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French President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony for late French journalist and intellectual Jean Daniel at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020.. (Christian Hartmann/Pool via AP)

Anger flares anew over France’s divisive pension reforms

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France's Gael Fickou, right, celebrates after scoring his try but it is disallowed for a forward pass during the Six Nations rugby union international between Wales and France at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Les Misérables are smiling: French rugby is back in harmony

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Wish answered thousands of times over for 105th birthday

By JENNIFER JEAN MILLER - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands after a press conference on the occasion of the first  French-Italian summit in more than two years, in Naples, southern Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Virus outbreak spreads in France with 20 new cases

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Opposition populist leader Matteo Salvini gestures during press conference at the Foreign Press association, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. The Italian Senate voted by a large margin Wednesday to allow the prosecution of Salvini for making 131 rescued migrants to remain on a coast guard vessel for days when he was Italy's interior minister. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Coronavirus spread fuels anti-immigration opposition

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

Juventus supporters tour Lyon, central France, ahead of the Champions League , round of 16th, first leg match Lyon against Juventus, Wednesday Feb. 26, 2020. Up to 3,000 Juventus fans are expected. As the coronavirus cases clustered in northern Italy kept climbing and European countries reported new ones with Italian travel ties Tuesday, authorities across the continent tried to strike a balance between taking prudent public health measures and preventing panic. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Italian fans mingle calmly in Lyon amid coronavirus fears

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Italian Army soldiers and police check transit to and from the cordoned areas near Turano Lodigiano, Northern Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Civil protection officials on Tuesday reported a large jump of cases in Italy, from 222 to 283. Seven people have died, all of them elderly people suffering other pathologies. (Claudio Furlan/Lapresse via AP)

Europe: Officials try to stem virus panic, keep borders open

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A health worker takes notes at the infectious disease clinic in Zagreb, Croatia, where the first coronavirus case in Croatia is hospitalized, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Croatia confirmed its first case of coronavirus in a man who had been to Milan, the capital of Lombardy, Italy. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

6 European nations report virus cases with Italy link

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 23, 2017 file photo, French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon addresses his supporters after the first partial official results and polling agencies projections were announced in Paris, France. Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going on trial on fraud charges after he used public funds to richly pay his wife and children for work they allegedly never performed. The trial, starting Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 is scheduled to last until March 11. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Former French prime minister and wife go on trial for fraud

By SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press

Chelsea's Olivier Giroud celebrates his team winning their English Premier League soccer match against Tottenham Hotspur in London, England, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The Giroud puzzle: Will Chelsea find room for a WCup winner?

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

The nuclear complex in Fessenheim, eastern France, Friday Feb. 21, 2020. France is to shut down its oldest nuclear complex by the end of June. The French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in a statement on Wednesday that the first phase of the shut-down at Fessenehim, closing one of the reactors, will take place on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jean-François Badias)

France starts closing its oldest nuclear plant

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France's Paul Willemse, center, scores his side's second try of the game during the Six Nations match against Wales at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, Saturday Feb. 22, 2020. (Adam Davy/PA via AP)

6N: Unbeaten France ends Wales title defense in thriller

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French head coach Fabien Galthie gestures to his players as they warm up prior to the start of the Six Nations rugby union international match between France and England at the State de France in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

6N: Resurgent France insulted by Wales ‘cheat’ claim

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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, April 6, 2017, a sticker is photographed on a helmet of an employee of Fessenheim's nuclear power plant opposing the closure, during a protest outside the EDF headquarters in Paris, France. A statement released Wednesday Feb. 19, 2020, that Fessenehim will close one of its reactors on upcoming Saturday, as the first phase of a shut-down at the plant. Sticker on helmet reads, &quot;Fessenheim's power plant secure, yes to the nuclear&quot;. (AP/Photo Michel Euler, FILE)

France to shut down oldest nuclear complex by end of June

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France's Defense Minister Florence Parly, left, arrives at the Presidential Palace for talks with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Parly said on Tuesday that her country stands in solidarity with Cyprus amid tensions over a Turkish search for natural gas inside Cypriot waters. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

France gives backing to Cyprus amid gas search tensions

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, arrives for a meeting with associations, in Mulhouse, eastern France, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Macron said Tuesday he was determined to fight against &quot;Islamist separatism&quot; but also &quot;discrimination ». (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, Pool)

France to end imam, teacher deals to counter extremism

By SYLVIE CORBET and JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS - Associated Press

The Paris subway is pictured during a minimal strike, in Paris, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Emmanuel Macron's divisive reform on pensions is making its way to be debated by lawmakers at the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, on Monday in a process that could take months. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French pension reform embarks on heated debate in parliament

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Exterior view of the Peace Palace housing the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Lawyers for Equatorial Guinea told United Nations judges Monday that French authorities illegally seized a mansion in Paris which they insist operated as the African nation's embassy. The building was seized as part of a money laundering investigation into the son of the central African nation's president. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

Equatorial Guinea: France illegally seized ‘embassy’

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

French health minister to run for Paris mayor to end scandal

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Paris mayoral candidate Benjamin Griveaux gives a press conference as part of the campaign for the upcoming mayoral elections to be held on March, 15, 2020, in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Sex tapes sink Macron’s candidate, spark outrage in France

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press