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French rap songs investigated for allegedly racist content

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A man wearing protective a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walk at Trocadero plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. France sees a substantial increase in Covid-19 cases. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) ** FILE **

French prime minister targeted by lawsuit over virus policy

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the United Nations. The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its demand for all U.N. sanctions on Iran to be restored, citing significant Iranian violations of the 2015 nuclear deal. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)

Javad Zarif mocks Iran sanction ‘snap back’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

PSG's Julian Draxler reacts after scores his side's opening goal during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Metz at the Parc des Princes in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept.16, 2020. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

PSG’s league campaign in trouble after rocky start to season

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Bridgestone employees fire flares outside the tire factory of Bethune, northern France, Thursday, Sept.17, 2020. Workers protest over the Japan-based company's decision to close the plant and lay off all its nearly 900 workers. Bridgestone argues the factory is no longer competitive globally, but unions and French politicians accused the company of using the virus-driven economic crisis as a pretext for the closure and not investing in modernizing the plant instead. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

French unions protest tire factory closure amid virus crisis

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In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Prime Minister-Designate Mustapha Adib speaks with journalists after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Lebanese officials are holding eleventh-hour negotiations over the formation of a new government, a process which hit snags over the weekend despite a looming deadline to deliver on a promise made to French President Emmanuel Macron. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Warnings as Lebanon misses government formation deadline

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Colombia's Miguel Angel Lopez crosses the finish line to win stage 17 of the Tour de France cycling race over 107 kilometers (105.6 miles) from Grenoble to Meribel Col de la Loze, France, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)

Miguel Angel Lopez captures Tour de France’s tough mountain stage

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A nurse is seen in a COVID-19 area of the Nouvel Hospital Civil of Strasbourg, Eastern France, Tuesday, Sept.15, 2020. France is grappling with the double headache of trying revive its COVID-battered economy while also curbing the steady climb in infections spread during summer months when vacationers let their guard down and picked up by increased testing. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

France fast-tracks citizenship for foreign virus fighters

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

This image released by Etsy shows Tan France during a portrait session on Aug. 24, 2020 in Los Angeles for his Etsy collection, launching Monday, Sept. 14. ( Jack Strutz /Etsy via AP)

Homebound doesn’t mean idle for ‘Queer Eye’ star Tan France

By HILARY FOX - Associated Press

A man wearing protective a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walk at Trocadero plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. France sees a substantial increase in Covid-19 cases. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) ** FILE **

France tightens screws on public activities to fight COVID

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A yellow vest protester holds a French flag as he faces French riot police during a march in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Activists relaunched France's yellow vest movement Saturday after the disruptive demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron's presidency and perceived elitism tapered off during the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French yellow vest march has lukewarm relaunch after virus

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FILE - In this Aug.6, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun, second right, meet at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, in Lebanon. In the wake of Beirut's massive port explosion, Macron has taken a tough line, setting deadlines for Lebanon's politicians to carry out reforms. His hands-on approach has angered some in Lebanon and brought praise from others. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool, File)

France tries forcing change on Lebanon’s politicians

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A medical crew works at a patient affected with COVID-19 in a Marseille hospital, southern France, Thursday, Sept.10, 2020. As the Marseille region has become France's latest virus hotspot, hospitals are re-activating emergency measures in place when the pandemic first hit to ensure they're able to handle growing new cases. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

COVID beds fill up as virus pressure builds in Marseille

By DANIEL COLE - Associated Press

South Korea ambassador to France Choi Jong-moon arrives at French Senate's Investigation Committee on the Evaluation of Public Policy on Covid-19, Wednesday, Sept.9, 2020 in Paris. The Senate committee asked about how South Korea handled the epidemic. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French Senators look at South Korea’ strategy against virus

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President Donald Trump speaks at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Jupiter, Fla., on environmental policies. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

More anonymous lies from Trump-hating liberal media

By Tammy Bruce

Ireland's Sam Bennett, right, celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of third place Slovakia's Peter Sagan, left, during stage 10 of the Tour de France cycling race over 168.5 kilometers (104.7 miles) from Ile d'Oleron to Ile de Re, France, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Tour de France riders cleared of virus, Sam Bennett wins Stage 10

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France's Antoine Griezmann celebrates after scoring his first goal during a UEFA Nations League soccer match against Croatia at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Griezmann stars as France beats Croatia 4-2 in WCup repeat

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France's Kylian Mbappe, right, scores a goal, and to the left, Sweden's Sebastian Larsson, in action during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Sweden and France at Friends Arena, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Stockholm, Sweden. (Christine Olsson/TT via AP)

Nations League: Mbappé’s goal gives France 1-0 win at Sweden

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President Donald Trump speaks before participating in a signing ceremony with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump rejects Atlantic story as ‘fake,’ ‘a disgrace’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020 file photo, Rennes' Eduardo Camavinga looks on during the League One soccer match between Rennes and Montpellier, at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes, France. Judo's loss is French soccer's gain. Having dreamed of kimonos as a kid, the 17-year-old Eduardo Camavinga is now the nation's biggest talent since Kylian Mbappés sensational emergence with Monaco in 2016. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)

France’s next star? Camavinga set for Les Bleus debut at 17

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press