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FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 file photo, Nimes fans hold up a banner that reads &quot;with us no homophobia&quot; before the start of the French League One soccer match between Nimes and Brest at the Stade des Costieres in Nimes, southern France. Referees should no longer stop matches when there is homophobic chanting, urged French Football Federation president Noël Le Graët. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

French referees keep right to halt games for abusive chants

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

In this July 25, 2019, file photo, Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa listens to questions from the media during a news conference at the global headquarters in Yokohama, west of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Hiroto Saikawa, Nissan chief executive, has resigned, successor to be named

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

France says 1,500 died in summer’s heat wave

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France's Olivier Giroud celebrates as he scores during the Euro 2020 group H qualifying soccer match between France and Albania at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, north of Paris, France, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Giroud, Kane and Ronaldo on target in Euro 2020 qualifying

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - In this picture taken Tuesday, Sept 3, 2019, a hand with the middle finger raised is painted over an EU flag, at right, on the trawler's front bulk-head of a fisherman boat in the port of Eyemouth, south coast of Edinburgh, Scotland. In their drive to uncouple Britain from the European Union, pro-Brexit campaigners have turned fishing into one of their battlegrounds. But while some seafood industry workers want out of the EU, others are alarmed at the prospect of losing frictionless access to EU consumers. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Promises of Brexit bonanza look fishy for seafood industry

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by BFMTV, a rooster is seen in a cage, with a sign reading in French &quot;The countryside lives, makes noise, the rooster as well&quot;, during court proceedings in Saint-Pierre-d'Oleron, France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. A French court has ruled that a rooster called Maurice can keep crowing, rejecting a complaint from neighbors who were suing over noise nuisance. Maurice's owner, Corinne Fesseau, will be able to keep the rooster on the small island of Oleron, off France's Atlantic coast. (AP Photo)

Cock-a-doodle-doo! French rooster crows over court win

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press

Newly appointed French High Commissioner for Pension Reform Jean-Paul Delevoye, center, stands by French Junior Minister for European Affairs Amelie de Montchalin, left, French Government's spokesperson Sibeth Ndiaye, second left and French Overseas Minister Annick Girardin, at the start of his first cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Wednesday Sept. 4, 2019. French President Emmanuel Macron is holding a special government meeting to outline his domestic agenda for the coming year, including a controversial overhaul of the pension system. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

France’s Macron to launch controversial pension overhaul

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

In this Nov. 28, 2018, photo, workers dismantle the Unit 2 reactor at Chubu Electric Power Co.,'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka prefecture. Japan's nuclear policy-setting body has adopted a report saying the country is entering an era of massive nuclear plant decommissioning, urging operators to plan ahead to lower safety risks and costs on work requiring decades and billions of dollars. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan urges nuke plants to prepare for decommissioning era

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, speaks to reporters after a forum titled &quot;Common Security in the Islamic World&quot; in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Zarif said Iran’s supreme leader will not meet with U.S. President Donald Trump unless Washington halts its “economic terrorism” that has hurt ordinary Iranian civilians. Zarif said the removal of U.S. sanctions could also help salvage the Iranian nuclear deal, which may break apart after the U.S. left last year. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Iran warns of ‘strong step’ from atomic deal if no new terms

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Police officers investigate where an assailant stabbed one person to death and injured nine others and has been arrested, Saturday Aug.31, 2019 just outside a subway station in Villeurbanne, outside Lyon, central France. The reason for the attack is unclear. (AP Photo/Nicolas Vaux-Montagny)

Afghan suspect in France knife attack in ‘psychotic state,’ on drugs

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Reporters work near a subway station after an assailant stabbed one person to death and injured nine others, Saturday Aug.31, 2019 just outside a subway station in Villeurbanne, outside Lyon, central France. The reason for the attack is unclear. (AP Photo/Nicolas Vaux-Montagny)

French prosecutor: Knife attack suspect in ‘psychotic state’

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Reporters work near a subway station after an assailant stabbed one person to death and injured nine others, Saturday Aug.31, 2019 just outside a subway station in Villeurbanne, outside Lyon, central France. The reason for the attack is unclear. (AP Photo/Nicolas Vaux-Montagny)

French cops detain man after knife attack kills 1, injures 9

By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Britain's Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State Dominic Raab, left, arrives for a group photo with other ministers during the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday Aug. 29, 2019. The topics to be discussed at the meeting include the wider Middle East, the Arctic region, hybrid threats and fires raging in the Amazon rainforest. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)

The Latest: Brexit: UK minister tours Calais port

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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, left, attends a joint press conference with OECD chief Angel Gurria to plan for international taxes on digital giants like Amazon and Google at Bercy Economy ministry in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. France recently introduced a 3% tax on the companies' French revenues, prompting U.S. President Donald Trump to threaten tariffs on French wine in response. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

US, France to lead talks on a global digital tax

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

This Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, photo provided Sunday, Aug. 25, by the North Korean government, shows the test firing of an unspecified missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday in the seventh weapons launch in a month, South Korea's military said, a day after it vowed to remain America's biggest threat in protest of U.S.-led sanctions on the country. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

3 European nations condemn North Korea’s missile launches

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President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron wrap up a joint press conference at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Macron’s G-7 performance arms him for likely troubles ahead

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Amid smoke from forest fires, cattle graze on a farm along the road to Jacunda National Forest, near the city of Porto Velho in the Vila Nova Samuel region which is part of Brazil's Amazon, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. The Group of Seven nations on Monday pledged tens of millions of dollars to help Amazon countries fight raging wildfires, even as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused rich countries of treating the region like a &quot;colony.&quot; (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Respiratory ailments hit in Amazon as Brazil spurns G-7 aid

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro makes a signal with his hand during a military ceremony for the Day of the Soldier, at Army Headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he's leaning toward sending the army to help fight Amazon fires that have alarmed people across the globe. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Jair Bolsonaro, ‘Trump of the Tropics,’ tests Brazilians’ patience as problems persist

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the annual French ambassadors conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 27 2019. French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a new global economic order, decrying an &quot;unprecedented crisis&quot; in the market economy. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)

The Latest: Macron says Iran move could still calm tensions

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during his final press conference at the G7 summit Monday, Aug. 26, 2019 in Biarritz, southwestern France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Macron pushes outreach to Russia, offers ‘balancing’ role

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press