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FILE - In this May 18, 2018 file photo, Canadian Jean Vanier founder of L'Arche communities poses for a photograph after he received the Templeton Prize at St Martins-in-the-Fields church in London. Vanier, a Canadian religious figure whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in multiple countries over the past half-century, has died Tuesday May 7, 2019 in Paris after suffering from thyroid cancer at 90. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Jean Vanier, Catholic hero to developmentally disabled, dies

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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

6 firefighters investigated over alleged gang rape in Paris

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to the media at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House votes to recommit U.S. to Paris Climate Accord

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE- In this June 1, 2017 file photo, protesters gather outside the White House in Washington to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the Unites States from the Paris climate change accord. The Democratic-controlled House has approved legislation that would prevent President Donald Trump from following through on his pledge to withdraw the U.S. from a landmark global climate agreement. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rebuking Trump, House votes to keep US in Paris climate pact

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Police officers face demonstrators during a May Day demonstration in Paris, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. French authorities announced tight security measures for May Day demonstrations, with the interior minister saying there was a risk that &quot;radical activists&quot; could join anti-government yellow vest protesters and union workers in the streets of Paris and across the country. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Paris officials question 30 over May Day ruckus at hospital

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Riot police patrol during a May Day demonstration in Paris, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. French authorities announced tight security measures for May Day demonstrations, with the interior minister saying there was a risk that &quot;radical activists&quot; could join anti-government yellow vest protesters and union workers in the streets of Paris and across the country. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Police use tear gas in Paris to control May Day protesters

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FILE - In this March 2, 2019 file photo, Yellow Vests protesters march on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris. France's yellow vest protesters remain a force to be reckoned with five months after their movement started, and as President Emmanuel Macron announces his responses to their grievances. It includes people across political, regional, social and generational divides angry at economic injustice and the way President Emmanuel Macron is running France. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

France ramps up security measures for May Day protests

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, March 19, 2019 photo, the blades of wind turbines catch the breeze at the Saddleback Ridge wind farm in Carthage, Maine. The state's new Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has taken to show she would be more supported of green energy than former Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who lambasted wind power as a &quot;boutique&quot; source, fought subsidies for solar power and pulled the state out of a much-touted off-shore wind project. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Democrat-controlled statehouses endorsing clean energy

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

In this March 29, 2019, photo, Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), at U.N. headquarters. The U.N. climate chief says world leaders must recognize there is no option except to speed-up and scale-up action to tackle global warming, warning that continuing on the current path will lead to &quot;a catastrophe.&quot; (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

UN climate chief warns current path leads to ‘catastrophe’

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Protesters march by a burning pile of wood during a yellow vest demonstration in Paris, Saturday, April 20, 2019. French yellow vest protesters are marching anew to remind the government that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn't the only problem the nation needs to solve. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Emmanuel Macron reforms, tax cuts look to win over French protesters

By Jabeen Bhatti — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, April 15, 2019, with the Eiffel Tower behind, left, flames and smoke rise from the blaze at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that destroyed its spire and its roof but spared its twin medieval bell towers, and prompted a frantic rescue effort to save its most precious artefacts. The recent devastating Notre Dame fire in Paris was a warning bell that all of Europe needs to hear, since so many monuments and palaces across the continent are in need of better upkeep according to European officials. “We are so used to our outstanding cultural heritage in Europe that we tend to forget that it needs constant care and attention,” Tibor Navracsics, the European Union’s top culture official, told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Thierry Mallet, FILE)

Notre Dame fire was a warning bell. But will Europe listen?

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

French Soccer Champions

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Two people walk by a the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Saturday, April 20, 2019. Yellow vest protests are scheduled to take place in Paris and other regions of France over the weekend, with a heightened security presence anticipated. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Yellow vest anger burns in France, fueled by Notre Dame fire

By ANGELA CHARLTON and MICHEL EULER - Associated Press

Protestors march by a burning pile of wood during a yellow vest demonstration in Paris, Saturday, April 20, 2019. French yellow vest protesters are marching anew to remind the government that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn't the only problem the nation needs to solve. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: French protesters demand attention from Macron

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Tourists walk nearby Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Friday, April 19, 2019. Rebuilding Notre Dame, the 800-year-old Paris cathedral devastated by fire this week, will cost billions of dollars as architects, historians and artisans work to preserve the medieval landmark. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: Crown of Thorns presented at Paris service

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Flowers and tributes are left outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a massive fire. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

More yellow vest protests despite Notre Dame fire

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

People sit in a park near Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Friday, April 19, 2019. Rebuilding Notre Dame, the 800-year-old Paris cathedral devastated by fire this week, will cost billions of dollars as architects, historians and artisans work to preserve the medieval landmark. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Notre Dame rector: ‘Computer glitch’ possible fire culprit

By Sylvie Corbet and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny - Associated Press

An image made available by Gigarama.ru on Wednesday April 17, 2019 shows an aerial shot of the fire damage to Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Tuesday April 16. Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after it was damaged in a massive fire on Monday. (Gigarama.ru via AP)

The Latest: Police eye electrical short in Notre Dame probe

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Jean-Charles Forgeret poses with archives documents related to Notre Dame cathedral in Charenton le Pont, outside Paris, Thursday, April 18, 2019. The reconstruction of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral will rely on part on extensive plans drawn up in the 19th century for its last big renovation. Forgeret noted that the last restoration took 20 years, and cast doubt on the French president's 5-year deadline on fixing Notre Dame this time. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)

Detail-minded architect left guide for restoring Notre Dame

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press