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French President Emmanuel Macron and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave prior to attending a meeting at the Foreign Affairs ministry in Paris, Friday, July 14, 2023. France is looking to further strengthen cooperation on an array of topics ranging from climate to military sales and the strategic Indo-Pacific region. (Julien de Rosa, Pool via AP)

India’s Modi and France’s Macron agree on defense ties but stand apart on Ukraine

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French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave before a working dinner, Thursday, July 13, 2023 at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit and will attend Bastille Day parade with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

India’s Modi is guest of honor at Paris Bastille Day parade as Macron rebuffs human rights critics

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

French serviceman operate a mortar during a joint French US exercise in Capu Midia, on the Black Sea shore, Romania, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. France’s parliament has approved a boost to military spending spurred on by Russia's war in Ukraine. The new budget bill includes 413 billion euros ($450 billion) in defense spending through the rest of this decade, which is the most significant spending hike in half a century. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

France’s parliament approves big boost in military spending, spurred by Ukraine war

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Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour," Friday, May 5, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. Ticketmaster abruptly postponed ticket sales for six of Swift's upcoming shows in France on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. An explanation wasn’t immediately clear, but in posts on Ticketmaster’s French Twitter several hours after the pause began, the ticket seller cited a problem with a third-party provider. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Ticketmaster halts Taylor Swift ticket sales in France in another headache for fans

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A woman shows a poster "Justice for Nahel" during a march for 17-year-old Nahel, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Nanterre, outside Paris. Officially, race doesn't exist in France. But the killing of the French-born 17-year-old with North African roots has again exposed deep feelings about systemic racism that lie under the surface of the country's ideal of color-blind equality. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

France sees itself as blind to race. After a teen is killed by police, how does one discuss racism?

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 draft pick, greets fans before an NBA basketball press conference, Saturday, June 24, 2023, at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate) **FILE**

Wembanyama and Mbappe the big draws as Olympic soccer and basketball tickets go on sale

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FILE - A demonstrator runs on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France, Friday, June 30, 2023. After more than 3,400 arrests and signs that the violence is now abating, France is once again facing a reckoning. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

‘Liberty, equality, fraternity’ for all? New riots make France confront an old problem

By John Leicester - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks following a government emergency meeting after riots erupted for the third night in a row across the country, at the Interior Ministry in Paris, Friday, June 30, 2023. After six years in power, French President Emmanuel Macron appears further weakened by days of rioting over the death of a teen killed by police that come on top of a series of other challenges at home, leading domestic politics to impede his influence abroad. Macron was forced to delay his state visit to Germany meant to show the strength of the friendship between both nations after recent disputes over on issues including energy, defense and the economy. (Yves Herman/Pool via AP, File)

France’s Macron is weakened by crisis over teen killed by police

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

A graffiti reading "Police, rapists, assassins" on a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance memorial, Sunday, July 2, 2023 in Paris suburb Nanterre. In Nanterre, a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance during World War II was defaced with graffiti Sunday, after it has been vandalized Thursday on the margins of a silent march to pay tribute after the police killing of a teenager. (AP Photo/Cara Anna )

Crowds across France show solidarity at town halls targeted in rioting following police shooting

By Cara Anna and Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

Protesters block a street with garbage cans in Colombes, outside Paris, France, Saturday, July 1, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents Friday to keep teenagers at home and proposed restrictions on social media to quell rioting spreading across France over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

France has a 5th night of rioting over teen’s killing by police amid signs of subsiding violence

By Cara Anna, Nicolas Garriga and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Police patrols in Nanterre, outside Paris, France, Saturday, July 1, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents Friday to keep teenagers at home and proposed restrictions on social media to quell rioting spreading across France over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

France arrests more than 1,300 people after fourth night of rioting over teen’s killing by police

By John Leicester, Sylvie and Lewis Joly - Associated Press

A demonstrator wears a T-shirt reading "Justice for Nahel" during a march Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Nanterre, outside Paris. The killing of Nahel during a traffic check Tuesday, captured on video, shocked the country and stirred up long-simmering tensions between young people and police in housing projects and other disadvantaged neighborhoods around France. A French police officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old driver will be investigated for voluntary homicide, following two days of fires and violent protests officials said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

600 arrested and 200 police officers hurt on France’s 3rd night of protests over teen’s killing

By Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester and Alex Turnbull - Associated Press

Youths clash with Police forces as cars burn in Nanterre, outside Paris, Thursday, June 29, 2023. The death of 17-year-old Nael by police during a traffic check Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre elicited nationwide concern and widespread messages of indignation and condolences. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 1,200 police were deployed overnight and 2,000 would be out in force Wednesday in the Paris region and around other big cities to "maintain order."(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France will deploy 40,000 police officers to quell violence that followed deadly police shooting

By Sylvie Corbet and Alex Turnbull - Associated Press

Youths clash with Police forces in Nanterre, outside Paris, Thursday, June 29, 2023. The death of 17-year-old Nael by police during a traffic check Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre elicited nationwide concern and widespread messages of indignation and condolences. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 1,200 police were deployed overnight and 2,000 would be out in force Wednesday in the Paris region and around other big cities to "maintain order."(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French police officer who shot 17-year-old under investigation for voluntary homicide

By Sylvie Corbet and Alex Turnbull - Associated Press

Climate activists Patience Nabukalu, of Uganda, left, and Mitzi Jonelle Tan, of the Philippines, participate in a demonstration ahead of the Global Climate Finance Summit, Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Paris. The aim of a two-day climate and finance summit in Paris that ends Friday, June 23, was to set up concrete measures to help poor and developing countries better tackle issues like poverty and climate change. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

The Paris summit on finance and climate comes to an end. Time for concrete steps?

By Samuel Petrequin and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Climate activists participate in a demonstration ahead of the Global Climate Finance Summit, June 21, 2023 in Paris. World leaders, heads of international organizations and activists are gathering in Paris for a summit to seek better ways to tackle poverty and climate change issues by reshaping the global financial system. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Climate activist Nakate urges rich countries to cancel debt, grant climate finance at Paris summit

By Samuel Petrequin and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

German developed Lilium's electric jet prototype is exhibited at the Paris Air Show, Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Le Bourget, north of Paris. Aviation industry CEOs and top government officials from around the world descended on the Paris Air Show for a week of deal-making and demonstrations of the world's latest air and space technology. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Lean green flying machines take wing in Paris, heralding transport revolution

By John Leicester - Associated Press

A riot police officer shots tear gas at demonstrators during a protest at the Cheikh Anta Diop University campus in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 1, 2023. Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal opposition leader Sonko’s lawyer files a lawsuit in France and calls for an ICC inquiry

By Zane Irwin - Associated Press

A soldier secures the are as firemen fight a blaze Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Paris. Firefighters fought a blaze on Paris' Left Bank that is sent smoke soaring over the domed Pantheon monument and prompted evacuation of buildings in the neighborhood, police said. Local media cited witnesses describing a large explosion preceding the fire, and saying that part of a building collapsed. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

After Paris blast crumples building in Left Bank, rescue workers still searching for 1 person

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva walks to the podium during the 2022 annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group on Oct. 14, 2022, in Washington. Heads of state, finance leaders and activists from around the world will converge in Paris this week to seek ways to overhaul the world's development banks — like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank — and help them weather a warmer and stormier world.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Paris summit aims to shake up the financial system. It will test leaders’ resolve on climate

By FATIMA Hussein and Paul Wiseman - Associated Press