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People cool off next to the fountains at Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Temperatures in Paris are forecast to reach 41 degrees C (86 F), on Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

Paris hits new heat record; London boils in Europe heat wave

By Angela Charlton and Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

People cool off next to the fountains at Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Temperatures in Paris are forecast to reach 41 degrees C (86 F), on Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

The Latest: Heat wave smashes weather records in Europe

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Illustration on the Treaty of Versailles by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The lessons of the Versailles Treaty

By Victor Davis Hanson

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 file photo, Angela Stanford of the U.S. poses with her trophy after winning the Evian Championship women's golf tournament in Evian, eastern France. The Evian Championship begins back-to-back majors weeks in women’s golf for the first time in six decades on Thursday July 24, 2019. The $4.1 million tournament has been restored to July in the calendar from its previous rain-hit slot in September. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Evian in a heat wave starts back-to-back women’s golf majors

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

A young woman stands under an artificial waterfall in a public pool in Grossroehrsdorf, eastern Germany, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. A heatwave hit big parts of Europe. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)

Europe heat wave breaks records, mercury set to go higher

By BY KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, centre, arrives for a meeting in the French National Assembly, in Paris, France, Tuesdays, July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh )

Teen climate activist to French critics: Listen to science

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A migrants splashes water on his face as he disembarks with others from an Italian Guardia di Finanza finance police boat at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, southern Italy, early Tuesday, July 9, 2019. According to reports 53 migrants were rescued in the Sicilian Channel by an Italian Coast Guard patrol vessel, but six of them were immediately transferred to Lampedusa due to medical conditions. (Ciccio Ruta/ANSA via AP)

Macron says UN refugee agency attacked, decries Libya camps

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, July 26, 2017, a firefighting plane drops fire retardant over a forest near La Londe-les-Maures on the French Riviera, after authorities ordered the evacuation of 10,000 people as fires hopscotched around the Riviera for a third day. Forest blazes are growing in intensity, especially in southern European countries and the European Union describes wildfires as &quot;a serious and increasing threat&quot; across the continent. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, FILE)

AP Explains: Deadly mega-fires bring new challenge to Europe

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, left, talks to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin during a meeting at the G-7 Finance in Chantilly, north of Paris, on Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Major economies raise red flags over Facebook’s Libra

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, left, talks to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin during a meeting at the G-7 Finance in Chantilly, north of Paris, on Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: US still mulling retaliation for French tech tax

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The pack ride during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 167 kilometers (103,77 miles) with start in Albi and finish in Toulouse, France, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Taste of the Tour: Hunting with dogs for ‘Black Diamonds’

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

In this slow motion picture a rider pedals in the pack during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 217 kilometers (135 miles) with start in Saint-Flour and finish in Albi, France, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/ Christophe Ena)

Taste of the Tour: Garlic soup in Toulouse-Lautrec country

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic review the honor guards during a welcome ceremony ahead of their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, July 15, 2019. French President Emmanuel Macron is for a two days official visit in Belgrade. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

France’s Macron vows to help restart Serbia-Kosovo talks

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

The Chateau de Villersexel, west of the town of Belfort in eastern France that was visited by the Tour de France this week, Friday, July 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Samuel Petrequin)

Taste of the Tour: The pitfalls of owning a French chateau

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

France's Yoann Offredo, center, and France's Stephane Rossetto, ride breakeway during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 230 kilometers (142,9 miles) with start in Belfort and finish in Chalon sur Saone, France, Friday, July 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Taste of the Tour: Salty riders in the town of “white gold”

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 16, 2017 file photo, the Facebook booth is seen at the Vivatech, a gadgets show in Paris, France. France has adopted a pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook despite threats from the U.S. Just ahead of the vote Thursday, French economy minister Bruno Le Maire said allies needed to settle differences &quot;without using threats.&quot; (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

France adopts pioneering tax on tech giants after US threat

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FILE - In this July 23, 2015 file photo, Viviane and Pierre Lambert, left, parents of Vincent Lambert, arrive at the Sebastopol hospital, in Reims, eastern France, where Vincent, was on artificial life support. In a vegetative state for 11 years, Vincent Lambert who was at the center of a bitter dispute that divided his family and French courts, and provoked national soul-searching over how to deal with terminally ill patients, has died. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Man at center of French soul-searching on life support dies

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Trump trade representative to investigate French tech tax

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

In this Saturday, June 29, 2019 photo, U.S. made Javelin anti-tank missile is displayed in Tripoli, Libya, after being captured from the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA). France's Defense Ministry acknowledged that U.S.-made missiles captured from the self-styled Libyan National Army belonged to the French military. A statement Wednesday, July 10, 2019, said the missiles were originally intended to protect French anti-terrorism forces in Libya and so did not violate an arms embargo. It says they were damaged and no longer operational, and were put into storage for destruction. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

US missiles found in Libya compound belonged to France

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French presidential envoy Emmanuel Bonne, left, is welcomed by Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani for a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: Iran says US sanctions are ‘warfare’

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