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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin concludes a trip to China by emphasizing its strategic and personal ties to Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is concluding a two-day visit to China by emphasizing the countries鈥� strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they seek to present an alternative to U.S. global influence.

A man walks with an umbrella past the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured on May 15, is being treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova. Officials at first reported that doctors were fighting for his life but after a five-hour operation described his situation as serious but stable. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Slovakia鈥檚 prime minister underwent another operation. He remains in serious condition

A man walks with a child next to a banner that reads "Violence is Not the Way" and " No Violence" in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. When a gunman shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico this week, shock rippled across the Central European country 鈥� even though the pro-Russia leader himself warned that the country was so divided that an assassination attempt was possible. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Social divisions and hostile rhetoric in Slovakia provide fertile ground for political violence

A view of the synagogue in Rouen where a man armed with a knife and a metal bar is suspected of having set fire, Friday, May 17, 2024. French police have shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen. French police said officers were alerted early Friday morning that smoke was rising from the synagogue and came face to face with the man when they got there. (AP Photo)

French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze attends a celebration of the Day of Family Purity in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Tens of thousands of people including the prime minister on Friday marched through the Georgian capital to mark the Day of Family Purity, which celebrates so-called traditional family values in the country where animosity toward sexual minorities is strong. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Georgia鈥檚 prime minister joins tens of thousands in a march to promote 鈥榝amily purity鈥�

FILE - Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8, 2021. Senegal's new prime minister Ousmane Sonko, who was freed from jail weeks before the presidential election earlier this year and propelled his party to victory, criticized the presence of French military bases in the West African country at an event late on Thursday May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)

Senegal鈥檚 new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West African country

Senegal鈥檚 new prime minister has criticized the French military presence in the West African country.

Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures as he presents his book "El camino del libertario" in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Argentine president begins unusual visit to Spain, snubbing officials and courting the far-right

Even before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid, Argentina鈥檚 libertarian President Javier Milei has stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government of bringing 鈥減overty and death鈥� to Spain and weighing in on corruption allegations against the prime minister鈥檚 wife.

Shaken by the Fico assassination attempt, the EU wonders if June elections can be free of violence

In an increasingly vitriolic political climate, the last thing needed in the runup to the June European Union elections was an assassination attempt on one of the bloc鈥檚 most controversial figures.

This image released by Maxar Technologies shows a damaged plane, likely a MiG 31 fighter aircraft, at Belbek air base, near Sevastopol, in Crimea, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Satellite image 漏2024 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine鈥檚 Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow鈥檚 offensive on Ukraine鈥檚 Kharkiv aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city.

Front row from left, South Africa's agents Cornelius Scholtz, Vusimuzi Madonsela and Israel's agents Gilad Naom, Tamar Kaplan Tourgeman and co-agent Avigail Frisch Ben Avraham wait for the start of hearings at the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, May 16, 2024. The U.N.'s top court opened two days of hearings in a case brought by South Africa to see whether Israel needs to take additional measures to alleviate the suffering in war-ravaged Gaza. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Israel insists it is doing all it can to protect civilians in Gaza and denies genocide charges

Israel has strongly denied charges of genocide and has told the United Nations鈥� top court it is doing everything it can to protect the civilian population during its military operation in Gaza.

Croatian Prime minister designate Andrej Plenkovic attends a Parliament session in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, May 17, 2024. Croatian lawmakers on Friday voted into office a new government that marks a tilt to the right in another European Union nation ahead of the 27-nation bloc's parliamentary election next month. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Croatia gets new government with a far-right party included ahead of European parliamentary vote

Croatian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that marks a tilt to the right in another European Union nation ahead of the 27-nation bloc鈥檚 parliamentary election next month.

EU bans 4 more Russian media outlets from broadcasting in the bloc, citing disinformation

The European Union has banned four more Russian media outlets from broadcasting in the 27-nation bloc for what it calls the spread of propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine and disinformation as the EU heads into elections in three weeks.

This screen grab taken from PA Video shows judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, during a live broadcast from Teesside Crown Court, sentencing Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid, 45, who was found guilty of murdering Terence Carney, attempting to murder his own housemate and assaulting two police officers, to life with a minimum term of 45 years, at the court in London, Friday May 17, 2024. (PA Video/PA via AP)

Moroccan asylum-seeker gets life sentence for killing UK retiree in attack motivated by war in Gaza

A Moroccan asylum-seeker who stabbed a British retiree to death in revenge for Israel鈥檚 war against Hamas has been sentenced to at least 45 years in prison.

FILE - Turkish Chief of Staff Gen. Ismail Hakki Karadayi, and other top commanders, from left, Hikmet Koksal, Guven Erkaya, Ahmet Corekci and Teoman Koman, who formed the military wing of the nation's most influental body, National Security Council, during a crucial meeting on Friday, Feb. 28,1997. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, May 17, 2024, pardoned seven former top military officers who were sentenced to life terms in prison over the ouster of an Islamic-led government in 1997. Those pardoned and expected to be released from prison later on Friday include Cetin Dogan, 83, who was head of military operation at the time. Former Gen. Cevik Bir, 85, who was deputy chief of military staff, was released along with other officers earlier due to ill-health. The main defendant, former Chief of General Staff 陌smail Hakk谋 Karaday谋, died in 2020, while the appeals process was still continuing. Teoman Koman was one of the generals involved with the 1997 ''post-modern coup''. He died in 2013. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey鈥檚 Erdogan pardons elderly generals imprisoned over 1997 鈥榩ostmodern coup鈥�

Turkey鈥檚 president has pardoned seven former top military officers who were sentenced to life terms in prison over the ouster of an Islamic-led government in 1997.

Cyprus' interior minister Konstantinos Ioannou, second left, talks with his counterparts Austria's Gerhard Karner, left, Czech's V铆t Rakusan, right, and Greece's Minister Of Immigration and Asylum Dimitris Kairides, second right, during the Ministerial Summit Migration and Syria Dynamics in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, May 17, 2024. The governments of eight European Union member states say the situation inside Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for voluntary returns of Syrian refugees back to their homeland. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

8 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns

The governments of eight European Union member states say the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland.

Pope Francis tries to catch his cap as wind blew it away while leaving after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

May 10-16, 2024

Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia was shot and wounded while greeting a crowd. U.S.

Bosnian Roman Catholic women pray on the occasion of the feast of the Assumption in Medjugorje, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Tuesday, August 15, 2000. Some 19 years ago six young people claimed Holy Mary appeared to them in the town of Medjugorje. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic, File)

Vatican moves to adapt to hoaxes and overhauls its process for evaluating visions of Mary

The Vatican has radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena.

The number of child migrants arriving in an Italian city has more than doubled, a report says

An aid group says that the number of unaccompanied children who arrived in the northern Italian city of Trieste through the Balkan migratory route has more than doubled last year.

FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a press conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday May 15, 2024 and taken to hospital. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

A look at assassinations and assassination attempts this century

Slovakia鈥檚 Prime Minister Robert Fico was seriously wounded in an apparent assassination attempt just weeks before a Europe-wide election that has been deeply divisive.

FILE - In this photo provided by the Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to military personnel during his visit to Oshmyany District, Grodno region of Belarus on March 26, 2024. Authorities in Belarus on Thursday announced raids and the seizure of property belonging to 104 opposition activists who have fled the country, the latest step in a crackdown on dissent that has continued unabated for nearly four years. Belarus鈥� authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, unleashed the crackdown in August 2020, when mass protests erupted against his rule following his disputed reelection that the opposition and the West have denounced as rigged. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP, File)

Belarus targets opposition activists with raids and property seizures

Authorities in Belarus have announced raids and the seizure of property of 104 opposition activists who have fled the country.

FILE - The British Union flag flies from the front of British ambassador to Russia's car, next to the Russian foreign ministry building in Moscow, Russia, on March 17, 2018. Russia has declared Britain鈥檚 defense attach茅 persona non grata and gave the diplomat a week to leave the country in response to London expelling the Russian defense attach茅 earlier this month over spying allegations. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russia expels British defense attach茅 in a tit-for-tat move

Russia has declared Britain鈥檚 defense attach茅 persona non grata and gave the diplomat a week to leave the country in response to London鈥檚 decision to expel the Russian defense attach茅 earlier this month over spying allegations.

FILE - Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) chant slogans during the Newroz celebrations, in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 17, 2024. A Turkish court on Thursday, May 16, 2024 sentenced dozens pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 30 years in prison over riots in 2014 by Kurds angered at what they perceived to be the government's inaction against Islamic State group militants who had besieged the Syrian border town of Kobane, state media reported. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots

A Turkish court has sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 years in prison over deadly riots that broke out in 2014 after Islamic State group militants besieged the Syrian border town of Kobani.

FILE - Migrants aboard a rubber boat end up in the water while others cling on to a centifloat before being rescued by a team of the Sea Watch-3, around 35 miles away from Libya, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. A majority of European Union countries are calling for more agreements with countries that people leave or transit to get to Europe, saying that to tackle irregular migration and manage migration movements to the 27-member bloc. (AP Photo/Valeria Mongelli, File)

Majority of EU nations want more partnerships to stem migration from countries of origin

A majority of European Union countries are calling for more agreements with countries where migrants depart from or travel through to get to Europe, saying the bloc needs to think outside the box to tackle irregular migration into the 27-member bloc.

A police officer stands by part of a haul of 1.8 tons of methamphetamine in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Spanish police say they have dismantled a major methamphetamine distribution network of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel after making a bust of 1.8 tons of the illegal drug. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spanish police say they鈥檝e broken up Sinaloa cartel network, and seized 1.8 tons of meth

Spanish police say they have dismantled a major methamphetamine distribution network of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel after making a bust of 1.8 tons of the illegal drug.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during his visit to the Backstage Centre for the launch of Labour's doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election, in Purfleet, Essex, England, Thursday May 16, 2024. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

The UK鈥檚 opposition Labour Party unveils its pledges to voters in hopes of winning the next election

Britain鈥檚 still-undeclared election campaign has stepped up a gear. Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on Thursday announced the key pledges that he hopes will make him the U.K.鈥檚 next prime minister.

Poland puts judge who defected to Belarus on wanted list, opening way to international warrant

Poland鈥檚 prosecutors say they have put a controversial judge who fled to autocratic Belarus on a wanted list, a step toward entering him on an international arrest warrant on espionege allegations.

Facebook and Instagram face fresh EU digital scrutiny over child safety measures

The European Union opened fresh investigations into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they鈥檙e failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc鈥檚 strict digital regulations for social media platforms.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili gestures while speaking during an interview with 蜜桃社, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Zourabichvili said Thursday that a "foreign influence" bill passed by parliament that critics call a threat to free speech is "unacceptable." (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Georgia鈥檚 leader says a divisive media bill passed by lawmakers is unacceptable and she鈥檒l veto it

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili says a controversial media bill passed by parliament that critics call a threat to free speech is 鈥渦nacceptable.鈥�

Germany鈥檚 parliament lifts immunity for prosecution of a far-right lawmaker

German lawmakers have lifted the immunity from prosecution of one of the far-right Alternative for Germany party鈥檚 top candidates in the upcoming European Parliament election as he faces an investigation.

FILE - A Finnair plane lands at the Helsinki International Airport in Vantaa, Finland, Monday, April 19, 2010. Finland鈥檚 national carrier Finnair said Thursday, May 16, 2024, that it is resuming flights to Estonia鈥檚 second largest city in June after two of its planes were prevented from landing in Tartu last month because of GPS disruptions. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

Finnish carrier will resume Estonia flights in June after GPS interference prevented landings

Finland鈥檚 national carrier Finnair is resuming flights to Estonia鈥檚 second largest city in June after two of its planes were prevented from landing in Tartu last month because of GPS disruptions.

4 people die in Croatia when a car carrying migrants hits a wall

Four people have been killed and five others seriously injured in southern Croatia when a car carrying migrants skidded off a road and slammed into a wall.

Debris lies on a street in front of a house in which a fire raged, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Thursday May 16, 2024. Several people died and others were injured in the fire in Duesseldorf. According to the fire department, a kiosk integrated into a residential building caught fire on Thursday night for reasons as yet unexplained. (Jana Glose/dpa via AP)

Fire at a residential building in Germany leaves 3 people dead and 2 with grave injuries

Authorities say a fire at a residential building in western Germany has left three people dead and two others with life-threatening injuries.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, right, receives Bosnian Serb leader serving as the 8th President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik in his office office in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

UN resolution to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia sparks opposition from Serbs

A U.N. resolution sponsored by Germany and Rwanda to establish an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs has sparked protests and a strong lobbying campaign against its adoption by Serbia鈥檚 president and the Bosnian Serb leadership.

Slovakia's Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok speaks during a joint press conference with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Slovakia Robert Kalinak at the government headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was in serious but stable condition Thursday, a hospital official said, after the populist leader was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that shook the small country and reverberated across the continent weeks before European elections. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Slovak authorities charge 鈥榣one wolf鈥� with assassination attempt on the prime minister

Slovak authorities charged a man with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying he acted alone in a politically motivated attack that left the longtime leader in serious but stable condition.

FILE - Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, talks to the media, two days after winning the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Nov. 24, 2023. Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is on the verge of brokering a four-party coalition in the Netherlands six months after coming in first in national elections, opening the prospect that yet another European Union nation will veer toward the hard right weeks ahead of EU-wide elections. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

The Netherlands veers sharply to the right with a new government dominated by party of Geert Wilders

Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders have agreed on a coalition deal that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right.

Ella Anthony, left, and her partner Doris Ezuruike Chinons pose for a photo with their dog Paddy, during an interview in their house in Passo Corese, near Rome, Monday, March 11, 2024. Knowing that she faced a possible prison term since Nigeria criminalizes same-sex relationships, Anthony fled with her partner to Libya in 2014 and then Italy, where they both won asylum. Their claim? That they had a well-founded fear of anti-LGBTQ+ persecution back home. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum in Europe

While many of the migrants who reach Europe are escaping war, conflict and poverty, an increasing number are fleeing possible prison terms and death sentences because they are gay.

FILE - European countries ' flag fly at the European Parliament, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Strasbourg. The European election will take place on June 9, 2024. Nearly 300 signatories have signed an open 10-point letter before next month's European Parliament election, saying lawmakers should be putting democracy at the top of their agenda in an increasingly authoritarian world. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Open letter before European Parliament election: Prioritize democracy as authoritarianism grows

Nearly 300 signatories have signed an open 10-point letter before next month鈥檚 European Parliament election.

鈥淢e Too鈥� director Judith Godreche, center, poses with hands covering their mouth upon arrival at the premiere of the film 鈥楩uriosa: A Mad Max Saga鈥� at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/Invision/AP)

#MeToo struggled to find traction in France. Then Judith Godr猫che came forward

Before Judith Godr猫che kickstarted a #MeToo wave in the French industry, she was one of the first prominent actors to go on the record against Harvey Weinstein.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, right, talks to Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Prime Minister Robert Fico returned to power in Slovakia last year. Having previously served twice as prime minister, from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2018, the 59-year-old's third term made him the longest-serving head of government in Slovakia鈥檚 history. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Shooting of Slovak prime minister sends shockwaves across Europe

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life after he was shot by an assailant following a political event.

Italian anti-fascist activist jailed in Hungary to be moved to house arrest in Budapest

A Hungarian court of appeal has upheld a request from an Italian anti-fascist activist to be moved from jail to house arrest in Budapest as she awaits trial.