive care at the hospital named for the mid-20th Century pope Papa Giovanni XXIII speaks to a journalist during an interview with The Associated Press, in Bergamo, Italy, Thursday, March 18, 2021. Bergamo’s state-of-the-art Pope John XXIII Hospital verged on collapse last March: as army trucks ferried virus dead from the city’s over-taxed crematoria, doctors struggled to care for 600 COVID patients, 100 in intensive care. One year later, the picture is much improved: the hospital now is treating fewer than 200 virus patients, just one quarter of those requiring intensive care. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
As vaccinations lag, Italy's elderly again pay a price

By Colleen Barry Mar. 20, 2021 04:15 AM EDT

Giovanni Rezza speaks during a news conference in Rome, Friday, March 19, 2021. Italy’s pharmaceutical agency has formally lifted its temporary ban on AstraZeneca vaccinations after the European Medicines Agency ruled the shots were safe and effective. The head of prevention at the Health Ministry, Dr. Giovanni Rezza, said Italy only reluctantly halted the campaign out of an abundance of caution. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Europe after clot scare

By Vanessa Gera Mar. 19, 2021 04:47 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2021, file photo, pre-kindergarten students work on their school work at West Orange Elementary School in Orange, Calif. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its social distancing guidelines for schools Friday, March 19, saying students can now sit 3 feet apart in classrooms. The new guidelines also remove recommendations for plastic shields or other barriers between desks. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The Latest: LA mayor criticizes state over vaccination rules

By The Associated Press Mar. 19, 2021 03:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2020 file photo, military trucks moving coffins of deceased people leave the cemetery of Bergamo, one of the areas worst hit by the coronavirus infection, on their way to a crematory in some other location as the local crematory exceeded its maximum capacity. Italy marked the anniversary of one of the most haunting moments of its COVID-19 emergency, when Bergamo’s death toll reached such heights that an army convoy had to transport the dead out because its cemeteries and crematoria were full. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Italy honors COVID dead with living monument on anniversary

By Nicole Winfield Mar. 18, 2021 07:17 AM EDT

President Joe Biden listens as Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., speaks during a virtual meeting of the National Governors Association, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
For Biden, questions about Cuomo grow harder to ignore

By Jonathan Lemire And Marina Villeneuve Mar. 18, 2021 12:02 AM EDT