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United States' Carli Lloyd waves as she stands by the World Cup trophy, during the women's soccer World Cup France 2019 draw, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

US draws Sweden again for 2019 Women’s World Cup

By JEROME PUGMIRE and ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

A demonstrator stands on a stepladder during clashes Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in Paris. Crowds of yellow-vested protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, some scuffling with police firing tear gas, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week's rioting. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s trade claims, Paris protesters’ chant

By HOPE YEN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

A bin is burning as school children demonstrate in Paris, Friday Dec.7, 2018. Footage showing the brutal arrest of high school students protesting outside Paris is causing a stir ahead of further anti-government protests this weekend. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxes

By Elaine Ganley and John Leicester - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018 file photo, a demonstrator waves the French flag on a burning barricade on the Champs-Elysees avenue with the Arc de Triomphe in background, during a demonstration against the rise of fuel taxes. There are parallels for unpopular French President Emmanuel Macron in the demise of King Louis XVI more than two centuries ago. Democracy has replaced monarchy but the culture of a mob taking its anger against perceived inequality onto the streets of Paris has not changed. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

The Latest: ‘Yellow vest’ members meet with French PM

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FILE - In this Nov.21, 2018 file photo, France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a meeting with French mayors at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. As protests rage through France and Paris locks down fearing new riots, the man whose presidency unleashed the anger is nowhere to be seen. President Emmanuel Macron has stayed out of the public eye all week, leaving his unpopular government to try to calm the nation. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool, File)

As protests rages in France, Macron remains invisible

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Mathilde Pouzet speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Villeneuve-La-Garenne, outside Paris, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Pouzet set out for Paris on Nov. 17 for her first protest with a grassroots movement that is now shaking France. She returned for the next two, braving tear gas and dodging violence. Three weeks later, she was blockading a fuel depot of gas giant Total, until dozens of police in riot gear cleared out her small group. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

To the barricades: why a nursery aide joins French protests

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

A demonstrator holds a yellow jacket as he protests at the toll gates on motorway at Biarritz southwestern France, Thursday, Dec.6, 2018. Paris police and store owners are bracing for new violence at protests Saturday, despite President Emmanuel Macron's surrender over a fuel tax hike that unleashed weeks of unrest. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Eiffel Tower to be closed as Paris braces for more protests

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

A demonstrator holds a placard reading &quot; Join us&quot; as they stand by toll gates on a motorway at Biarritz southwestern France, Wednesday, Dec.5, 2018. The concessions made by French president Emmanuel Macron's government in a bid to stop the huge and violent anti-government demonstrations seemed on Wednesday to have failed to convince protesters, with trade unions and disgruntled farmers now threatening to join the fray. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

France fears more riots; Museums, Eiffel Tower to close

By ANGELA CHARLTON and ALEX TURNBULL - Associated Press

Guests arrive at the 'Spodek' multipurpose arena complex for the COP24 summit in Katowice , Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Trump administration touts fossil fuels at COP-24 U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 file photo, participants perform yoga in front of the Eiffel Tower as part of the sport event &quot;La Parisienne&quot;, in Paris. The Eiffel Tower announces it will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 8 due to the protests called in the French capital by the yellow vest movement. Tickets bought online will be refunded, the company operating the Paris monument said on Twitter. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)

Eiffel Tower to close amid ‘yellow vests’ riot fears

By Angela Charlton and Alex Turnbull - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 20118 file photo, a man rides his bicycle past by a graffiti on the Paris Garnier Opera house in Paris that reads: &quot;Macron is equal to Louis 16&quot;, referring to the King of France during the French Revolution in 1789. There are parallels for unpopular French President Emmanuel Macron in the demise of King Louis XVI more than two centuries ago. Democracy has replaced monarchy but the culture of a mob taking its anger against perceived inequality onto the streets of Paris has not changed. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Don’t mess with France’s masses: Lesson for kings, president

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

A demonstrator holds a placard reading &quot; Join us&quot; as they stand by toll gates on a motorway at Biarritz southwestern France, Wednesday, Dec.5, 2018. The concessions made by French president Emmanuel Macron's government in a bid to stop the huge and violent anti-government demonstrations seemed on Wednesday to have failed to convince protesters, with trade unions and disgruntled farmers now threatening to join the fray. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

The Latest: French PM: 89,000 police to be deployed Saturday

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A demonstrator walks past a burning barricade near the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. A French protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot Saturday in Paris as police fired tear gas and water cannon in street battles with activists wearing the fluorescent yellow vests of a new movement. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

‘Yellow vests’ force Emmanuel Macron to abandon France fuel tax increase

By Sylvie Corbet and Samuel Petrequin and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

French Riots Over Gas Tax Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Emmanuel Macron’s ‘green’ taxes have the French seeing red

By Daniel Kochis

Demonstrators stand in front of a makeshift barricade set up by the so-called yellow jackets to block the entrance of a fuel depot in Le Mans, western France, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2018. French government's decision to suspend fuel tax and utility hikes Tuesday did little to appease protesters, who called the move a &quot;first step&quot; and vowed to fight on after large-scale rioting in Paris last weekend. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

Macron scraps French fuel tax hike amid violent protests

By SYLVIE CORBET and SAMUEL PETREQUIN and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Visitors to the U.N. climate conference watch a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Katowice, Poland, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The COP24 UN Climate Change Conference is taking place in Katowice, Poland. Negotiators from around the world are meeting for talks on curbing climate change. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

The Latest: Trump says Macron’s decision justifies his own

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In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, photo, a woman walks past a Tiffany &amp; Co. store at a shopping mall in Beijing. The designer boutiques of Manhattan and Paris are feeling the chill of a Chinese economic slowdown that has hammered automakers and other industries. That is jolting brands such as Louis Vuitton and Burberry that increasingly rely on Chinese customers who spend $90 billion a year on jewelry, clothes and other high-end goods. The industry already is facing pressure to keep up as China’s big spenders shift to buying more at the spreading networks of luxury outlets in their own country. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Economic chill dulls Chinese appetite for some luxury brands

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Ambulance workers hold flares outside the National Assembly in Paris, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ambulance workers took to the streets and gathered close to the National Assembly in downtown Paris to complain about changes to working conditions as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: Macron visits building torched by protesters

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Ambulance workers hold flares outside the National Assembly in Paris, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ambulance workers took to the streets and gathered close to the National Assembly in downtown Paris to complain about changes to working conditions as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Edouard Philippe, French P.M., announces delay to fuel tax hikes: Reports

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

FILE- In this July 26, 2011 photo, a melting iceberg floats along a fjord leading away from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet near Nuuk, Greenland. The COP 24 UN Climate Change Conference is taking place in Katowice, Poland. Negotiators from around the world are meeting for talks on curbing climate change. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

The Latest: Dutch PM: All must be involved in climate fight

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