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ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s coast guard says a tug boat is heading to a ferry that ran aground overnight outside port on the Aegean island of Kassos with 282 passengers and crew on board. The Vitsenzos Kornaros had been on a route from the main port of Piraeus to Rhodes …

BEIJING – The more than 2,000 members of China’s top political advisory body have convened their annual meeting to put forward proposals for the national congress. Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, opened the session in Beijing on Tuesday, two days before the National People’s Congress …

BRUSSELS – The European Union is concerned that Russia might want to enforce its old gas contract with Ukraine once their current arrangement runs out, saying it could contravene Moscow’s peace obligations. EU energy chief Maros Sefcovic said Thursday that any return to the previous contract between Russia’s Gazprom and …