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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, actor Gerard Depardieu attends the premiere of the movie &quot;Tour de France&quot;, in Paris. A French judicial official says rape and sexual assault accusations against actor Gerard Depardieu are the subject of a preliminary investigation it was reported on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

French actor Gerard Depardieu is subject of rape complaint

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

France proposes sanctions against Mali peace deal spoilers

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

The Honeybourne 3, right, a Scottish scallop dredger, in dock at Shoreham, south England, Wednesday Aug. 29, 2018, following clashes with French fishermen in the early hours of Tuesday morning off France's northern coast. French maritime authorities are appealing for calm after fishermen from rival French and British fleets banged their boats in ill-tempered skirmishes over access to the scallop-rich waters off France's northern coast. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

A scallop skirmish erupts between French, British boats

By BY JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, right, at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Aug. 28, 2018. French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit, hoping to build the relationships he needs to push France's agenda of a more closely united European Union. (Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Emmanuel Macron, French president: Denmark can do more in European Union

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, file picture Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot, looks on, as French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech during a meeting at Rungis international food market, near Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Nicolas Hulot, French environment minister, quits: World ‘not doing enough’

By John Leicester - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the annual French ambassadors' conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP)

France’s Macron turns away from Trump in laying out roadmap

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the annual French ambassadors' conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP)

France’s Macron urges Europe to take charge of own defense

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, center, answers reporters after a knife attack Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Trappes, west of Paris. A man flagged by French authorities as a suspected radical killed his mother and sister and seriously injured another woman in a knife attack Thursday that was quickly claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: Knife attacker had psychiatric problems

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In this August 20, 2018 photo, the lost wallet of Robert McCusker, a war veteran who served in World War II and Korea, is displayed with its contents on a kitchen table in Dover, N.H. McCusker lost his wallet almost 65 years ago in France. It was found at a construction site and returned to his family in New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Wallet lost decades ago finally returned to soldier’s family

By MICHAEL CASEY and JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

US, UK, France vow to act against new Syria chemical attacks

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo runs with the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Chievo Verona and Juventus, at the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Ronaldo, Modric, Salah on UEFA best player award shortlist

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PSG's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the second goal for his team during their League One soccer match between Guingamp and Paris Saint Germain at Roudourou stadium in Guingamp, western France, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. (AP Photo)

Mbappe scores 2 as PSG wins 3-1 with VAR reprieve

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 9, 2017, photo Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines Air Canada, speaks before revealing the new Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner at a hangar at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario. Air Canada's chief operating officer Smith has been named the new CEO of Air France-KLM. Smith will replace former Air France CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac, who quit more than three months ago when staff turned down his offer of a pay deal aimed at halting a wave of strikes. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

Benjamin Smith is new CEO of Air France-KLM, unions worried

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A view of the Morandi highway bridge that collapsed in Genoa, northern Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. A large section of the bridge collapsed over an industrial area in the Italian city of Genova during a sudden and violent storm, leaving vehicles crushed in rubble below. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The Latest: Survivors describe Italy bridge collapse

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Bringing peace and stability to the world comes with tremendous sacrifice

By Peter Weichlein

Sophie Beau, left, general director of SOS Mediterranee France, Frederic Penard, operations director for SOS Mediterranee, and Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, from Doctors without Borders group, answer reporters Tuesday, Aug.14, 2018 in Paris. Portugal has become the first European country to say it could take in some migrants aboard rescue ship Aquarius, operated by French groups, as officials in coastal France made impassioned pleas to a so-far-silent French government to allow its docking. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

The Latest: Germany says it will take 60 migrants

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In this photo provided by the French Gendarmerie Nationale, a damaged trailer is photographed after floods at Saint-Julien de Peyrolas camping site, in southern France, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. About 1,600 people have been evacuated due to flash flooding in southern France, most of them from campsites near swollen rivers and streams. (Jose Rocha/French Gendarmerie Nationale via AP)

French judge charges 2 German officials in campsite flood

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A home appears cut off as a torrent of water rushes past, in Saint Ambroix, France, Thursday Aug. 9, 2018. Heavy rain has caused flash flooding, transforming rivers and streams into torrents, the interior minister Gerard Collomb said on Thursday. (Loic Spadafora via AP)

The Latest: French police detain 2 in flooded campsite probe

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Britain's Prince William and British Prime Minister Theresa May arrive at the Amiens cathedral, northern France, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. Prince William and Theresa May are marking the somber centenary of the Battle of Amiens, in northern France — a short, bloody and decisive battle that heralded the end of World War I. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

UK prince, prime minister mark centenary of Battle of Amiens

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FILE - In this March 7, 2015 file photo, Paris Saint Germain's Gregory van der Wiel, left, and Lens' Baptiste Guillaume, right, battle for the ball during a League One soccer match Paris Saint Germain against Lens at Parc des Prince stadium in Paris. Guillaume has joined the Nimes team, a promoted team in the French League. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

FRENCH LEAGUE 2018-19: PSG forced to sell, still favored

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press