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Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral is seen with its spire surrounded by scaffolding Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Paris. The restoration of Notre Dame hits a milestone Friday, Dec. 8, 2023: one year until the cathedral reopens its huge doors to the public. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

A milestone for Notre Dame: 1 year until cathedral reopens to public after devastating fire

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French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna prepares to address the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Foreign Minister Colonna said on Monday she was open to any resettlement request from tiny South Pacific nations threatened by rising sea levels, similar to Australia’s agreement with Tuvalu. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

French foreign minister says she is open to South Pacific resettlement requests due to rising seas

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Smoke hangs over the field before the French League One soccer match between Nantes and Reims at the Stade de la Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, France, on Nov. 5, 2023. Nantes says one of its supporters has died following an assault before the club’s 1-0 win over Nice in the French league, amid reports the fan was stabbed. Nantes said in a statement in the early hours of Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 that the fan was “fatally injured” close to the club's stadium. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez, File)

Sports minister reacts to Nantes soccer fan’s death by mooting idea of travel ban for away games

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France coach Didier Deschamps to miss Euro 2024 draw after undergoing surgery

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ILE - French Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt, in Salon-de-Provence, south-eastern France, Friday, June 9, 2023. French Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt goes on trial on Monday Nov.27, 2023 over charges of favoritism related to a 2009 public sector contract passed when he was a mayor. (Nicolas Tucat, Pool via AP, File)

French labor minister goes on trial for alleged favoritism when he was a mayor

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A group of Israelis celebrate as a helicopter carrying hostages released from the Gaza Strip lands at the helipad of the Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, Sunday Nov. 26, 2023. The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track Sunday as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis and the first American, in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners in a third set of releases under a four-day truce. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Live updates | Israel confirms release of 11 hostages by Hamas on fourth day of truce

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, and French Foreign minister Catherine Colonna shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (Jade Gao/Pool Photo via AP)

Slovak leader calls the war between Russia and Ukraine a frozen conflict

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French nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld, right, his wife Beata, second from right, French Holocaust survivors, Esther Senot, third from left, and Ginette Kolinka, fifth from left, attend a gathering in the Paris Holocaust memorial to sound the alarm about resurgent antisemitic hate speech, graffiti and abuse linked to the Israel-Hamas war, in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. rance's Interior Ministry said this week that 1,762 antisemitic acts have been reported this year, as well as 131 anti-Muslim acts and 564 anti-Christian acts. The placard on the right reads "we won't let history repeat itself, or stutter". (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French Holocaust survivors are recoiling at new antisemitism, and activists are pleading for peace

By Jeffrey Schaeffer and Helena Alves - Associated Press

One of the signature broad, black hats that Napoléon wore when he ruled 19th century France and waged war in Europe is on display at Osenat's auction house in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. The hat is tipped to fetch more than half a million euros (dollars) at the auction Sunday of Napoleonic memorabilia patiently collected by a French industrialist. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

One of Napoleon’s signature bicorne hats on auction in France could fetch upwards of $650,000

By Helena Alves and Alex Turnbull - Associated Press

FILE - Syrian President Bashar Assad waves for his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. French judicial authorities on Wednesday issued international arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar Assad, his brother Maher, and two army generals alleging their involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity, including in chemical attacks in 2013 on rebel-held Damascus suburbs, lawyers for Syrian victims said. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

France issues arrest warrants for Syrian president, 3 generals alleging involvement in war crimes

By Barbara Surk and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

PSG's Randal Kolo Muani, left, jumps for the ball with AC Milan's Fikayo Tomori during the Champions League group F soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and AC Milan at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France coach defends striker Randal Kolo Muani despite his struggles at PSG

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The almost dry water reservoir of Combani is visible, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023. The government is pinning its hopes on the upcoming rainy season, though residents say it won't be enough to fix the deep-seated water problems. (AP Photo/Gregoire Merot)

Drought and mismanagement have left a French island parched. That holds lessons for the mainland

By Gregoire Merot - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, flanked by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, as part of the commemorations marking the105th anniversary of the Nov. 11, 1918 Armistice, ending World War I, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

Macron urges France to rise up against ‘unbearable resurgence of antisemitism’ before Paris march

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Thousands gather for a march against antisemitism in Paris, France, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. French authorities have registered more than 1,000 acts against Jews around the country in a month since the conflict in the Middle East began. (AP Photo/Sylvie Corbet)

More than 100,000 people march in Paris against soaring antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war

By Sylvie Corbet and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

A man walks by Stars of David tagged on a wall on Oct. 31, 2023, in Paris. France says it has been the target of a Russian online destabilization campaign that used bots to whip up controversy and confusion about spray-painted Stars of David that appeared on Paris streets. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

France blames Russia for a digital effort to whip up online controversy over Stars of David graffiti

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FILE - In this Saturday Nov. 29, 2014 file photo, French far-right Front National leader Marine Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie Le Pen applaud in Lyon, central France. A march against antisemitism this weekend in Paris, with the prime minister, government members, political parties and citizens in attendance, is fraught with discord over the planned presence of far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Her father and party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen has been convicted numerous times of antisemitism and racism. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen raises a storm over her plan to march against antisemitism

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

Palestinians on donkey carts hold up white flags trying to prevent being shot, while fleeing Gaza City on the al-Rimal neighbourhood, central Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

Live updates | Israel will allow a daily pause in Gaza combat, as US seeks a multiday break

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Palestinians crowded together as they wait for food distribution in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. World dignitaries, aid agencies and others are gathering Thursday in Paris to find solutions for providing aid to needy civilians in Gaza, including proposals for a humanitarian maritime corridor and floating field hospitals. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

French President Macron opens Gaza aid conference with appeal to Israel to protect civilians

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second right, takes a seat next to Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, right, and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, second left, as he attends an outreach session during the Group of 7 Foreign Ministers meetings in Tokyo, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

G7 nations announce a unified stance on Israel-Hamas war after intensive meetings in Tokyo

By Matthew Lee, Foster Klug and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A protestor holds a paper reading : « Le Pen dreamed of it, Darmanin does it » during a demonstration in front of the Senate in Paris, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. French senators start debating on Monday a divisive bill meant to toughen the country's immigration law that has been criticized as a threat to the rights of asylum seekers and other migrants. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French parliament starts debating a bill that would make it easier to deport some migrants

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