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Wounded people are evacuated as smoke rises from a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The massive explosion fueled widespread anger at Lebanon's ruling elite, whose corruption and negligence many blame for the disaster. Yet, three weeks later, the change many hoped for is nowhere in sight and the same politicians are negotiating among themselves over a new government. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon may be broken beyond repair

By Clifford D. May

French troops stay in Mali after coup, no end in sight

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

French police officers watch a car burning near the Champs-Elysee avenue following incidents after the Champions League soccer final match between PSG and Bayern Munich which is played in Lisbon, Portugal, Sunday Aug. 23, 2020 in Paris. Bayern Munich won 1-0. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Paris police arrest 148 after PSG loses in Champions League

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PSG's Neymar talks with head coach Thomas Tuchel during a training session at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Saturday Aug. 22, 2020. PSG will play Bayern Munich in the Champions League final soccer match on Sunday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, Pool)

Shadows over Qatar’s sporting project as PSG plays CL final

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a press conference at the Fort de Bregancon, southern France, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. The leaders of Germany and France are meeting Thursday at a Mediterranean retreat for talks on how to resuscitate Europe's economy without causing a new virus crisis, and on a growing number of global hot spots. (Christophe Simon/Pool Photo via AP)

France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections

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Body of Sudanese teen migrant found on French shore

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 11, 2020 file photo, a man wears a protective mask as at La Defense business district outside Paris. France's government is conferring with unions Tuesday about requiring masks in workplaces to contain growing virus infections. France's High Council for Public Health recommended obligatory masks in all workplaces this weekend as the country's daily infection count jumped past 3,000 for the first time since May. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

France mandating masks at all workplaces as virus reawakens

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Key European allies side with Tehran, Moscow and Beijing illustration by The Washington Times

America’s key European allies side with Tehran, Moscow and Beijing

By Clifford D. May

A woman wears a face masks as she poses for a picture at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Paris extended the areas of the city where pedestrians will be obliged to wear masks starting Saturday morning after health officials said that the coronavirus is &quot;active&quot;. The Champs-Elysees Avenue and the neighbourhood around the Louvre Museum are among zones where masks will be obligatory. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

French nursing home sees 9 deaths in 1 week as virus returns

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Lyon players celebrate after winning the Champions League quarterfinal match against Manchester City at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (Franck Fife/Pool Photo via AP)

France vs Germany semis mark Champions League power shift

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

People queue in line to check-in for the cross channel ferry in Calais, France, Friday Aug.14, 2020. British holiday makers in France were mulling whether to return home early Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the U.K. government's decision to reimpose quarantine restrictions on France amid a recent pick-up in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Thousands of Britons return from France to avoid quarantine

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

People queue in line to check-in for a British Airways flight to Heathrow airport, Friday Aug.14, 2020 at Nice airport, southern France. British holidaymakers in France were mulling whether to return home early Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the U.K. government's decision to reimpose quarantine restrictions on France amid a recent pick-up in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Virus flareups in Europe lead to club closings, mask orders

By SYLVIE CORBET and FRANCES D'EMILIO and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 3, 2020 file photo people enjoy a lunch on a terrace of the restaurant Chez Francis, in Paris. Britain will require all people arriving from France to isolate for 14 days - an announcement that throws the plans of tens of thousands of holiday makers into chaos. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

By sea, rail or by air, Brits scramble to get out of France

By PAN PYLAS and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

United States ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

UN is voting on US resolution to extend Iran arms embargo

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Uniting against ‘barbaric actions’

By Henri Leclerc - Lawyer and Honorary President of Human Rights League

Dr. Idriss Abdallah of the health activism group called Banlieues Sante, left, nurse Caroline Andoum, center, talk inside a tent in Bondy, north of Paris, Thursday Aug. 6, 2020. Festering beneath France's promise of guaranteed health care for all lie deep disparities across economic and racial lines – differences laid painfully bare by the COVID-19 crisis. (AP Photo/Arno Pedram)

Virus exposes economic, racial divide in French health care

By ARNO PEDRAM - Associated Press

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Frederic de Saint-Sernin, vice-CEO of non governmental organization ACTED, answers reporters in Paris, Monday Aug.10, 2020 in Paris. French anti-terrorism prosecutors formally opened an investigation one day after eight people, including six French nationals, were killed by gunmen in a Niger giraffe park. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)

Niger, French forces in search of gunmen who killed tourists

By DALATOU MAMANE and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

A Border Force vessel assist a group of people thought to be migrants on board from their inflatable dinghy in the Channel, Monday Aug. 10, 2020. A Royal Air Force surveillance plane is flying over the English Channel as the British government tries to curb the number of people crossing from France in small boats. Britain’s Conservative government has talked tough amid a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Channel during recent warm summer weather. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

UK flies air force plane over Channel amid migrant crossings

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press