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BRUSSELS AP 鈥?China on Friday renewed its criticism of Western sanctions against Russia, as top European Union officials sought assurances from Beijing that it would not help Moscow circumvent the economic measures imposed in stanley cup response to Russia invasion of Ukraine.The Chinese Foreign Ministry also laid blame for the war in Ukraine at least partially on the United States for pushing to expand the NATO military alliance closer to Russia borders. Twenty-one of the EU 27 countries are also NATO member states.At a virtual summit, European Council President Charles Michel, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell sought signs from Chinese President and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing would help to end the war in Ukraine.Von der Leyen said leaders from both sides 8 stanley cup 220;exchanged very clearly opposing views on many topics but expressed hopes that China would use its influence as a major power and permanent member stanley cup of the U.N. Security Council to convince Russia it should put an end to the war.She added that she expects China at least not to interfere with Western sanctions targeting Russia, even if Beijing does not endorse them.WATCH: Russians protest fighting in Ukraine as Moscow asks China for military assistanceChina Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian earlier warned at a daily briefing that his country disapproves of solving problems through sanct Ehly WATCH: America was always great, says Meghan McCain in eulogy for her father
OXON HILL, Md. AP 鈥?As the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee word selection panel stretches into its seventh hour, the pronouncers no longer seem to care.Before panelists can debate the words picked for the bee, they need to hear each word and its language of origin, part of speech, definition and exemplary sentence read aloud. Late in the meeting, lead pronouncer Jacques Bailly and his colleagues 鈥?so measured in their pacing and meticulous in their enunciation during the bee 鈥?stanley cup rip through that chore as quickly as possible. No pauses. No apologies for flu stanley cup bs.READ MORE: National Spelling Bee returns leaner and meaner after pandemic pauseBy the time of this gathering, two days before the bee, the word list is all but complete. Each word has been vetted by the panel and slotted into the appropriate round of the nearly century-old annual competition to identify the English language best speller.For decades, the word panel jordan work has been a closely guarded secret. This year, Scripps 鈥?a Cincinnati-based media company 鈥?granted The Associated Press exclusive access to the panelists and their pre-bee meeting, with the stipulation that The AP would not reveal words unless they were cut from the list.They ;re tough on wordsThe 21 panelists sit around a makeshift, rectangular conference table in a windowless room tucked inside the convention center outside Washington where the bee is staged every year. They are given printou