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France's Olivier Giroud celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during their friendly international soccer match between France and Ukraine at the Stade deFrance in Saint Denis, north of Paris, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Giroud scores twice as France beats Ukraine 7-1 in friendly

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A handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. German doctors say Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released from hospital after poisoning treatment. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from a Berlin hospital after more than a month's treatment for poisoning, with doctors now believing that a “complete recovery” from the nerve agent is possible, the facility said Wednesday Sept. 23. (Navalny instagram via AP)

Germany: OPCW confirms nerve agent used in Navalny poisoning

By DAVID RISING and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

A woman casts her ballot in a voting station of Noumea, New Caledonia, Sunday, Oct.4, 2020. Voters in New Caledonia, a French archipelago in the South Pacific, were deciding Sunday whether they want independence from France in a referendum that marks a milestone in a three-decade decolonization effort. If voters choose independence, a transition period will immediately open so that the archipelago can get ready for its future status. Otherwise, New Caledonia will remain a French territory. (AP Photo/Mathurin Derel)

New Caledonia voters choose to stay part of France

By CHARLOTTE ANTOINE-PERRON - Associated Press

A building is toppled over by the Cervo river in spate due to heavy rains in Biella, northern Italy, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (Firefighter Vigili del Fuoco via AP)

Mountain flooding kills 2 in Italy, traps dozens in France

By SYLVIE CORBET and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

8 charged in French cryptocurrency scheme to finance jihadis

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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005 file photo, locals on the beach in Noumea, New Caledonia, play the traditional ball game &quot;petanque&quot;. Voters in New Caledonia, a French archipelago in the South Pacific, are to choose whether they want independence from France in a referendum that marks a milestone in a three-decades-long decolonization effort. The vote on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 is key to determine the future of the archipelago east of Australia and its 270,000 inhabitants, including the native Kanaks, who once suffered from strict segregation policies, and the descendants of European colonizers. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, file)

New Caledonia to vote on independence from France

By CHARLOTTE ANTOINE-PERRON - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to present his strategy to fight separatism, Friday Oct. 2, 2020 in Les Mureaux, outside Paris. President Emmanuel Macron, trying to rid France of what authorities say is a &quot;parallel society&quot; of radical Muslims thriving outside the values of the nation, is laying the groundwork Friday for a proposed law aimed at helping remedy the phenomenon. (Ludovic Marin / POOL via AP)

France’s Macron details plan targeting Islamist ‘separatism’

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Restaurant and bar owners demonstrate over France's latest coronavirus measures, in Lille, northern France, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2020. One with a placard reading &quot;We are not murderers.&quot; French President Emmanuel Macron justified on Monday new restrictions in the country to limit the spread of the virus as restaurant and bar owners forced to shut down expressed anger at the measures. Milder restrictions have been ordered in ten other cities including Paris, with gyms shut down, public gatherings of more than 10 people banned and bars ordered to close at 10 p.m. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Paris bars face possible closure as virus patients fill ICUs

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In this photo taken from a video released by the Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, Azerbaijan's forces attack Armenian army's tank during fighting in the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani has continued for a fourth straight day as statements from both sides indicating that the flare-up of a decades-old conflict that has killed dozens of people this week was no closer to an end. (Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry via AP)

Russia, France and the U.S. call for an immediate cease-fire in Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Illustration on Trump and Iran by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump stands alone as nations refuse to stop Iran from producing nuclear weapons

By Jed Babbin

French President Emmanuel Macron meets staff and parents during a visit to a Mother and Child Protection Centre (PMI) in Longjumeau, a southern suburb of Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. French President wants to expand paternity leave to one month — and require fathers to take time off with their newborns. President Emmanuel Macron earlier announced the plan on Instagram before visiting the child-care facility. (Ludovic Marin/POOL via AP)

Conservatives lead in French Senate elections, Greens gain

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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 1970 file photo, French actress and singer Juliette Greco present a clothes in Paris, France. French media say Juliette Greco, singer, actress, cultural icon and muse to Existentialist philosophers of France’s post-War period, has died aged 93. They said Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 Greco died in her Ramatouelle house in the south of France, near Saint Tropez. (AP Photo/Cardenas, file)

French media: Raspy-voiced singer Juliette Greco dead at 93

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 2020 file photo, French Defense Minister Florence Parly speaks as she attends the first sheet metal cut ceremony of the C35 force refueling vessel, at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, western France. France's Defense Minister Florence Parly admitted to lying about virus protections for air force personnel who evacuated French citizens from Wuhan and have been suspected of links to France's first confirmed COVID-19 cluster. (Loic Venance, pool via AP, File)

French defense chief misled nation on troops’ virus safety

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

In this handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, Navalny poses for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. German doctors say Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released from hospital after poisoning treatment. (Navalny instagram via AP)

Russia’s Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days

By David Rising and Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

Turkey accuses EU of rewarding aggressor in Libya

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People queue to be tested for the COVID-19 outside a district town-hall in Paris, Monday, Sept.21, 2020. French health authorities have started opening new testing centers in the Paris region to try to reduce queues and delays as the number of infections is steadily increasing in the country. In total, they are planning to open 20 new testing centers in the French capital and in the suburbs this week. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France’s weak spot: Virus infections rise at nursing homes

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Cypriot Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, second right, speaks with Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, left, during a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. European Union foreign ministers on Monday were weighing whether to impose sanctions on dozens of Belarus officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko, after holding talks with the country's exiled opposition leader. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

EU sanctions Turkish firm over Libya arms embargo violations

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, Richard Carapaz of Ecuador, runner-up to Pogacar as best climber wearing the dotted jersey, Spain's Enric Mas, runner-up to Pogacar for the best young rider wearing the white jersey, and Sam Bennett of Ireland, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, and Most combative rider of the Tour de France, Marc Hirschi of Switzerland, left, take the start of the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 122 kilometers (75.8 miles), from Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris, France, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/=332028000404=)

Pogacar riding to victory at COVID-defying Tour de France

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Letters connect man to father’s life as young man, soldier

By ALEX MODISETT - Associated Press

France's Minister for European Affairs Clement Beaune, foreground, and Cyprus' Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides take part in a news conference at the Foreign Ministry building in the capital Nicosia, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Beaune says the European Union should consider imposing sanctions against Turkey if the country continues a hydrocarbons search inside waters where Greece and Cyprus claims exclusive rights. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

France: EU sanctions on Turkey an option over gas standoff

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press