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European Council President Charles Michel, center, speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, during a group photo of EU leaders and Eastern Partnership countries at an Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. European Union leaders meet with partner nations on its eastern borders on Wednesday, with the Russian military buildup on Ukraine's border as the main point of focus. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU hopes to avoid Ukraine war with talks, sanctions threat

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hand with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan, prior to a meeting, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Still reeling from the recent submarine deal rapture by Western allies, French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the energy-rich Arab countries of the Persian Gulf on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, with an aim to close a lucrative arms deal and strengthen France's leadership role in renewed international efforts to revive Iran's cratered nuclear deal with world powers. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

France signs weapons mega-deal with UAE as Macron tours Gulf

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

FILE- Protesters gesture during a demonstration against police violence and racial injustice, Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in Paris. France is inducting Missouri-born cabaret dancer Josephine Baker, who was also a French World War II spy and civil rights activist – into its Pantheon. She is the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of France’s most revered luminaries. On the surface, it’s a powerful message against racism, bt by choosing a U.S.-born figure -- entertainer Josephine Baker – critics say France is continuing a long tradition of decrying racism abroad while obscuring it at home. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

French honor for Josephine Baker stirs conflict over racism

By Arno Pedram - Associated Press

A migrants makeshift camp is set up along the river in Loon Plage, near Grande-Synthe, northern France, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Children and pregnant women were among at least 27 migrants who died when their small boat sank in an attempted crossing of the English Channel, a French government official said Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

France lashes out at Britain’s latest proposal on migrants

By John Leicester and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, England by the RNLI, following a small boat incident in the English Channel, Thursday Nov. 25, 2021. On Wednesday around 30 migrants bound for Britain died when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France’s interior minister called the biggest migration tragedy on the dangerous crossing to date. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

Channel deaths fuel U.K.-France tensions over migrant boats

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

French Prime Minister Jean Castex gives a statement after a Belgian-French security consultation meeting at Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. The prime minister of France, who tested positive for COVID Monday, is being singled out on social media and beyond as the prime example of what not to do in the pandemic. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

French PM singled out for ire after testing COVID-positive

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Grace Meng, the wife of former Interpol president Meng Hongwei, poses for a photo after an interview with the Associated Press in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. In the exclusive interview, Meng chose to show her face for the first time since her husband disappeared in China in 2018, agreeing to be filmed and photographed without the dark lighting and from-the-back camera angles that she had previously insisted on. She did so to be able to speak openly and in unprecedented detail about her husband's imprisonment, herself and the cataclysm that tore them apart. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Former Interpol President Meng Hongwei’s wife slams ‘monster’ China

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Coup in Guinea Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Guinea may finally be on the road to democracy and stability

By David Keene - The Washington Times

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, on board the Dover lifeboat, following a small boat incident in the Channel, in Kent, England, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

Daily migrants crossing Channel to UK set to hit record

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to Vice President Kamala Harris before ceremonies marking the 103rd anniversary of Armistice Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 in Paris. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

Harris: France wants to join the Artemis Accords, a major space-exploration pact

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, tour Suresnes American Cemetery in Suresnes, France on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Emhoff defends his wife, VP Harris, amid her low polls and French gaffe

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ed Ryan, Director of Cemetery Operations, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, tour Suresnes American Cemetery in Suresnes, France on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Wooing France: Kamala Harris to meet Macron after sub spat

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People sit in a bar as French President Emmanuel Macron gives a TV address to the nation, in Lille northern France, Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021. Not officially declaring himself up for re-election is strategically advantageous for 43-year-old Macron, at least for now. It's trickier for opponents to attack a standing president, because he incarnates French authority and power. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

Without saying so, France’s Macron launching re-election bid

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris talks to reporters after meeting with scientists conducting cancer research at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Harris lands in Paris to reinforce French ties, her own standing

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A wind turbine is seen behind a transformer station in Kraenzlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) **FILE**

Couple in France awarded ‘turbine syndrome’ damages from nearby wind farm

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

The British trawler kept by French authorities docks at the port in Le Havre, western France, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. French authorities fined two British fishing vessels and kept one in port overnight Thursday, Oct.28, 2021, amid a worsening dispute over fishing licenses that has stoked tensions following the U.K.'s departure from the European Union. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

‘We will not roll over:’ U.K. stands firm over French threats

By Pan Pylas and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron wave prior to a meeting at La Villa Bonaparte in Rome, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. A Group of 20 summit scheduled for this weekend in Rome is the first in-person gathering of leaders of the world's biggest economies since the COVID-19 pandemic started. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden sidesteps question about apologizing to French President Macron

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 file photo a visitor looks at wooden royal statues of the Dahomey kingdom, dated 19th century, at Quai Branly museum in Paris, France. In a decision with potential ramifications across European museums, France is displaying 26 looted colonial-era artifacts for one last time before returning them home to Benin. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

129-year journey nears end as France returns Benin treasures

By Sylvie Corbet and Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct.17, 1967 file photo, Algerians come out of Paris subway station with their hands on their heads after being arrested in Paris for failure to obey curfew imposed on Algerians. A tribute march is organized in Paris Sunday Oct.17, 2021 for the 60th anniversary of the bloody police crackdown on a protest by Algerians in the French capital, during the final year of their country's independence war with the colonial power. About 12,000 Algerians were arrested and &quot;several dozens&quot; were killed, &quot;their bodies thrown into the Seine River.&quot; Historians say at least 120 protesters have been killed, some shot and some drowned in the Seine River. (AP Photo, File)

France commemorates the 1961 massacre of Algerians in Paris

By Arno Pedram and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Author and actor Laurent Martinez gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated-Press at &quot;Theo Theater&quot; in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. French author and actor Laurent Martinez has been sexually abused by a priest. Over forty years later, he has chosen to make his story a theater play to show the devastating consequences and how speaking out can help overcoming the trauma. The play called &quot;Pardon?&quot; is deeply inspired from the Martinez's own life, describing how he felt devoured from the inside and the difficulties of daily life after being abused. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French actor breaks silence on child sex abuse within church

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press