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Acting Prime Minister of Mali Abdoulaye Maiga addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Mali prime minister lashes out at France, UN, regional bloc

By Krista Larson - Associated Press

Tourists take pictures in front of the Pyramide in the Louvre Museum courtyard, in Paris, France, Monday, June 20, 2022. Tourism came back with a vengeance to France this summer, sending revenues over pre-pandemic levels, according to preliminary government estimates released this week. Crowds packed Paris landmarks and Riviera beaches, notably thanks to an influx of Americans benefiting from the weak euro, but also British and other European visitors reveling in the end of pandemic restrictions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

French tourism better than pre-COVID, despite climate woes

By Jade Le Deley and Nicolas Garriga - Associated Press

This photo provided by the fire brigade of the Gironde region SDIS 33, (Departmental fire and rescue service 33) shows firefighters tackling a blaze near Saint-Magne, south of Bordeaux, southwestern France, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (SDIS 33 via AP)

Firefighters combat major wildfire in southwestern France

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Hadj Benhalima from the the collective &quot;On the Spot&quot; jumps to turn off lights during a night of action where they will extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Cold showers, no lights: Europe saves as Russian gas wanes

By John Leicester and Nicolas Garriga - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a dinner inside the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday July 28, 2022. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)

France skirts over Khashoggi killing amid Saudi prince visit

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

This photo provided by the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) shows a wildfire near Landiras, southwestern France, Sunday July 17, 2022. Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in France and Spain on Sunday as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities in Madrid blamed for hundreds of deaths. (SDIS 33 via AP)

Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain

By Bob Edme and John Leicester - Associated Press

Soldiers of Bulgaria stand on the Champs Elysees avenue during a rehearsal for the Bastille Day parade in Paris, France, Monday, July 11, 2022. Paris is preparing for a big Bastille Day parade later this week, a military show on the Champs-Elysees avenue that this year will honor war-torn Ukraine and include troops from countries on NATO's eastern flank: Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechia, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Ukraine plays special role in France’s Bastille Day parade

By Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

French Health Minister Simone Veil speaks about abortion law at the French National Assembly on Dec. 13, 1974 in Paris. Abortion was decriminalized under a 1975 law named for Simone Veil, a prominent legislator, former health minister and key feminist figure who championed it. The right to abortion in France has been inscribed in law for 47 years and enjoys broad support across the political spectrum. But more and more French women are asking: Could what happened in the U.S. happen here one day? (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas, File)

French women push to cement abortion rights after US ruling

By Barbara Surk and Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 7, 2022. In the rare public recording of a discussion between two world leaders, Macron tries to convince the Russian president to &quot;calm things down&quot; in the region. But all his suggestions reach a dead end on Putin's side. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Film reveals Macron’s diplomatic bids amid war in Ukraine

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to protect against COVID-19 ride a subway in Paris, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Virus cases are rising fast in France and other European countries after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted in the spring. With tourists thronging Paris and other cities, the French government is recommending a return to mask-wearing in public transport and crowded areas but has stopped short of imposing new rules. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

With virus-related hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks

By Barbara Surk and Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan concert hall after a shooting on Nov. 13, 2015 in Paris. The historic trial in Paris of 20 men suspected of critical roles in the Islamic State massacres that killed 130 people in 2015 has ended this week with verdicts against the defendants in France's worst peacetime attack expected on Wednesday June 29. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Lone surviving attacker in Paris massacre guilty of murder

By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

A view of the secluded Schloss Elmau luxury hotel in Elmau, Germany, Sunday, June 26, 2022, where President Joe Biden and the other leaders of the Group of Seven, G-7, leading economic powers will attend their annual summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Live updates | G-7 nations seek to counter Chinese influence

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People build a model of the business tower Lakhta Centre, at the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, filling the frame with stones, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 9, 2022. It's not a summer heat wave that's making European leaders and businesses sweat. It's fear that Russia's manipulation of natural gas supplies will lead to an economic and political crisis next winter. Or, in the worst case, even sooner. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

What’s next after Russia reduced gas to Europe?

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A person is shadowed on a voting booth in a polling station Sunday, June 19, 2022 in Bischeim, outside Strasbourg, eastern France. French voters are going to the polls in the final round of key parliamentary elections that will demonstrate how much legroom President Emmanuel Macron's party will be given to implement his ambitious domestic agenda. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

France sees a ‘France First’ voting moment

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by BFM TV shows reporter Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff. French news broadcaster BFM TV said the 32-year-old French journalist was killed Monday May 30, 2022 in Ukraine, fatally hit by a shell shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation. (BFM TV via AP)

French 32-year-old journalist is killed in Ukraine

Writer/director Ruben Ostlund, winner of the Palme d'Or for 'Triangle of Sadness,' poses with Dolly De Leon, left during the photo call following the awards ceremony at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

‘Triangle of Sadness’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Fest

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has a mark on his forehead after kissing the clay after losing to Norway's Casper Ruud in a first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in Paris. The Frenchman retired following his first-round loss against Casper Ruud. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) **FILE**

Adieu, Jo: Fans hail injured, retiring Tsonga at French Open

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

French far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon leaves after voting in the first round of the presidential election at a polling station, April 10, 2022 in Marseille, southern France. A month before the first round of voting, the campaign for the 577 seats in France’s lower house of parliament has been brutal. After losing to Macron in the April presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen now faces a challenge from her political nemesis, hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon who has set his sights on becoming prime minister. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Emmanuel who? Far-right fighting hard-left for French vote

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

An employee cleans the red carpet of the Elysee Palace prior to the inauguration ceremony of French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Macron was reelected for five years on April 24 in an election runoff that saw him win over far-right rival Marine Le Pen. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

France’s Macron inaugurated for second five-year term

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

A supporter of far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon sticks electoral posters reading &quot;Melenchon Prime Minister&quot; before a local meeting, Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Lille, northern France. Jean-Luc Melenchon, who earned a third place finish in the presidential election, is trying to engineer a stunning comeback as the head of a coalition of leftist parties who have spent the past five years in the president's large shadow. Legislative elections will be held over two rounds of voting, on June 12 and 19.(AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

France’s left agrees to largely campaign together vs. Macron

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