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Anett Bommer holds the arm of her husband Michael Bommer, who is terminally ill with colon cancer, during a meeting with The Associated Press at his home in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Bommer, who has only a few more weeks to live, teamed up with friend who runs the AI-powered legacy platform Eternos to "create a comprehensive, interactive AI version of himself, allowing relatives to engage with his life experiences and insights," after he has passed away. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

AI is imitating the dead and dying, raising new questions about grieving

Several companies have emerged in the last few years to develop grief-related technology, where users can interact with an AI version of the deceased.
 
Farmers with their tractors gather around the Atomium in Brussels, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Farmers are protesting in Brussels to put pressure on the European Union, just days before European Parliament elections. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls. Farming is a big issue and the far right pounces

 
A view of migrants behind the metal barrier border that Poland has erected along the border with Belarus, in Bialowieza Forest, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Poland says neighboring Belarus and its main supporter Russia are behind a surging push by migrants in Belarus toward the European Union. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Why Poland says Russia and Belarus are weaponizing migration to benefit Europe’s far-right

 
An American soldier touches the sand on Omaha Beach, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy

 
World War II and D-Day veteran Jake Larson visits the grave of a soldier from his unit at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later

 
FILE - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his wife Begoña Gómez arrive at 10 Downing Street, in London, Dec. 3, 2019. A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain’s prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into allegations that she used her position to influence business deals, a Madrid-based court said Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Gómez is to appear at court on July 5 to answer questions. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Spanish court summons prime minister’s wife in corruption probe. Government alleges a smear campaign

A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain’s prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into allegations that she used her position to influence business deals.
 
FILE - This combination of photos shows logos of X, formerly known as Twitter, top left; Snapchat, top right; Facebook, bottom left; and TikTok, bottom right. Spain’s government has proposed a wide-ranging law to protect children from on-line threats. It includes virtual restraining orders for felons as well as health screens for teenagers to detection emotional disorders derived from the ills of social media. (AP Photo, File)

Spain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual restraining orders

Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons and a higher age for opening social media accounts.
 

Cyprus president says a buffer zone splitting the island won’t become another migrant route

The president of Cyprus says he won’t “open another route” for irregular migration by letting through more than two dozen asylum-seekers now stranded in a U.N.
 
FILE - Amanda Knox attends a cocktail for the opening of the Innocence Project conference, in Modena, Italy, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that is the only charge against her that withstood five court rulings that ultimately cleared her in the brutal murder of her roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, in the apartment they shared in the idyllic central Italian university town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Amanda Knox will defend herself in an Italian court against a 16-year-old slander charge

Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all.
 
D-Day veteran and Ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial, Ken Hay, 98, who served with the 4th Dorset Regiment, speaks to children during a visit to Rush Green Primary School in Dagenham, England, Monday May 20, 2024, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

With time short, veterans seize the chance to keep their D-Day memories alive for others

Ken Hay’s part in the invasion of Normandy lasted just a few weeks, but he wants to make sure the experiences of those who fought and died to end the Nazi grip on Europe live forever.
 

A military training plane crashes in central Turkey, killing its 2 pilots

Turkey’s defense ministry says a military plane has crashed during training, killing its two pilots.
 
Cargo ships park at the bank of the river Rhine near the BASF chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The Rhine left its banks after heavy rain falls in southern Germany during the last days. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Body of a 5th victim is recovered from a submerged car after flooding in Germany

Police say a woman’s body has been recovered from a car that sank into floodwater in Bavaria, bringing the confirmed death toll in flooding across southern Germany to five.
 
FILE - German police officers commemorate a colleague in Mannheim Germany, after learning that a police officer, who was stabbed two days ago there has died on Sunday, June 2, 2024. German authorities say they now see evidence of an Islamic extremist motive in last week's knife attack in the southwestern city of Mannheim in which a police officer was fatally injured. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

German authorities see Islamic extremist motive in Mannheim knife attack

German authorities say they have uncovered evidence of an Islamic extremist motive in last week’s knife attack in the southwestern city of Mannheim in which a police officer was fatally injured.
 
Normandy campaign veterans pose in the 'Map Room' which shows the large diagram of the D-Day invasion plans, at Southwick army base near Portsmouth, England, Monday, June 3, 2024. The map was used by Naval planners under the command of of British Admiral Bertram Ramsay. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew

The British D-Day veterans who gathered Monday to kick off events marking the 80th anniversary of the landings in Northern France didn’t need a calendar to remember June 6, 1944.
 

Wives of mobilized Russian soldiers hold rare protest at defense ministry demanding their return

A small group of women got down on their knees outside Russia’s defense ministry to hold a rare protest and demand the return of their mobilized soldier husbands and sons from Ukraine.
 
FILE - Golden Dawn party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos, escorted by police officers leaves his residence in Athens, Oct. 22, 2020. The head of Greece’s extreme far-right Golden Dawn party will return to prison after a council of judges rescinded his early conditional release on Monday June 3, 2024. Nikos Michaloliakos was arrested in his Athens home following the decision, and will be taken back to prison just over a month after his release. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, file)

Greek extreme far-right leader to return to prison after judges rescind his early release

The head of Greece’s extreme far-right Golden Dawn party will return to prison after a council of judges rescinded his early conditional release.
 
A vandalized pre-election billboard shows Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, center, with associates after a local election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Tensions soared during Serbia's municipal elections Sunday in key cities and towns as ruling populists sought to cement their already vast hold on power in the Balkan country that is a candidate nation for European Union membership. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

International monitor notes some irregularities during Serbia’s rerun of municipal election

An international observer says Serbia’s rerun of a troubled municipal election in the capital was marked by misuse of public resources and ruling party dominance but overall was well-run.
 

UN monitor says Russia recognizes it would be unsafe now to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says Russia may eventually restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant that it seized in southeastern Ukraine but shares the view of international monitors that it’s not practical and possibly dangerous to do so now.
 
FILE - The Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Michael Czerny, meets the journalists at the Vatican press hall, in Rome, on March 30, 2023. Cardinal Michael Czerny urged European voters Monday June 3, 2024 to remember their own migratory roots in showing sympathy to people forced to flee their homes, ahead of European Parliament elections this week where migration is a big issue. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Vatican cardinal urges Europeans to remember own migratory roots ahead of European elections

A top Vatican cardinal has urged European voters to remember their own migratory roots in showing sympathy to people forced to flee their homes.
 
A member of a special unit of the Romanian gendarmerie walks by a van of the anti-terrorist unit of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) outside the apartment block in which the Israeli embassy is located in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, June 3, 2024. A foreign citizen was detained in Romania's capital on Monday after allegedly attacking the entrance of the Israeli Embassy with a Molotov cocktail, causing a small fire but no casualties, local media and police reported. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Man detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking Israeli embassy with Molotov cocktail

A foreign citizen has been detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking the entrance of the Israeli Embassy with a Molotov cocktail.
 
Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left and lead candidate of the party for the upcoming European election Jordan Bardella attend a political meeting on Sunday, June 2, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

France’s far right may win big in the EU elections. That’s worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is likely to emerge as a big winner at the weekend’s European Parliament elections even though she isn’t even on the ballot.
 
A demonstrator argues with police officers during an opposition protest against the foreign influence bill at the Parliamentary building in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The Georgian parliament has overridden a presidential veto of the "foreign agents" legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Parliament speaker in Georgia signs into law a bill that critics say curbs media freedom

The speaker of Georgia’s parliament says he signed into law a divisive measure that has drawn weeks of protests by critics who say it will curb media freedom and hurt Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union.
 
FILE - Under the cover of naval shell fire, American infantrymen wade ashore from their landing craft during the initial Normandy landing operations in France, June 6, 1944. More than 2,200 Allied aircraft begin bombing German defenses and other targets in Normandy. They are followed by 1,200 aircraft carrying more than 23,000 American, British and Canadian airborne troops. British forces landing in gliders take two strategic bridges near the city of Caen. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll, File)

Hour by hour: A brief timeline of the Allies’ June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of occupied France

June 6, 1944, began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normany, followed by some 1,200 aircraft who carry airborne troops.
 
FILE - American soldiers and supplies arrive on the shore of the French coast of German-occupied Normandy during the Allied D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 in World War II. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944. Of those, 73,000 were from the United States, 83,000 from Britain and Canada. Forces from several other countries were also involved, including French troops fighting with Gen. Charles de Gaulle. The Allies faced around 50,000 German forces. (AP Photo, File)

Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II

The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe and change the course of World War II.
 
The Blue Lagoon with people bathing in it as the volcanic crater spews lava in the background in Grindavik, Iceland, Sunday, June 2, 2024. The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions in the country's southwest, was reopened Sunday after authorities said a nearby volcano had stabilized after erupting four days earlier. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)

Popular geothermal spa in Iceland reopens to tourists after nearby volcano stabilizes

The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions in the country’s southwest, has reopened after authorities said a nearby volcano had stabilized after erupting four days earlier.
 

A man’s body recovered from waters off a Greek beach with barbell attached

The coast guard says the body of an unidentified man has been recovered off a beach northeast of the Greek capital with a 10-kilogram (22-pound) barbell attached to his leg with a rope.
 
German police officers commemorate a colleague in Mannheim Germany, after learning that a police officer, who was stabbed two days ago there has died on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German police officer dies of wounds suffered in knife attack

A 29-year-old German police officer has died of injuries suffered during a knife attack that left five other people injured on the central square of Mannheim.
 
Women hug relatives of the Ukrainian journalist and volunteer combat medic Iryna Tsybukh during a memorial service on Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Nearly 1,000 people attended a ceremony Sunday honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed in action while serving as a combat medic a few days before her 26th birthday. Tsybukh was killed while on rotation in Kharkiv area, where Russia started its offensive nearly a month ago. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Nearly 1,000 people honor a young Ukrainian journalist and volunteer combat medic killed in action

Nearly 1,000 people have attended a ceremony honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed in action while serving as a volunteer combat medic.
 

A fire at a Russian oil refinery has caused deaths and injuries, officials say

Local officials say fire broke out at an oil refinery in northwestern Russia on Sunday, resulting in deaths and injuries.
 
Parachutes drop in Carentan-Les-Marais in Normandy, France, Sunday, June 2, 2024, ahead of commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Parachutists jumped from World War II-era planes into now peaceful Normandy to kick off a week of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
 
Real Madrid's Luka Modric kisses the trophy after winning the Champions League final soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid at Wembley stadium in London, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Real Madrid plot a 16th Champions League triumph. Kylian Mbappe would make Europe’s best even better

Real Madrid had barely begun celebrating a record-extending 15th Champions League title when coach Carlo Ancelotti started to plot a 16th.
 

Iceland elects businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir as president

Iceland’s national broadcasting service says Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor, has won Iceland’s presidential election, topping a crowded field of candidates in which the top three finishers were women.
 
Sections of the city are flooded by water, in Reichertshofen, Germany, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

A firefighter dies and a long-distance train derails amid heavy rains and flooding in Germany

Flooding, high river levels and heavy rain led to the death of a firefighter and disrupted train travel across Germany on Sunday.
 
Representatives of the diplomatic corps look at U.S.-made M1 Abrams tank, and other U.S. military vehicles, hit and captured by Russian troops during the fighting in Ukraine as they visit an exhibition of Western military equipment seized from Ukrainian forces, in Moscow, on Friday, May 31, 2024. The exhibit, organized by the Russian Defense Ministry, features more than 30 pieces of Western-made heavy equipment, including a U.S.-made M1 Abrams tank and a Bradley armored fighting vehicle. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure

Ukraine has imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country a day after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed it made gains in the eastern Donetsk province.
 
FILE - Oil workers stand on a new rig Tuesday, June 17, 2008, in the Sakhir, Bahrain, desert. Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries face a decision Sunday, June 2, 2024, on whether to extend production cuts set to expire next month — a move that could push oil prices higher as the summer travel season increases demand for fuel and as the U.S. presidential election contest heats up. (AP Photos/Hasan Jamali, File)

Oil producers led by Saudis extended supply cuts amid slack prices

Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries have extended their deep output cuts aimed at supporting slack prices.
 

1 dead and 8 injured in Istanbul apartment building collapse

An apartment building collapse in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed one person and injured eight, authorities say.
 
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks at his party's headquarters during local elections in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Tensions soared during Serbia's municipal elections Sunday in key cities and towns as ruling populists sought to cement their already vast hold on power in the Balkan country that is a candidate nation for European Union membership. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Ruling populists declare victory in Serbia local vote despite opposition claims of irregularities

Serbia’s governing populists have declared victory at tense municipal elections in dozens of cities and towns throughout the Balkan country, including a rerun vote in the capital, Belgrade, as opposition are claiming major irregularities.
 
People march during a rally in support of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his party in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Orbán, whose 14 years in power make him the European Union's longest serving leader, has focused his campaign for the June 9 European Parliament elections on the war in Ukraine, portraying his domestic and international opponents as warmongers who seek to involve Hungary directly in the conflict. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Orbán stages a ‘peace march’ in Hungary in a show of strength before European Parliament election

A crowd of tens of thousands has gathered in Hungary’s capital in a show of strength behind Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
 
FILE - Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU Summit in Brussels, on March 22, 2024. Voters in Iceland are choosing a president on Saturday, June 1, 2024 selecting from a field of 12 men and women, including former prime minister Jakobsdottir. Jakobsdottir resigned as prime minister earlier this year to run for president. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Voters in Iceland are picking the new president of the rugged island near the Arctic Circle

Voters in Iceland are choosing a president and selecting from a field of 12 people including a former prime minister.
 

Estonia ratifies CERN accession to become 24th member in one of Europe’s key scientific bodies

Estonia’s government has ratified the country’s full membership in the European Organization for Nuclear Research, a move that will give companies, scientists and teachers in the Baltic nation complete access to one of Europe’s main research and scientific organizations.