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Serbia and Kosovo leaders break off talks without result despite EU push for improved relations

By Lorne Cook, Associated Press

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Albin Kurti met with the leaders of France, Germany and Italy, plus the two EU officials supervising a stuttering "dialogue" between them.

European Union leaders seek aid access to Gaza and consider ways to help EU citizens there

By Lorne Cook, Associated Press

At a summit Thursday, they also worked on helping EU citizens in peril, including some held hostage by Hamas. EU nations have long been divided in their approach to Israel and the Palestinians.

Amazon rolls out independent cloud for Europe to address stricter privacy standards

By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

Amazon Web Services said Wednesday that its AWS European Sovereign Cloud, which will be located in and operate out of Europe, will have the same security, availability, and performance as existing AWS Regions but will be separate from them.

Orbán blasts the EU on the anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising

By Justin Spike, Associated Press

Orbán accused the EU of seeking to strip Hungary of its identity by imposing a model of liberal democracy that he said Hungarians reject.

U.S. commitment to Ukraine a central question as Biden meets with EU heads

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

The meeting comes as he tries to assure the leaders that the United States can deliver on promises to send tens of billions of dollars' worth of aid to wartime Ukraine and Israel.

News Wrap: Fed chair says economy may need to cool to bring inflation down

In our news wrap Thursday, the chair of the Federal Reserve said inflation is still too high and the economy may have to cool off to bring it down further, the European Union pressed Meta and TikTok to explain what…

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EU leaders to meet Tuesday, talk fallout from Israel-Hamas war

By Lorne Cook, Raf Casert, Associated Press

The leaders will also try to restore order over some embarrassing and mixed EU messaging.

Poles cast their votes for centrist opposition parties after years of nationalism, projections say

By Vanessa Gera, Monika Scislowska, Associated Press

After a bitter and emotional campaign, voters turned out in droves on Sunday to make their voices known. Final results are expected Tuesday.

X has taken down hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, CEO says. An expert thinks it’s not enough

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

The head of Musk's social media platform X says the company formerly known has Twitter has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts and taken down or labeled tens of thousands of pieces of content since the militant group's attack on Israel.

EU reverses earlier announcement to suspend development aid to Palestinians

By Raf Casert, Associated Press

The European Union has reversed an earlier announcement that it was “immediately” suspending aid for Palestinian authorities and instead said it would urgently review such assistance in the wake of the attacks on Israel by Hamas.