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PSG coach Thomas Tuchel watches his team during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Nice at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Saturday, May 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

PSG coach: Signing Griezmann is “not realistic”

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A poster with the face of Basque separatist militant Josu Ternera is attached to a wall in his home town of Ugao-Miraballes, Spain, Thursday, May 16, 2019. The most wanted member of the Basque separatist militant group ETA who had been on the run for 17 years was finally caught by police on Thursday May 16, 2019 in the French Alps. Jose Antonio Urruticoetxea Bengoetxea, known by the alias Josu Ternera, was a longtime chief of ETA and connected to some of its bloodiest episodes. The poster has a message written in the Basque language saying 'No solution to the solution' while calling for a protest gathering in the town this evening supporting him. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Basque separatist chief jailed in France, day after capture

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 5, 2015, file photo, United States goalkeeper Hope Solo hoists the trophy as she and her teammates celebrate defeating Japan to win the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Solo was in goal four years ago in Canada when the United States won soccer’s most prestigious tournament. She has no regrets about her acrimonious breakup with the team, which will seek to defend its title at the Women’s World Cup in France. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Hope Solo: Moving on after both success and controversy

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks with a member of the honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Istana or presidential palace in Singapore, Friday, May 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Singapore PM says call to curb online violence ‘effective’

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, center left, is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron, center right, as she arrives at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. World leaders and tech bosses meet Wednesday in Paris to discuss ways to prevent social media from spreading deadly ideas. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

US abstains from global pledge to curb online violence

By SYLVIE CORBET and KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

This photo provided Friday May 10, 2019 by the French army shows navy soldiers Cédric de Pierrepont, left, and Alain Bertoncello. Two French soldiers have been killed in a military operation in the West African nation of Burkina Faso that freed four people from the U.S., France and South Korea who were kidnapped in neighboring Benin. (French Army via AP)

France honors soldiers killed freeing hostages in Africa

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AP Exclusive: Ex-Interpol chief’s wife gets asylum in France

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2013 file photo, Medal of Honor recipient Bob Maxwell, center, salutes at a ceremony at Bend High School in Bend, Ore., where he received a commemorative set of postage stamps honoring the few surviving Medal of Honor recipients from World War II. Maxwell, the nation's oldest Medal of Honor recipient, has died in Oregon more than seven decades after grabbing a blanket and throwing himself on a German hand grenade in France to save his squad mates. He was 98. Maxwell died Saturday, May 11, 2019, in Bend, Ore. (Andy Tullis/The Bulletin via AP, File)

Oldest Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98 in Oregon

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Sam Kerr and the Aussies top Group C, which includes Brazil

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

New French rules for Facebook? Zuckerberg likes the idea

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Canada tops Group E with Sinclair close to a milestone

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

This photo provided Friday May 10, 2019 by the French army shows navy soldiers Cédric de Pierrepont, left, and Alain Bertoncello. Two French soldiers have been killed in a military operation in the West African nation of Burkina Faso that freed four people from the U.S., France and South Korea who were kidnapped in neighboring Benin. (French Army via AP)

2 French commandos killed freeing hostages in West Africa

Associated Press

France’s top assist maker thrives in gypsy lifestyle

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Public sector workers chant slogans during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, May 9, 2019. French unions are holding strikes and protests against 120,000 job cuts and other deep changes to France's huge public sector by President Emmanuel Macron's government. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

French unions hold strikes, protests against Macron policies

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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Rouhani said Wednesday that it will begin keeping its excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program, setting a 60-day deadline for new terms to its nuclear deal with world powers before it will resume higher uranium enrichment. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran threatens to restart higher uranium enrichment, gives world 60-day deadline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this April 9, 2008, file photo, then French chairman and CEO of France telecom Group Didier Lombard poses at the MIPTV (International Television Programme Market), in Cannes, southern France. French telecom giant Orange and seven former or current managers, Lombard is among them, are going on trial accused of moral harassment over a wave of employee suicides a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

French telecom giant Orange on trial over staff suicides

By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 file photo, France forward Marie-Antoinette Katoto challenges for the ball with Germany midfielder Sara Dabritz during a women's international friendly soccer match between France and Germany at Francis-le-Basser stadium in Laval, western France. Coach Corinne Diacre has defended her decision to leave out Paris Saint-Germain striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto from France Women's World Cup squad. France will host the tournament from June 7, 2019 to July 7, 2019. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)

Diacre defends leaving Katoto out of France’s WCup squad

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Yellow Vest protestors are reflected in the window of a firefighters barracks in Paris, Saturday, May 4, 2019. Yellow Vest protests are taking place for the 25th consecutive week to challenge President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Yellow vest protests land at Paris airport in 25th week

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Movie explores legacy of 1910s female movie mogul

By AMY KUPERINSKY - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian President Sergio Mattarella visit the Chateau d'Amboise to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Italian renaissance painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci at the Chateau d'Amboise, in Amboise, south of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 2, 2019. (Philippe Wojazer, Pool via AP)

France, Italy honor Leonardo 500 years after artist’s death

By SYLVIE CORBET and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press