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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her specs ahed of a EU summit at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021 file photo a view of the Ferenc Puskas stadium before the Euro 2020 soccer championship group F match between Hungary and Portugal in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long used soccer to advance his right-wing politics, and now widespread international criticism of a new Hungarian law that is seen as targeting the LGBT community has turned this month's Euro 2020 tournament into a major stage for his challenge to Europe's liberal values. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh, Pool, File)
Hungary's PM uses soccer to push vision of right-wing Europe

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Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks to journalists after touring Ben Gurion Airport, with the Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz and the Minister of Transportation Merav Michaeli, Tuesday, June 22, 2021.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
The Latest: COVID-19 cluster worsens in Australian city

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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 9, 2021 file photo, a view of the entrance to Wembley stadium, ahead of the Euro 2020 soccer championship in London. The British government says more than 60,000 fans will be allowed into the semifinals and final of the European Championship at Wembley Stadium. No details have been provided yet on how fans from overseas can attend without having to quarantine after flying into London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
Wembley capacity increased for Euro 2020 semifinals, final

By Rob Harris Jun. 22, 2021 10:41 AM EDT

Merkel hopes UEFA will act 'responsibly' on Wembley capacity

Jun. 22, 2021 08:13 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she hopes UEFA will act “responsibly” on the issue of staging Euro 2020 matches in Britain given the...

A motorcycle delivery driver is inoculated with China's Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination center in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country for hard-hit countries like India and the United States if they would not cooperate with massive efforts to end the pandemic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
The Latest: Guam launching COVID-19 vaccine tourism program

By The Associated Press Jun. 22, 2021 02:43 AM EDT

North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier and head of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Armin Laschet, left, and Bavaria's State Premier and leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Soeder arrive for a CDU/CSU leadership in Berlin, Sunday June 20, 2021, on the eve of the unveiling of their electoral program ahead of the September general election. (Odd Andersen/Pool via AP)
Merkel's bloc pledges stability, renewal to German voters

By Geir Moulson Jun. 21, 2021 08:47 AM EDT

Austria's Christoph Baumgartner (9) celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Euro 2020 soccer championship group C match between Ukraine and Austria at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest, Monday, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
The Latest: 5 teams advance at Euro 2020 without playing

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2021 05:27 AM EDT

An Islamic cleric leads relatives in prayer during the burial of a man in the special section of Jombang Public Cemetery reserved for those who died of COVID-19, in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Indonesia saw significant spikes in confirmed COVID-19 cases recently, an increase blamed on travel during last month's Eid al-Fitr holiday as well as the arrival of new virus variants, such as the the Delta version first found in India. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
The Latest: NKorea tells WHO it has detected no virus cases

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2021 02:14 AM EDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, welcomes the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, right, for a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, June 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Leaders of Germany, France urge vigilance over virus variant

By Frank Jordans Jun. 18, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

Germany's Lufthansa aims to pay back government aid quickly

Jun. 18, 2021 07:11 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa's chief executive said Friday that the company aims to pay back billions of euros in aid provided to help the airline through the...

German Health Minister Jens Spahn attends a news conference on the coronavirus pandemic and the COVID-19 disease, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, June 18, 2021. Germany’s health minister says the country has now given a first coronavirus vaccine shot to more than half of its population. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP)
Germany hits vaccination milestone but wary of delta variant

By Geir Moulson Jun. 18, 2021 06:14 AM EDT

A tram drives through downtown Lisbon, Friday, June 18, 2021. Travel in and out of the Lisbon metropolitan area is to be banned over coming weekends as Portuguese authorities respond to a spike in new COVID-19 cases in the region around the capital. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
The Latest: Uganda tightening measures due to virus surge

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

People walk the road to Wembley stadium during the Euro 2020 soccer championship in London, Thursday, June 17, 2021. England is facing Scotland in a group D match on Friday evening at Wembley stadium. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
The Latest: Scotland holds England to 0-0 draw at Euro 2020

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 04:01 AM EDT

FILE- This Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, shows the Curevac company headquarters in Tuebingen, Germany. German vaccine maker CureVac said Wednesday, June 16, 2021, that interim data from late-stage testing of its coronavirus shot show a comparatively low effectiveness in protecting people against COVID-19. (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa via AP, File)
CureVac: Vaccine data are 'sobering,' full results in weeks

Jun. 17, 2021 09:12 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 12:16 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 15 The Guardian on U.S. President Joe Biden,...

Activists wearing giant heads of the G7 leaders tussle over a giant COVID-19 vaccine syringe during an action of NGO's on Swanpool Beach in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, Friday, June 11, 2021. Leaders of the G7 begin their first of three days of meetings on Friday in Carbis Bay, in which they will discuss COVID-19, climate, foreign policy and the economy. Depicted from left to right, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A sense of relief over 'dear Joe' and post-Trump summit era

By Jonathan Lemire And Calvin Woodward Jun. 15, 2021 03:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2016, file photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, poses for photographers with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, prior to their meeting at Yildiz Mabeyn Palace in Istanbul. Biden and Turkish counterpart Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday, June 14, 2021, will be their first as heads of state. And it comes at a particularly tense moment for relations between their two countries. (Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Press Service, Pool via AP, File)
Erdogan and Biden meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties

By Suzan Fraser Jun. 13, 2021 10:56 AM EDT

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures, during a press conference on the final day of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, Sunday June 13, 2021. (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)
G-7 leaders agree on vaccines, China and taxing corporations

By Jill Lawless, Sylvia Hui, Danica Kirka And Jonathan Lemire Jun. 13, 2021 10:24 AM EDT

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, with from left, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, Saturday June 12, 2021. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)
The Latest: WHO chief says vaccine need outstrips G7 pledges

By The Associated Press Jun. 12, 2021 10:25 AM EDT