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Houston Astros' Jose Abreu, formerly of the Chicago White Sox, watches a video tribute to himself before a baseball game against the White Sox, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

France dominates, Abreu gets warm welcome as Astros beat ChiSox

By Andrew Seligman - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Rodrygo, second from right, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match between Chelsea and Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UEFA aims to fairly share revamped Champions League money

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio Tajani speaks to reporters prior to the plenary session of a bilateral meeting between Italy and Ukraine on the reconstruction of Ukraine in Rome Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday, May 4, 2023, canceled a trip to Paris over remarks by the French interior minister criticizing the Italian premier’s migration policy, a foreign ministry official said. Italy had demanded clarification of the remarks by French minister Gerald Darmanin to the broadcaster RMC saying that Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni had lied to voters when she said she could solve the migration crisis. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Italian minister scraps trip over French official’s remarks

By Colleen Barry and Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

Protesters march during a demonstration, Monday, May 1, 2023 in Paris. Across France, thousands marched in what unions hope are the country's biggest May Day demonstrations in years, mobilized against President Emmanuel Macron's recent move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Opponents make last-ditch effort to stop French pension law

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, greets people as he visits the Dole market before a visit to the Chateau de Joux, for a ceremony marking the 175th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in France,Thursday, April 27 April 2023 in Dole, eastern France. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

Saucepans clang anew in France against President Macron’s pension law

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A disable man is helped climbing the stair to access the platform Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the Melun train station, outside Paris. An influential disabled rights group in France is boycotting a conference on disability Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, amid frustration at dismal accessibility for people in wheelchairs and with other mobility challenges -- and years of unmet promises to make things better ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Disabled rights protests before Paris Olympics draw pledges

By John Leicester - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are displayed outside the basketball arena in the Olympic Park before the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, on July 15, 2012. Basketballs international governing body FIBA says Russia has been excluded from qualification for the men's Olympic basketball tournament in Paris next year. The decision was widely expected since FIBA has suspended Russia's teams from international play since shortly after the invasion of Ukraine last year. (AP Photo/Jae Hong) **FILE**

European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Paris officials unveil a display of the Olympic rings on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron's government is under pressure over the rights of people with disabilities as he hosts the country's first national conference on the issue since the COVID-19 pandemic. The looming deadlines in 2024 of the Olympic Games and Paralympics in Paris are also fuelling campaigners' calls for rapid action on accessibility and other rights for people with disabilities (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

France under pressure over disabled rights as Olympics loom

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Illustration on Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping and France/China foreign policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

French twist: Emmanuel Macron cozies up to Chinese Communist Party

By Clifford D. May

People bang pots and pans while French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in a televised address to the nation, Monday, April 17, 2023, in Paris. A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to express discontent with French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms. French demonstrations against raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 have morphed from lobbing paving stones, dodging tear gas and brandishing banners to something nearer the soul of the gastronomic nation: Making noise by banging kitchen saucepans. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) **FILE**

Steely will: French bang pots, pans in fresh pension protest

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

Demonstrators holding flares invading the Euronext Paris building in protest to the pension reforms at La Defense business district in Paris, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Union activists stage scattered actions to press France's government to scrap the new law raising the retirement age. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s retirement age demonstrations should not be surprising to Americans

By Cal Thomas

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping after meeting the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on April 6, 2023. In the weeks since Chinese leader Xi Jinping won a third five-year term as president, setting him on course to remain in power for life, leaders and diplomats from around the world have beaten a path to his door. None more so than those from Europe. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool, File)

Macron’s imaginary summit won’t stop Putin

By David Zaikin

Demonstrators block the access to the Ikea store in protest against the pension reforms in Bayonne, southwestern France, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Union activists stage scattered actions to press France's government to scrap the new law raising the retirement age. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Anger at new retirement age fuels further protests in France

By Daniel Cole and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron argues with a person opposed to the pension reform, in Selestat, eastern France, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday April 17, 2023 that he heard people's anger over raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, but insisted that it was needed to keep the pension system afloat as the population ages. Emmanuel Macron is trying to repair the damage done to his public image and politics by forcing the pension plan through parliament last month. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

France’s President Macron heckled by crowd angry over pensions

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This photo provided by the SDIS66 fire brigade shows a firefighter working at a forest fire Sunday, April 16, 2023, near Cerbere, southern France. Hundreds of firefighters are steadily wrestling under control France's first major forest fire of the year, which has ripped through swaths of woods and scrub straddling the country's southern border with Spain. (Pierre Petit/SDIS66 via AP)

Firefighters battle France’s 1st major forest blaze of 2023

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing to examine the implementation of the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Biden blamed for French President Macron’s cozying up to China

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, second left, and French President Emmanuel Macron talk in the garden of the Guandong province governor's residence, in Guangzhou, China, Friday, April 7, 2023. (Jacques Witt, Pool via AP)

Macron comments on Taiwan raise questions on EU global ties

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Firefighters work after building collapsed early Sunday, April 9, 2023 in Marseille, southern France. A residential building in France's port city of Marseille collapsed in a loud explosion early Sunday followed by a fire deep within the rubble that hindered rescue efforts. (AP Photo)

8 people missing in fiery collapse of Marseille building

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Supporters of Capt. Ibrahim Traore parade wave a Russian flag in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Oct. 2, 2022. Just weeks after Burkina Faso's junta ousted hundreds of French troops, there are signs that the West African country could be moving even closer to Russia, including the mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)

After Burkina Faso ousts French, Russia’s Wagner may arrive

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

A woman holds a sign reading "France says no" during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, March 16, 2023. With President Emmanuel Macron thousands of miles away in China, French protesters and unions returning to the streets continue to reveal cracks in his domestic political authority. Hundreds of thousands are expected again for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 Thursday, April 6 as the controversial law is being considered by the Constitutional Council. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Why are the French so angry over retiring 2 years later?

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press