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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP)

Germany unveils record contribution to WHO following U.S. threats to withdraw

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Restrictions on African activist upheld after Paris protest

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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Turkey accuses France of dragging Libya into ‘chaos’

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Statue at French parliament defaced amid anti-racism push

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Tunisian President Kais Saied, left, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron for bilateral talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, June 22, 2020. Tunisian President Kais Saied is for a two-day visit in France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France’s Macron denounces Turkey’s attitude in Libya

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This undated photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, shows the wreckage of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 at the scene of the crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iran has acknowledged that its armed forces &quot;unintentionally&quot; shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Iran to send black boxes from downed Ukrainian plane to France for review

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

French activists of Attac stage a flash protest outside the French Health Ministry in support of medical workers, in Paris, France, Saturday, June 20, 2020. French hospital workers and others are protesting to demand better pay and more investment in France's public hospital system, which is considered among the world's best but struggled to handle a flux of virus patients after years of cost cuts. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

French protesters decry racism, other systemic injustices

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 file photo Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi from Argentina addresses the media during a news conference during a general confernce of the IAEA, at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. The board of the United Nations' atomic watchdog agency on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Iran to provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)

Germany, France, UK press Iran to provide atomic site access

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In this photo released by the official website of the Office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP) ** FILE **

Britain, France, Germany urge Iran to allow atomic site access, reject U.S. sanctions push

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speech the industrial development laboratory at French drugmaker's vaccine unit Sanofi Pasteur plant in Marcy-l'Etoile, near Lyon, central France, Tuesday, June 16, 2020.The visit comes after rival pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca this weekend announced a deal to supply 400 million vaccine doses to EU countries, including France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, Pool)

Macron marks appeal that gave birth to French Resistance

By DANICA KIRKA and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Medical workers march during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. French hospital workers and others are protesting in cities around the country to demand better pay and more investment in France's public hospital system, which is considered among the world's best but struggled to handle a flux of virus patients after years of cost cuts. France has seen nearly 30,000 virus deaths. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Protesting French hospital workers demand better pay

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This frame grab provided by BFM TV shows youths, some holding sticks, walking by a burning car in Dijon, central France, Monday June 15, 2020. The French government sent police reinforcements and a top official to the Dijon region to quell four nights of unusually violent clashes between rival groups that have left at least 10 injured and cars burned and rattled the community. The reasons for the violence are under investigation, but local officials say it appears linked to the drug trade and tensions between members of France's Chechen community and other groups. (BFM TV via AP)

France sends police reinforcements to Dijon to quell unrest

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FILE- In this Sept. 25, 2012, file photo, Cherry Hill Township Police Officer Patrick Higgins takes part in a stun gun training session at the Gloucester Township, N.J., Police Training Facility. After France banned police chokeholds, the government responded to growing officer discontent by announcing it would test stun guns for wider use, adding to the ranks of European law enforcement agencies that have recently adopted the weapons that many in the U.S. equate with excess police violence. (Chris LaChall/Camden Courier-Post via AP, File)

France backs off chokehold ban, adds stun guns for police

By ARNO PEDRAM and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

People enjoy the warm weather on the beach in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, June 13, 2020. Spanish government has announced that the northwestern region of Galicia will move next week to what the government calls &quot;the new normal,&quot; when some rules, such as wearing face masks when social distancing is not possible, will remain in place. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Europe’s borders reopen but long road for tourism to recover

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FILE - In this Monday, May 4, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron listens during an international video conference call on vaccination, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Macron is giving an address to his nation Sunday, June 14, 2020 after an unusually long silence, as France faces both exceptional economic blowback from the virus pandemic and rekindled anger over deep-seated racism. In a televised evening address, Macron is expected to focus mainly on the virus that has plunged France into its worst crisis since World War II. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP, File)

French leader rejects racism but colonial statues to remain

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FILE - In this May 5 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron wears a protective face mask as he speaks with schoolchildren at the Pierre Ronsard elementary school, outside Paris. The French praised the altruism of luxury goods companies such as LVMH, Kering and Chanel for diverting their production facilities to make millions of face masks for the public during the peak of their country's coronavirus outbreak. Now, the companies that helped France avoid a dangerous shortage say they need help unloading a surplus of 20 million washable masks. (Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP, File)

France has millions of unsold face masks after virus crisis

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FILE - In this Feb.17, 2001 file photo, French naval officers on board the French nuclear submarine Perle stand at attention during India's first International Fleet Review, off Bombay's coast. Firefighters battled a blaze on the Perle that broke out Friday June 12, 2020 during renovation work. The submarine's nuclear reactor, nuclear fuel and weapons were removed five months ago to prepare for the renovations, so not at risk from the blaze, according to an official with the regional maritime authority. (AP Photo/Sherwin Crasto, File)

Fire on French nuclear submarine extinguished after 14 hours

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Assa Traore flashes a thumbs up during a press conference prior to a march against police brutality and racism in Paris, France, Saturday, June 13, 2020, organized by supporters of her brother Adama Traore, who died in police custody in 2016 in circumstances that remain unclear despite four years of back-and-forth autopsies. The march is expected to be the biggest of several demonstrations Saturday inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., and French police ordered the closure of freshly reopened restaurants and shops along the route fearing possible violence. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris marchers demand racial justice, end to police violence

By ARNO PEDRAM - Associated Press