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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo receives treatment from medical staff during the Euro 2020 group B qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Serbia at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Monday, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Ronaldo injured for Portugal; big wins for France, England

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Monday, March 25, 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a 3-day state visit in France where he is expected to sign a series of bilateral and economic deals on energy, the food industry, transport and other sectors. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: Macron praises ties between France, China

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Britain's Catherine Norris Trent poses next to a bust of Marianne, left, symbol of the French Republic, and the French, right, and European flags after a naturalization ceremony in Paris' Pantheon monument, Thursday, March 21, 2019. With the looming Brexit deadline, the 38-year-old mother of two who's lived in the French capital for over a decade was one of dozens of newly-minted French nationals attending the cermony. (AP Photo/Thomas Admason)

France shows Britons splendor of citizenship as Brexit looms

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping salutes upon arrival at the Royal Palace in Palermo, Sicily island, Italy, Saturday, March 23, 2019. (Igor Petyx/ANSA via AP)

Chinese president visiting Monaco amid European tech worries

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Protesters gather during a rally in Paris, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Yellow vest demonstrators gathered in Paris and other French cities for a 19th round of demonstrations as authorities issued bans on protests in certain areas and enhanced security measures in an effort to avoid a repeat of last week's riots in the capital. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: Minister: 40K yellow vest protesters nationwide

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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after missing a scoring chance during the Euro 2020 group B qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Ukraine at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Friday, March 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

England, France win big; Portugal held as Euro defense opens

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2012 file photo, a student, second from left, is flanked by an unidentified woman and police officers as they leave a Jewish school after a gunman opened fire in Toulouse, southwestern France. French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has attended a ceremony Tuesday, March 19, 2019 in Toulouse to mark the 2012 attack on a Jewish school that killed four people amid a recent rise in anti-Semitic acts in France. (AP Photo/Manu Blondeau, File)

French minister attends memorial of Jewish school attack

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PSG condemns Patrice Evra for anti-gay slurs aimed at club

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Bystanders take snapshots of a vandalized perfumery the day after riots erupted on the Champs Elysee avenue during the 18th straight weekend of demonstrations by the yellow vests in Paris, France, Sunday, March 17, 2019. Paris cleaned up one of the world's most glamorous avenues Saturday after resurgent rioting by yellow vest protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron stunned the nation. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

French govt says growth revised downward due to protests

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French President Emmanuel Macron flanked by Elysee general secretary Alexis Kohler, left, holds a meeting at the Elysee presidential Palace, in Paris, Monday, March 18, 2019. Macron summoned top security officials Monday after police failed to contain resurgent rioting during yellow vest protests that transformed a luxurious Paris avenue into a battle scene. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: France bans some yellow vest protests in Paris

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Paris famed restaurant Fouquet's burns on the Champs Elysees avenue during a yellow vests demonstration Saturday, March 16, 2019 in Paris. Paris police say more than 100 people have been arrested amid rioting in the French capital by yellow vest protesters and clashes with police. They set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores and clashed with police firing tear gas and water cannon (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Paris cleans up riot debris as support fades for protesters

By THOMAS ADAMSON and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Yellow vests protesters set a burricade afire on the Champs Elysees avenue Saturday, March 16, 2019 in Paris. French yellow vest protesters clashed Saturday with riot police near the Arc de Triomphe as they kicked off their 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The Latest: French protesters slam Macron’s ‘empty words’

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In this image from video taken on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, officials make inspection inside the cockpit of a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft is in hangar at Garuda Maintenance Facility at Soekarno Hatta airport, Jakarta. The Indonesian Transport Ministry on Tuesday conducted inspections of 737 Max 8 aircraft owned by Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air. (AP Photo)

The Latest: French air agency shares photo of data recorder

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This photo provided on Thursday March 14, 2019 by the Marine Nationale, shows the Grimaldi vessel Grande America on fire in the Bay of Biscay, off the west coast of France, Monday March 11, 2019. French authorities are working to contain an oil spill off the Atlantic Coast after the Italian tanker sank following a fire. French and British rescue teams saved all 27 people aboard the Grande America tanker after it sank Tuesday. (Marine Nationale via AP)

France tries to contain fuel spill off Atlantic Coast

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Anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters, take part in a protest outside the House of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May's mission to secure Britain's orderly exit from the European Union appeared headed for defeat Tuesday, as lawmakers ignored her entreaties to support her divorce deal and end the political chaos and economic uncertainty that Brexit has unleashed.(AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

The Latest: EU official says ‘no-deal’ vote wont halt Brexit

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France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, meets with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on his arrival at State House in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Macron is visiting Kenya Wednesday, after stops in Ethiopia and Djibouti on Tuesday, as part of his latest Africa visit aimed at shoring up military and economic ties in an increasingly strategic region. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

French president Macron pledges economic growth with Kenya

By TOM ODULA - Associated Press

Yellow vests demonstrators march through Paris, Saturday, March 9, 2019. French yellow vests protested for a 17th straight weekend in Paris and other cities against the government's economic policies they see as favoring the rich. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French yellow vest protests tense despite dwindling numbers

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting as part of the &quot;great national debate&quot; on ecology matters in Greoux Les Bains, south of France, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, Pool)

Merkel successor backs Macron’s EU call, floats own ideas

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FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, United States' Megan Rapinoe reacts after scoring goal during the first half of SheBelieves Cup soccer match against the Japan in Chester, Pa. Just a bit of fine tuning and Rapinoe will be ready for the World Cup. While she’s physically fine at this point, Rapinoe said she isn’t as “sharp” as she’d like to be. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)

Megan Rapinoe looks toward NWSL season, World Cup

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan.7, 2019 file photo, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin listens to his lawyers, Jean-Felix Luciani, 2nd right, and Andre Soulier, back to camera, as he attends the start his trial, in Lyon, central France. A French court on Thursday MARCH 7, 2019 is expected to acquit a cardinal and five other defendants accused of protecting a pedophile priest, but alleged victims say France's most important church sex abuse trial has at least allowed them to bring the affair into the open. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

The Latest: Cardinal offers resignation after conviction

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