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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr gestures toward players during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

USA Basketball learns its groupings for the Paris Olympics. Tough draws await the men and women

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, left, talks with Victor Wembanyama on the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Wembanyama, Spurs confirm that they’re headed to France next season

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FILE - Bishops kneel on the forecourt of the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire basilica in the sanctuary of Lourdes, southwestern France, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. More than 500 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives have received financial compensation from France's Catholic Church under a sweeping reparations program, the independent body in charge of the process said Thursday March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)

Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

World War II veteran Harold Terens, 100, right, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, share a laugh as they speak during an interview, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Boca Raton, Fla. Terens will be honored by France as part of the country's 80th anniversary celebration of D-Day. In addition, the couple will be married on June 8 at a chapel near the beaches where U.S. forces landed. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

80 years after D-Day, a World War II veteran getting married near beaches where U.S. troops landed

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press

France's Antoine Dupont walks in the try zone after France's try against the United States during a Vancouver Sevens rugby match Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

After helping France win Los Angeles Sevens, Antoine Dupont has Olympic gold in mind

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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal speaks during the Congress of both Houses of Parliament at the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris, Monday, March 4, 2024. French lawmakers gather at the Palace of Versailles for a historic vote that will make abortion a constitutional right. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

French lawmakers approve a bill that makes abortion a constitutional right

By Barbara Surk and Nicolas Garriga - Associated Press

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani delivers a speech during a state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Qatar's emir has arrived in France for a two-day state visit as his country plays a key role in ongoing diplomatic efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)

Qatar’s emir speaks of ‘race against time’ to win hostage releases in Gaza diplomatic efforts

By Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester - Associated Press

European farmers illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Comedy of errors has European farmers fuming

By Alvaro Vargas Llosa

French President Emmanuel Macron, center right, delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. More than 20 European heads of state and government and other Western officials are gathering in a show of unity for Ukraine, signaling to Russia that their support for Kyiv isn't wavering as the full-scale invasion grinds into a third year. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

Macron urges European leaders to boost Ukraine support, saying Russia ‘must not win’

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

The portrait of Missak Manouchian is projected on the facade of Pantheon monument, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 in Paris. While France hosts grandiose ceremonies commemorating D-Day, Missak Manouchian and his Resistance fighters' heroic role in World War II are often overlooked. French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to change that by inducting Manouchian into the Panthéon national monument. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France honors foreign Resistance fighters as WWII hero Manouchian is inducted into the Pantheon

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

FILE -France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks on a mobile phone as he departs an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. French government officials accused Russia on Monday of operating a long-running online manipulation campaign against Ukraine’s Western backers in the lead up to the second anniversary of Moscow’s military invasion of its neighbor. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

France accuses Russia of disinformation campaign in key election year

By Barbara Surk and Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

Louis Bielle-Biarrey of France, left celebrates after scoring a try during the Six Nations rugby union match between Scotland and France at Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

France escapes with comeback win over Scotland after disputed late TMO call in Six Nations

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The United States women's national team head coach Cheryl Reeve, second from right, speaks to her players after practice during the team's training camp, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in New York. The U.S. announced their team that will play in a pre-Olympic tournament in Belgium this week. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Olympic women’s basketball qualifiers set to begin around the world

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. The 2024 Paris Olympics are set to be played this summer in some iconic venues that have deep historical significance. Many events will take place in Paris, including fencing and taekwondo at the Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, and beach volleyball at the base of the Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo//Michel Euler, File)

5 marvelous, historic sporting venues in the Paris Olympics

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People shop at an open air market in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, France, Friday, Feb 2, 2024. European farmers and households are both hurting these days because of multiple factors, including persistent inflation, high interest rates and volatile energy prices. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Europe’s farmers are struggling, but some sympathetic consumers have difficulty affording their food

By Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

Farmers watch French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on a smartphone, announcing new measures for farmers, on a blocked highway, Thursday, Feb.1, 2024 in Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris. Protests have been held across the EU for most of the week and hundreds of angry farmers driving heavy-duty tractors arrived at European Union headquarters, bent on getting their complaints about excessive costs, rules and bureaucracy heard and fixed by EU leaders at a summit Thursday in Brussels, Belgium. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France’s 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Farmers watch French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on a smartphone, announcing new measures for farmers, on a blocked highway, Thursday, Feb.1, 2024 in Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris. Protests have been held across the EU for most of the week and hundreds of angry farmers driving heavy-duty tractors arrived at European Union headquarters, bent on getting their complaints about excessive costs, rules and bureaucracy heard and fixed by EU leaders at a summit Thursday in Brussels, Belgium. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France’s prime minister unveils new measures in attempt to calm farmers’ anger

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Farmers watch French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on a smartphone, announcing new measures for farmers, on a blocked highway, Thursday, Feb.1, 2024 in Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris. Protests have been held across the EU for most of the week and hundreds of angry farmers driving heavy-duty tractors arrived at European Union headquarters, bent on getting their complaints about excessive costs, rules and bureaucracy heard and fixed by EU leaders at a summit Thursday in Brussels, Belgium. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France’s 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures

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Tractors face military vehicles on a blocked highway, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris. Farmers have captured France's attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and hay bales. Protesters say it's becoming harder than ever to make a decent living from their fields, greenhouses and herds. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Traffic-blocking farmers now closing in on EU capital in a protest seeking better market conditions

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Farmers drive their tractors a highway leading to Paris, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 near Chamant, north of Paris. Protesting farmers vowed to encircle Paris with tractor barricades and drive-slows on Monday, aiming to lay siege to France's seat of power in a battle with the government over the future of their industry, which has been shaken by repercussions of the Ukraine war. (AP Photo/Matthieu Mirville)

France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’ over grievances

By Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester - Associated Press