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Members of the Republican Guard march in formation on the Champs Elysees prior to the Bastille Day parade in Paris, Wednesday July 14, 2021. Bastille Day is the French national holiday that commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution on July 14, 1789. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

France cautiously celebrates Bastille Day, clouded by the coronavirus

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron, meets French carmakers at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, July 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

Vaccine bookings surge in France after Macron tightens rules

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Britain's Mark Cavendish, wearing the best sprinter's green, celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 160.6 kilometers (99.8 miles) with start in Tours and finish in Chateauroux, France, Thursday, July 1, 2021. (Guillaume Horcajuelo, Pool Photo via AP)

Mark Cavendish does it again, posts 32nd Tour de France stage win

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In this Feb. 13, 2012, file photo, an armed member of the militant group al-Shabab attends a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Photo, File) **FILE**

‘Wildfire of terrorism’ threatens to overtake African region as U.S., allies pull back

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a lunch Tuesday June 8, 2021 in Valence, southeastern France. French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face by a man during a visit in a small town of southeastern France, Macron's office confirmed. (Philippe Desmazes, Pool via AP)

French President Macron gets slapped in southeast town

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Pharmacist Rita El Khoury speaks in the middle of her empty pharmacy after selling her stock in preparation for her move to France with her husband, in Ballouneh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. They are part of the latest wave of emigration in the small country’s tortured modern history, driven by financial ruin, collapsing institutions, hyperinflation and rapidly rising poverty. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Driven by despair, Lebanese pharmacist looks to life abroad

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Police officers pay homage to a slain colleague at a police station in Avignon, southern France, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Police officers and civilians gathered to commemorate the death of a police officer who was killed Wednesday at a known drug-dealing site in the southern France city of Avignon. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

France wants tougher punishment for those who attack police

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2021 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech prior to a meeting with Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. With a year to go to the presidential vote, French President Emmanuel Macron is getting ready for a potential re-election bid by prioritizing reviving the economy and saving jobs. The country is slowly stepping out of its partial lockdown. Macron’s ability to meet the challenge will be key _ as France is among countries worst hit by the pandemic in the world, with over 105,000 virus-related deaths. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Eyeing reelection bid, Macron looks to repair French economy

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Fishing vessels at sea off the coast of Jersey, Thursday, May 6, 2021. French fishermen angry over loss of access to waters off their coast have gathered their boats in protest off the English Channel island of Jersey. The head of a grouping of Normandy fishermen said about 50 boats from French ports joined the protest Thursday morning and gathered their fleet off the Jersey port of St. Helier. (Oliver Pinel via AP)

France, Britain in naval standoff over fishing rights

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

French arrest 3 reported neo-Nazis suspected of attack plot

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French fishing vessels block the port of St Helier in Jersey, Thursday, May 6, 2021. French fishermen angry over loss of access to waters off their coast have gathered their boats in protest off the English Channel island of Jersey. The head of a grouping of Normandy fishermen said about 50 boats from French ports joined the protest Thursday morning and gathered their fleet off the Jersey port of St. Helier. (Gary Grimshaw/Balliwick Express via AP)

France sends patrol boats as fishing tensions flare with UK

By JILL LAWLESS and JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, right, speaks with the French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo, left, during his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Le Drian is in Beirut for two days visit to meet with Lebanese officials. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

French FM in Lebanon with tough message for its leaders

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France, Jersey trade barbs in post-Brexit fishing dispute

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EU’s Brexit chief eyes a role in French presidential vote

By LORNE COOK and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

FILE- In this Tuesday, June 18, 2019, file photo, a Dassault Rafale fighter jet performs its demonstration flight at Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, north east of Paris, France. Egypt is buying another 30 Rafale fighter jets from France, building up its fleet of the advanced warplane to 54, second only to the French Air Force. Both countries confirmed the deal separately on Tuesday. The Egyptian military said the purchase would be financed with a 10-year French loan. The value of the deal wasn't given. (AP Photo/ Francois Mori, File)

Rights critics condemn French sale to Egypt of 30 more jets

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Members of 'Laissez Les Servir' (Let Them Serve) attend a briefing prior to meal preparation in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, north of Paris, Thursday, April 29, 2021. Nourouddine Abdoulhoussen, a former member of the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, runs a tight ship, reaching into his years in the military to inculcate in his proteges, youths from poor French suburbs, confidence, courage and love of France. To the youth in (Let Them Serve) the white-bearded 53-year-old leader with the booming voice is “the Captain.” (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

‘The Captain’ challenges impoverished youth to love France

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Communists party supporters gather with red flags to mark Labour Day, also knows as May Day near Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

May Day protesters demand more job protections amid pandemic

By NICHOLAS GARRIGA and NINIEK KARMINI and JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

France to restrict suspect Lebanese officials from entering

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaka to the press with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to their working lunch at the Elysee palace in Paris, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Terraces of France’s cafes, restaurants, to open next month

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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 1995 file photo, Giorgio Pietrostefani attends an hearing of the trial for the killing of police officer Luigi Calabresi. Pietrostefani, among the founders of Lotta Continua group, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the 1972 murder of Milan police commissioner Luigi Calabresi, was arrested along with six other members of left wing groups sentenced in Italy for “acts of terrorism”. French police are searching for three more suspects who were not at home. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Former members of Italian Red Brigades arrested in France

By SYLVIE CORBET and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press