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Brazil's Marta reacts during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Italy and Brazil at the Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, France, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

World Cup’s top teams enter knockout stage on a roll

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

United States' Lindsey Horan, left, is congratulated by teammate Megan Rapinoe, right, after scoring her team's first goal during the Women's World Cup Group F soccer match between Sweden and the United States at Stade Océane, in Le Havre, France, Thursday, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

US defeats rival Sweden 2-0, finishes atop group

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

In this Feb.22, 2014 file photo, UEFA President Michel Platini arrives at a press conference, one day prior to the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying draw in Nice, southeastern France. Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested Tuesday June 18, 2019 over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File) **FILE**

France detains soccer great Michel Platini in 2022 World Cup probe

By John Leicester and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb.26, 2013 photo, a job seeker enters a job center (Pole Emploi), in Nice, southeastern France. French President Emmanuel Macron's government has unveiled its plan to tighten the country's unemployment benefits. All major workers unions denounce the reform as unfair and damaging to the country's social system. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

France plans to change jobless benefits, unions to protest

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FILE - In this file photo dated June 17, 1986, Michel Platini, left, of France dribbles past Italian forward Alessandro Altobelli in their World Cup eight finals in Mexico City's Azteca Stadium. France won 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament and Italy was eliminated. Affectionately nicknamed “Le Roi” (The King), Michel Platini bestrode the soccer field with inimitable elegance as the world’s best player of the early 1980s, but his lofty reputation seems to have been tainted. (AP Photo, FILE)

Soccer great now mired in corruption scandals

By BY STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Police officers guard the Anti-Corruption Office of the Judicial Police headquarters in Nanterre, outside Paris,Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested in relation to a corruption probe into the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a judicial official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The Latest: Blatter says Paris meeting swayed vote for Qatar

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Chadian rebel chief arrested in France on war crimes inquiry

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France's Eugenie Le Sommer, celebrates with France's Amel Majri after scoring her side's second goal on a penalty kick during the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between France and Norway in Nice, France, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

France looking to close out World Cup group play undefeated

By JENNA FRYER - Associated Press

2 killed in heavy storms in Switzerland, France

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FILE - In this April 26, 2019 file photo, a worker checks the waterproof tarps on Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The billionaire French donors that publicly promised flashy donations totalling hundreds of millions to restore Notre Dame, have not yet paid a penny toward the restoration of the French national monument, according to church and business officials. Instead, it's mainly American citizens that have footed the bills and paid salaries for the up to 150 workers employed by the cathedral since the April 15 fire. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Notre Dame celebrates 1st Mass since devastating April fire

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The Caravaggio' painting entitled &quot;Judith Beheading Holofernes&quot;, is presented to the press, at the Drouot auction house in Paris, Friday, June 14, 2019. The Caravaggio' &quot;Judith Beheading Holofernes&quot; lost in Amsterdam in 1617 has since been rediscovered in an attic in a Toulouse farmhouse in 2014. It will be put on auction in Toulouse at the end of June. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Painting attributed to Caravaggio on display before auction

By ALEX TURNBULL - Associated Press

A sign of French automaker Renault Group shows the way for the Renault shareholders general meeting in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French state: we didn’t veto Renault-Fiat Chrysler deal

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Thailand's Orathai Srimanee congratulates United States' Megan Rapinoe, left, after their Women's World Cup Group F soccer match between the United States and Thailand at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, France, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. The US defeated Thailand 13-0.(AP Photo/Francois Mori) **FILE**

U.S. rout of Thailand exposes gap in World Cup field

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

France’s Macron will send new oak to Trump after tree died

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France's Eugenie Le Sommer, celebrates with France's Amel Majri after scoring her side's second goal on a penalty kick during the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between France and Norway in Nice, France, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

France beats Norway 2-1 to remain undefeated in World Cup

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

D-Day survivor Ray Lambert looks out over Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The North Carolina man was wounded four times on the beach during the Normandy invasion 75 years ago. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

‘Fading away’: D-Day vet makes perhaps last trip to Normandy

By ALLEN G. BREED - Associated Press

France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe delivers a speech at the National Assembly, in Paris, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. France's prime minister vowed to keep reforming the country's economy through changes to the unemployment benefits, the pension system and tax cuts for middle-class workers. Edouard Philippe laid down Wednesday the government's upcoming priorities at the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France pledges to reform economy, boost competitiveness

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

In this April 23, 2018, file photo, first lady Melania Trump, second from right, and Brigitte Macron, second from left, watch as President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron participate in a tree-planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. The sapling, a gift from Macron on the occasion of his state visit, is gone from the lawn. A pale patch of grass was left in its place. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Emmanuel Macron to send Donald Trump new ‘friendship tree’ after first one dies

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France: 9 children among returned citizens who fled Syria

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

United States' Alex Morgan, center, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Women's World Cup Group F soccer match between United States and Thailand at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, France, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Alex Morgan has 5 goals as U.S. routs Thailand 13-0

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press