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LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg -- EU nations on Thursday reached agreement on a long-stalled revision of the bloc's rules to share the hosting of asylum seekers and migrants more equitably. Sweden, which holds the bloc's rotating presidency, announced the breakthrough after a fraught day of negotiations...

BRUSSELS, Belgium – A top European Union official warned Thursday the Ukraine refugee crisis was a "big challenge" for the bloc and set to get worse, but insisted the 27 nations were showing "unprecedented" unity. Ukrainians who fled the war in their country take refuge in the main hall of...