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In this May 11, 2020, photo, the arch of bridge is lit with blue light as a message of gratitude and support for healthcare and frontline workers battling the new coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea. The blue light campaign has been held for about a month at Seoul's public and private facilities. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: France to thank health workers on Bastille day

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, listens during a teleconference with his cabinet in Istanbul, Monday, May 11, 2020. Erdogan announced a new four-day curfew to stem infections, that includes the weekend and a public holiday on May 19. The country has opted to impose short weekend curfews, instead of full lockdowns, fearing their possible negative effects on the already troubled economy.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey accuses five nations of forming ‘alliance of evil’

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

France: Ex-president investigated for alleged sexual assault

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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 file photo, French President Francois Hollande awards Cecile Rol-Tanguy, the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor medal, during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A French female figure of the Resistance during World War II, Cecile Rol-Tanguy, has died at the age of 101. She had actively helped liberating Paris from the Nazi occupation in 1944. French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on Saturday, May 9, 2020 to a “freedom fighter.” (Ian Langsdon/Pool photo via AP, file)

French Resistance hero Cecile Rol-Tanguy dies at age 101

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Eurostar travelers wearing face masks arrive at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris, Monday, May 4, 2020. Eurostar has said that all its passengers must wear a face mask as a safeguard against coronavirus effective from Monday. It warned that passengers without a mask could be refused travel, but added that any mask is "suitable" if it effectively covers the nose and mouth. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

WHO tells countries to look into early cases of COVID-19

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Vilanova nursing home, residents play inside the Vilanova nursing home on April 30 2020 in Corbas, central France. As the coronavirus cut a deadly path through nursing homes, staff locked themselves in with the 106 residents at this care home to stop COVID-19 coronavirus from infecting and killing the vulnerable older adults in their care, and they have not had any people falling victim to the virus.(Valerie Martin via AP)

Freedom! In France, a nursing home takes on COVID and wins

By JOHN LEICESTER and ANTHONY CERRONE - Associated Press

French soldier killed in anti-insurgent operations in Mali

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FILE - In this March 29, 2019 file photo, a Ukrainian solder checks his weapon as he guards on the contact line in the village of Zolote 4, eastern Ukraine. Top diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany discussed ways to advance the peace process for eastern Ukraine on Thursday April 30, 2020, but failed to achieve any tangible progress. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Top diplomats discuss peace plans for eastern Ukraine

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe presents his plan to exit from the lockdown at the National Assembly in Paris, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has outlined a stringent plan to fight coronavirus in France by automatically testing everyone who's come in contact with someone infected with COVID-19. (David Niviere, Pool via AP)

French government calls off French rugby and soccer leagues

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, April 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: South Korea hopes for vigilance during holiday

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FILE - In this April 22, 2020, file photo, residents arrive to collect soap, vegetables, fruits and other staples distributed by volunteers from community organizations of ACLEFEU in Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb north of Paris. Open-air markets are closed, supermarket prices are skyrocketing and people are out of jobs. Putting food on the table is yet another challenge for the disenfranchised residents of France’s housing projects, where the fallout of the national lockdown over the coronavirus is raising concerns about social unrest. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Virus lockdown raises tensions in France’s poorest areas

By ELAINE GANLEY and NICOLAS GARRIGA - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2014 file photo French economist Thomas Piketty speaks during his seminar at the Almedalen political week in Visby on the island of Gotland Sweden. Piketty is out with a new book, a manifesto for political change called “Capital and Ideology.” Weighing in at over 1,100 pages, it argues that the level of inequality in a capitalist economy is a direct result of political decisions that can be changed — if governments have the will to do so. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson, File)

Economist’s warnings on inequality draw attention with virus

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, sits at a play ground outside his home Wednesday April 15, 2020 in Mantes-la-Jolie, west of Paris. France's confinement measures provide an exception for people with autism that allows them to go out in places where they are accustomed to. Coronavirus lockdown is proving an ordeal for kids with disabilities and their families who are having to care for them at home because special schools have been shut down to curb infections. (Courtesy of family via AP)

Virus lockdowns an extra ordeal for special-needs children

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Amazon and union lawyers gather prior to the start of at the Appel Court in Versailles, west of Paris, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Last week, a French court ruled in a case brought by unions that Amazon warehouses selling nonessential items must shut down or face a fine of a million euros a day. Amazon is appealing. Amazon is appealing. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

2nd French court orders Amazon to better protect workers

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

PSG's Kylian Mbappe, right, reacts during the French League One soccer match between Paris-Saint-Germain and Dijon, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Confusion in French soccer over whether league should resume

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Marie Lithard, right, and her neighboor Yves Chretien sit looking out of their rooms in a nursing home in Ammerschwir, France Thursday April 16, 2020. The elderly make up a disproportional share of coronavirus victims globally, and that is especially true in nursing homes, which have seen a horrific number of deaths around the world. In France, nursing home deaths account for more than a third of the country's total coronavirus victims — figures the government now documents meticulously after weeks of pressure. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Mass virus test in nursing home seeks to combat loneliness

By LORI HINNANT and JEAN-FRANÇOIS BADIAS - Associated Press

The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrives in the bay of Toulon, southern France, Sunday April 12, 2020. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that around 40 sailors showed symptoms compatible with COVID-19, the disease the coronavirus causes. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

France finds more than 1,000 virus cases on aircraft carrier

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, firefighters tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The cathedral stands crippled, locked in a dangerous web of twisted metal scaffolding one year after a cataclysmic fire gutted its interior, toppled its famous spire and horrified the world. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

A year after blaze, Notre Dame restoration halted by virus

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 25 2019 file photo, the pack rides during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 208 kilometers (130 miles) with start in Embrun and finish in Valloire, France. This year's Tour de France will now start on Aug. 29 in Nice and finish on Sept. 20 in Paris and will be followed by cycling's other two major races. The Tour could not start as scheduled on June 27 because of restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/ Christophe Ena, File)

Rescheduled Tour de France hoping to make nation smile again

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2020 file photo, employees observe social distancing due to coronavirus, at the entrance of Amazon, in Douai, northern France.A French court has ordered Amazon to stop buying, storing or delivering non-essential goods for the next month to protect its employees from the virus. The emergency ruling Tuesday requires Amazon to evaluate health risks at all its facilities nationwide and negotiate new safety measures with worker representatives, according to lawyers for unions that launched the legal proceedings. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

French court orders Amazon to suspend non-essential sales

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press