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U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

UN chief blasts lack of ‘strong leadership’ on climate

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 photo, a cleaning lady works in an apartment located on Airbnb in Paris. The spectacular growth of Airbnb in Paris, the top worldwide location for the internet giant is also raising alarms in the French capital. Some Parisians and officials at City Hall blame the site for driving Parisian families out of the city center, leading to school closures and concerns that the French capital is losing its life and charms. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

In Paris, Airbnb blamed for all kinds of ills

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 file photo, a resident stands on the roof of her house amidst flooding brought about by Typhoon Mangkhut which barreled into northeastern Philippines during the weekend and inundated low-lying areas in its 900-kilometer wide cloud band, in Calumpit township, Bulacan province north of Manila, Philippines. With global temperatures rising, superstorms taking their deadly toll and a year-end deadline to firm up the Paris climate deal, leaders at this year’s U.N. General Assembly are feeling a sense of urgency to keep up the momentum on combating climate change. Monday, Sept. 17, 2018(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, file)

Tackling climate change to be key talking point at UN summit

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017 file photo, Europe's Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn takes part in a 2018 Ryder Cup media conference with US Ryder Cup captain, Jim Furyk in Paris, France. Bjorn is one of European golf’s elder statesmen, inside both the ropes and the boardroom, but he hadn’t appreciated just how all-consuming the role, something he has described as a “lifelong dream”, has become. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Relaxed Bjorn proving a good fit as Ryder Cup captain

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 20, 2014, file photo, Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons rehearses at Symphony Hall, in Boston. The world-renowned orchestra nearly missed the last stop on its European tour Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, after getting stuck in Paris. Orchestra brass say they had to scramble to get enough musicians to Amsterdam for the tour finale, leaving some stranded in the French capital and forcing music director Andris Nelsons and others to hastily redo the program. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

‘Show must go on:’ Stranded in Europe, orchestra improvises

By WILLIAM J. KOLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2005 file photo, Iranian ambassador in Italy Bahram Ghasemi arrives for a dinner for diplomats from Muslim countries hosted by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, in Rome's Villa Madama residence. Iran’s official IRNA news agency said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ghasemi alleged Saturday that police in the French capital did not respond promptly to a disturbance at the Iranian Embassy in Paris on Friday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Iranian Embassy in Paris damaged; Tehran knocks police work

By AMIR VAHDAT and THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he makes deceleration to the media as he meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Pharo Palace in Marseille, southern France, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Marseille for talks on European issues such as migration and eurozone reform. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Emmanuel Macron pro-business reforms in France stall

By Elena Berton — Special to The Washington Times

The massive three-day bash hosted by California Gov. Jerry Brown will feature top Democrats, liberal megadonors, Obama administration figures, international leaders, green energy, Silicon Valley, Hollywood celebrities, and Al Gore. (Associated Press photograph)

Jerry Brown taps Al Gore for climate summit to save Paris deal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Fashion from the Proenza Schouler collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Monday Sept. 10, 2018 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Back from Paris, Proenza Schouler designers go all-American

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

Delegates meet for a United Nations climate change conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Sept 9, 2018. The six-day Bangkok meeting has failed in its aim of completing fruitful preparations so an agreement can be reached in December on guidelines to implement the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. (AP Photo/Kaweewit Kaewjinda)

Bangkok meet fails to finalize draft on climate change rules

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

Police secures the site of a knife attack in Paris, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. A several people were injured in a knife attack in central Paris late Sunday but police said that terrorism was not suspected. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

7 injured in Paris knife attack; terrorism not suspected

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Thousands of people gather in front of Paris town hall during a protest, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Demonstrators in cities across France and Europe were marching on Saturday as part of a global day of protest ahead of a climate action summit this month in San Francisco, California. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Global marches seek urgent action on climate change

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File - In this Friday, July 20, 2018 file photo, Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark plays off the 3rd tee during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship in Carnoustie, Scotland. Thorbjorn Olesen, Eddie Pepperell and Matthew Fitzpatrick are bidding to become the eighth automatic member of a Ryder Cup Europe team seeking to regain the cup from the United States in Paris this September. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

Olesen, Pepperell, Fitzpatrick fight for Ryder Cup spot

By STEVE DOUGLAS - 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 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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Police officers stand guard 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)

Man kills mother, sister; France sees no apparent terror tie

By JOHN LEICESTER and ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 1950 file photo, novelist Ernest Hemingway appears at his country home in San Francisco de Paula near Havana, Cuba. Strand Magazine said Thursday, Aug. 2, that “A Room on the Garden Side,” a World War II story written by Hemingway in 1956, appears in the summer edition, which comes out this week. (AP Photo, File)

Hemingway story from 1956 published for first time

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Tour de France winner Britain's Geraint Thomas, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey and holding of flag of Wales, celebrates on the podium on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris,, Sunday July 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Geraint Thomas wins his first Tour de France title

By Andrew Dampf and Ciaran Fahey - Associated Press

France's Romain Bardet climbs in the last meters of the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 31 kilometers (19.3 miles)with start in Saint-Pee-sur-Nivelle and finish in Espelette, France, Saturday July 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena )

TASTE OF THE TOUR: Paris delights saving the best for last

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Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles and host city of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games speaks during an interview at a hotel in Tokyo Wednesday, July 25, 2018. In an era when many cities are hesitant to bid for the Olympics, Garcetti is convinced his city has a winning formula to make the games a success. (AP Photo/Alessandro Libri)

Interview: Garcetti says LA can be winning Olympic model

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press