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Wales' Jac Morgan, right, speaks with teammate Liam Williams during a training session at the Stade Mayol in Toulon, France, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Wales will face Argentina on Saturday, Oct.14, 2023, in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Wales pick two opensides to try and hamstring Argentina in Rugby World Cup quarterfinal

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Protestors chant slogans during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, in Paris, Thursday, Oct.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism

By Angela Charlton and Jeffrey Schaeffer - Associated Press

FILE - View of the Conseil d'Etat, France's top administrative court, in Paris, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. France's highest administrative authority on Wednesday Oct.11 2023 rejected an effort by rights campaigners to end what they allege is a systemic and generalized practice by French police of targeting Black people and people of Arab descent for stops and checks. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

France’s top body rejects contention by campaigners that racial profiling by police is systemic

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Italy's Paolo Garbisi, center, reacts after a try from New Zealand during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between New Zealand and Italy at the OL Stadium in Lyon, France, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Unbeaten France has lots of reasons to be worried about Italy in crunch Rugby World Cup match

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid poses for a photograph during media day at the NBA basketball team's practice facility, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in Camden, N.J. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Joel Embiid decides to play for USA — not France — in Paris Olympics

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Italy's Paolo Garbisi, center, reacts after a try from New Zealand during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between New Zealand and Italy at the OL Stadium in Lyon, France, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

France makes 2 changes to face Italy at Rugby World Cup. Italy changes front row

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France's Anthonhy Jelonch checks on teammate Antoine Dupont after he was injured in a collision during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and Namibia at the Stade de Marseille in Marseille, France, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

France captain Dupont cleared to return at Rugby World Cup under medical supervision

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Siblings Martim Agostinho, Mariana Agostinho and Claudia Agostinho, pose for a picture at their home in Leiria, Portugal, Dec. 17, 2017. They are three of the six young people from Portugal arguing on Wednesday, Sept. 27, that governments across Europe aren't doing enough to protect people from the harms of climate change at the European Court of Human Rights. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

6 young climate activists take European governments to court over climate change

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Uruguay's players greets supporters after the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between Italy and Uruguay at the Stade de Nice, in Nice, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Namibia chases elusive first win at Rugby World Cup against favored Uruguay

By Foster Niumata - Associated Press

France's Antoine Dupont receives treatment after taking a knock to the head during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and Namibia at the Stade de Marseille in Marseille, France, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Namibia’s Deysel banned 6 games for dangerous tackle on France’s Dupont at the Rugby World Cup

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Smoke rises from a factory as a truck loaded with cars crosses a bridge in Paris, on Nov. 30, 2018. President Emmanuel Macron is to unveil France's approach and means to meet its climate-related commitments within the next seven years as a special government meeting is taking place on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

France’s Macron to unveil latest plan for meeting climate-related commitments in the coming years

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France's President Emmanuel Macron, right welcomes Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum for a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. France is hosting Wednesday a summit on how to fight Islamic extremists in West Africa as Paris is considering withdrawing its troops from Mali while maintaining military operations in the broader Sahel region, the French presidency said. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger and pull ambassador after coup

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Pope Francis is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron as arrives at the final session of the "Rencontres Mediterraneennes" meeting at the Palais du Pharo, in Marseille, France, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Francis, during a two-day visit, will join Catholic bishops from the Mediterranean region on discussions that will largely focus on migration. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis insists Europe doesn’t have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open ports

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France's Antoine Dupont receives treatment after taking a knock to the head during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and Namibia at the Stade de Marseille in Marseille, France, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

France captain Dupont has undergone surgery on facial fracture

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France's Anthonhy Jelonch checks on teammate Antoine Dupont after he was injured in a collision during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and Namibia at the Stade de Marseille in Marseille, France, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Sacre bleu! Host France in dismay, holds breath over fate of injured star Dupont at Rugby World Cup

By Gerald Imray and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Ireland's Ronan Kelleher is tackled by Tonga's Augustine Pulu during the Rugby World Cup Pool B match between Ireland and Tonga at the State de la Beaujoire in Nantes, France Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Ireland and Springboks set for monster clash of No. 1 vs. No. 2 at the Rugby World Cup

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In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, Russian peacekeepers guard a gate into a camp near Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh. Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents flocked to a camp operated by Russian peacekeepers to avoid the fighting, while many others gathered at the airport of the regional capital, Stepanakert, hoping to flee the region. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Talks have opened on the future of Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan claims full control of the region

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France's Damian Penaud reacts after his team won a turnover during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and New Zealand at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

France fully loaded for Namibia at Rugby World Cup

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, centre, sit with France's President Albert Lebrun, right, and his wife Mme. Lebrun, left, by the lake at Bagatelle, Paris, France, July 20, 1938, during a garden party. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit Paris and Bordeaux from Sept. 20-22, 2023. The visit underscores Britain's aim to bolster ties with its closest European neighbor after years of sometimes prickly relations strained by Brexit and disagreements over the growing number of migrants crossing the English Channel on small boats. (AP Photo/Len Puttnam, File)

France rolls out the red carpet for King Charles III’s state visit

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his speech during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope goes to Marseille to talk migration, but will Europe listen as it scrambles to stem an influx?

By Nicole Winfield, Trisha Thomas and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press