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In this June 8, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. If Donald Trump is serious about his public courtship of Vladimir Putin, he may want to take pointers from one of the Russian leader's longtime suitors: Chinese President Xi Jinping. In this political love triangle, Putin and Xi are tied by strategic need and a rare dose of personal affection, while Trump's effusive display in Helsinki showed him as an earnest admirer of the man leading a country long considered America's adversary. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

CROSSTALK: G7 nuclear security geopolitical puzzle pieces

By Edward Lozansky

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 breaks out on French submarine during renovations

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, gestures during a media conference in Paris, Monday, June 8, 2020. French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said police will no longer conduct chokeholds that have been blamed for multiple cases of asphyxiation and have come under renewed criticism after George Floyd's death in the United States. (Isa Harsin/Pool Photo via AP)

French police stage banned demo to demand government support

By ARNO PEDRAM and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

FILE- In this Thursday, Jan 23, 2020 file photo, from left, French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Prince Charles attend the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem. Britain’s Prince Charles will host French President Emmanuel Macron for a special celebration marking the 80th anniversary of Gen. Charles De Gaulle’s defiant appeal to the French people to resist the Nazis during World War II. Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, will receive Macron at his Clarence House home with a Guard of Honor formed by Number 7 Company of the Coldstream Guards and accompanied the Band of the Coldstream Guards on Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Prince Charles to host Macron to mark De Gaulle WWII appeal

By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

France grants researcher access to restricted Rwanda files

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

The statue of French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert is pictured in front of the French National Assembly in Paris Wednesday June 10, 2020. Colbert has been a prominent minister under King Louis XIV, with the key position of controller-general of Finances from 1665 until his death in 1683. Colbert drafted the Code Noir (&quot;Black Code&quot;) which was promulgated two years after his death to regulate the conditions of slavery in French overseas colonies. Some activists combating racism have called last week on taking down the statue of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Monument honoring abolition of slavery vandalized in France

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Tunisian parliament rejects bid for French colonial apology

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA - Associated Press

Hundreds of demonstrators gather on the Champs de Mars during a demonstration in Paris, France, Saturday, June 6, 2020, to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, U.S.A., after being restrained by police officers on May 25, 2020. Further protests are planned over the weekend in European cities, some defying restrictions imposed by authorities because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Anger, activism grow over police abuse amid French lockdown

By ARNO PEDRAM - Associated Press

American troops approach Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944 - D-Day. (U.S. Army photo/file)

Mara Liasson, journalists compares Antifa to D-Day troops

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided Friday June 5, 2020 by the Comite Adama, shows Adama Traore. Churning U.S. protests over George Floyd's death have revived anger in France over alleged police violence, systemic racism and the complicated case of Adama Traore, a black Frenchman who died in police custody in 2016. For Traore's family, the Floyd protests have also revived their hopes for change.(Comite Adama via AP)

Floyd case restokes anger over death of black man in France

By THOMAS ADAMSON and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 2, 2020, migrants dry their clothes aboard a tourist boats some 20 kilometers from Malta, . More than 400 migrants are living aboard pleasure cruise vessels, bobbing in the sea off Malta, many of them for weeks now. Rescued from human traffickers’ unseaworthy boats in several operations in the central Mediterranean since late April, the migrants, along with the Maltese government, are waiting for European Union countries to offer to take them. (AP Photo/Rene' Rossignaud)

Europe rights body urges action for migrants stuck off Malta

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German Economy Minister, Peter Altmaier, addresses the media during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 4, 2020. Germany's governing parties have agreed on a 130 billion euro ($146 billion) stimulus package meant to help kick-start Europe's biggest economy, which has taken a heavy hit from the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)

Germany, France hope cloud data project to boost sovereignty

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

In this May 26, 2019, file photo, police detain a woman during a yellow vest protest with other groups in Brussels. The death of George Floyd has renewed scrutiny of immobilization techniques long used in policing around the world. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

‘Dangerous’: Around world, police chokeholds scrutinized

By Leicester - Associated Press

From France to Louisville: WWII vet loses love to virus

By PAT MCDONOGH and The Courier Journal - Associated Press

French Digital Affairs junior minister Cedric O demonstrates how to use the French app StopCovid meant to trace the virus' future spread on during an interview with the Associated Press in Paris, Friday, May 29, 2020. . France is the first major democracy to roll out such an app, and many people fear it invades their privacy. (AP Photo/Masha Macpherson)

AP Interview: French minister confident in virus tracing app

By SYLVIE CORBET and MASHA MACPHERSON - Associated Press

An empty terrace of a restaurant is pictured in Paris, Thursday, May 28, 2020. France is reopening its restaurants, bars and cafes starting next week as the country eases most restrictions amid the coronavirus crisis. Edouard Philippe defended the gradual lifting of lockdown up to now, saying the strategy was meant to avoid provoking a second wave. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Virus count revised, new clusters emerge as France reopens

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Algeria recalls envoy to France over public TV documentaries

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This Monday, April 6, 2020 file photo shows an arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

France bans hydroxychloroquine as coronavirus treatment

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this photo taken on April 20, 2020, a woman wearing protective face mask looks at her phone past a closed restaurant during a nationwide confinement to counter the COVID-19, in Paris. French lawmakers are set to vote on whether allowing or not France's contact-tracing app designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus that is raising privacy concerns. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

French lawmakers endorse the country’s virus tracing app

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Gunman kills 3 at French quarry, wounds self with gunshot

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