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French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speech the industrial development laboratory at French drugmaker's vaccine unit Sanofi Pasteur plant in Marcy-l'Etoile, near Lyon, central France, Tuesday, June 16, 2020.The visit comes after rival pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca this weekend announced a deal to supply 400 million vaccine doses to EU countries, including France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, Pool)

Macron marks appeal that gave birth to French Resistance

By DANICA KIRKA and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

A lab technician works during research on coronavirus, COVID-19, at Johnson &amp; Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical in Beerse, Belgium, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Janssen Pharmaceutical hopes to begin clinical trials on a potential vaccine for COVID-19 in the middle of the summer. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) **FILE**

Race for coronavirus vaccine could leave some countries behind

By Maria Cheng and Christina Larson - Associated Press

Retailer Clive Williams installs a protective screen in his Pop Up Clothing Company store, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Lockdown restrictions are slowly being eased, which should see the economy start to pick up. On Monday, nonessential shops, such as department stores and electronic retailers, can reopen if they can abide by social distancing requirements. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

‘We’ve missed it’: Long lines form outside shops in England

By SYLVIA HUI and PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Health workers take a nasal swab sample from a girl during public testing for the new coronavirus conducted in Jakarta, Indonesia Monday, June 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

The Latest: New Zealand is no longer coronavirus-free

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In this Tuesday, June 9, 2020 photo, Harvey Curtis, left, discusses repair plans with customer Jack Matheson outside Sidecountry Sports, a bike shop in Rockland, Maine. Matheson is looking forward to getting his 40-year-old Raleigh back on the road. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Pandemic leads to a bicycle boom, and shortage, around world

By DAVID SHARP and KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

Thousands of people demonstrate against police brutality and racism in Paris, France, Saturday, June 13, 2020, prior to a march organized by supporters of Adama Traore, who died in police custody in 2016 in circumstances that remain unclear despite four years of back-and-forth autopsies. The march is expected to be the biggest of several demonstrations Saturday inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., and French police ordered the closure of freshly reopened restaurants and shops along the route fearing possible violence. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris marchers decry racism; far right rallies in London

By ARNO PEDRAM and SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

A wounded member of a far-right group is escorted by British police officers in riot gear, during scuffles as police tries to contain a protest at Trafalgar Square in central London, Saturday, June 13, 2020. British police have imposed strict restrictions on groups protesting in London Saturday in a bid to avoid violent clashes between protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as far-right groups that gathered to counter-protest. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Protesters call attention to deaths of two more black men

By Russ Bynum and Ed White - Associated Press

Scaffolders erect boarding around the statue of Sir Winston Churchill at Parliament Square, in London, Thursday, June 11, 2020, following Black Lives Matter protests that took place across the U.K. over the weekend. The protests were ignited by the death of George Floyd, who died after he was restrained by Minneapolis police while in custody on May 25. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)

Statues boarded up in London as more protests expected

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 16, 2018 file photo, activists of India's opposition Congress party's youth wing shout slogans against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as one of them holds a severed head from a cut out photograph of billionaire jeweler Nirav Modi in New Delhi, India. Indian authorities say they have brought from Hong Kong polished diamonds and pearls worth millions of dollars belonging to India’s fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi who is fighting a court battle in London for his extradition to New Delhi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

India seizes $180M in jewels from fugitive diamond merchants

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Unilever to place HQ in UK, ending Anglo-Dutch structure

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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 9, 2020, supporters of the Rhodes Must Fall group, participate in a protest calling for the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, a Victorian imperialist in southern Africa who made a fortune from mines and endowed the university's Rhodes scholarships, beneath the statue which stands on the facade, top centre, of Oriel College, in Oxford, England. The death of George Floyd at the hands of police and Minneapolis, USA, has sparked a re-examination of injustices and inequalities in the fabric of many societies, often symbolized in statues of historical figures have become the focus of protest around the world. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)

Not set in stone: Statues fall as Europe reexamines its past

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 file photo, London mayor Sadiq Khan addresses pro and anti-Brexit supporters in London. London’s mayor has called for an investigation after rapper Wretch 32 released a video on Tuesday June 9, 2020, of his father being tasered by a police officer. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

London mayor seeks answers over Taser use on rapper’s father

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A banner is taped over the inscription on the pedestal of the toppled statue of Edward Colston in Bristol, England, Monday, June 8, 2020. The toppling of the statue was greeted with joyous scenes, recognition of the fact that he was a notorious slave trader — a badge of shame in what is one of Britain’s most liberal cities. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

London may remove statues as Floyd’s death sparks change

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A man raises his fist as people gather in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, June 6, 2020, to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, USA, that has led to protests in many countries and across the US. A US police officer has been charged with the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Anti-racism protesters rally around world, topple statue

By PAN PYLAS and FRANK JORDANS and JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Protesters take part in a demonstration on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Hyde Park, London, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Protests have taken place across America and internationally, after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against Floyd's neck while the handcuffed black man called out that he couldn't breathe. The officer, Derek Chauvin, has been fired and charged with murder. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Thousands in Europe decry racial injustice, police violence

By PAN PYLAS and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A pigeon stands on the south bank of the river Thames, against the backdrop of the Houses of Parliament, as the country continues its lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in London, Friday, May 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK lawmakers queue to vote as Parliament adjusts to COVID-19

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

In this May 21, 2020, photo, provided by Pascal Chatterjee, Phelan Chatterjee works at home in Telefonplan, Stockholm. (Pascal Chatterjee via AP)

VIRUS DIARY: Sweden stayed open. I stayed at home.

By PHELAN CHATTERJEE - Associated Press

Protesters and National Guardsmen face off on East Lake Street, Friday, May 29, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. The massive protests sweeping across U.S. cities following the police killing of a black man in Minnesota have elevated fears of a new surge in cases of the coronavirus. Images showing thousands of screaming, unmasked protesters have sent shudders through the health community, who worry their calls for social distancing during the demonstrations are unlikely to be heard. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

DC mayor: We have to be concerned about virus rebound

By KELLI KENNEDY and DANICA KIRKA and PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Ex-NY subway boss named to head London transit system

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior aid Dominic Cummings leaves his home, in London, Sunday, May 24, 2020. Several lawmakers from Britain’s governing Conservative Party have joined opposition calls for Johnson’s top aide to be fired for flouting lockdown rules. Dominic Cummings traveled 250 miles (400 kms) to his parents’ home with his wife and son as he was coming down with COVID-19 at the end of March. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK leader Johnson stands by aide over 250-mile lockdown trip

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press