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Marguerite Mouille, left, is greeted by her grandson Thierry Mouille at a nursing home in Kaysesberg, eastern France, Monday Dec. 21, 2020. Thierry Mouille is torturing himself over the government's Christmas offer of a three-week window of relaxed rules. He's changed his mind again and again about whether to bring his 94-year-old grandmother Marguerite out to share a holiday meal. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

In France, a pandemic dilemma over holiday rights for elders

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

British butcher and owner of Wesley's Butcher Shop, Julia Craig-McQuaide, takes a British goose from a refrigerated trailer outside her shop in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Craig-McQuaide's shipment of British turkeys, geese and Irish lambs, meant to fulfill her shops 500 Christmas, orders, managed to cross the English Channel on Sunday, just before the borders were closed. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Brits in Brussels get lucky with their Christmas turkeys

By MARK CARLSON - Associated Press

An emotional ‘au revoir’ from France’s most famous presenter

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a screen as he attends by video conference a round table for the National Humanitarian Conference (NHC), taken at the Foreign Ministry in Paris,Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday following a week in which he met with numerous European leaders. (Charles Platiau/Pool via AP)

Virus-stricken Macron at presidential retreat with fever

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FILE - In this Jan.4, 2018 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron, left, greets Apostolic Nuncio to France Luigi Ventura, at the Elysee Palace in Paris.A Paris court is expected to hand out its verdict Wednesday on a former Vatican ambassador on trial in France for sexually assaulting five men in 2018 and 2019. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP, File)

Paris court convicts former Vatican envoy of sexual assault

By MASHA MACPHERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2015, file photo, an injured person is transported to an ambulance after a shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris, France. The terrorism trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015 Paris attacks on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket ends Wednesday after three months punctuated by new attacks, a wave of coronavirus infections among the defendants, and devastating testimony bearing witness to three days of bloodshed that shook France.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

IS widow convicted in Charlie Hebdo, kosher market attacks

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

2 Russians convicted of attack on man at Euro 2016 in France

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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2020 file photo, the Webb Ellis Cup is displayed during a presentation in Paris. The 2023 Rugby World Cup will take place in France from sept.8 2023 to oct. 21 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

All Blacks, France to renew rivalry at the Rugby World Cup

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010 file photo, Aston Villa Gerard Houllier looks on before his team's English Premier League soccer against Birmingham City at Villa Park stadium, Birmingham, England. Gerard Houllier, a Frenchman who won three titles in one season as coach of English club Liverpool, has died. He was 73. Liverpool announced the death on Twitter on Monday Dec. 14, 2020. French sports daily L’Equipe said Houllier died following heart surgery in France. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson, File)

Gerard Houllier, former Liverpool coach, dies at 73

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World court rules that Paris mansion was not diplomatic post

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French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti leaves the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, Des. 9, 2020. A draft law aimed at arming France against Islamist radicalism was unveiled at Wednesday's weekly Cabinet meeting, a measure promoted by President Emmanuel Macron to rout out what he calls &quot;separatists&quot; undermining the nation. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France unveils draft law to fight Islamist radicalism

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, visits the Framatome nuclear reactor production site in Le Creusot, France, which the government holds up as an example of industry that serves both civilian and military needs, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Macron wants to stress that nuclear energy is central to France's energy transition and says it emits less than wind or solar. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, Pool)

France to build new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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Surgeon Lara Ribeiro Parenti, second left, holds a surgical instrument during the surgery of Caroline Erganian at Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Erganian, 58, hopes to shed more than a third of her weight as a result of having a large part of her stomach cut out and be free of knee and back pain — and of her cane. She prayed in the final weeks that her phone wouldn't ring with news of another delay. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

‘New start:’ Medics juggle surgery backlogs and virus fight

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

French-Lebanese linked to Sarkozy probe released in Lebanon

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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Siss gesture upon el-Sissi arrival at the Elysee palace, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020 in Paris. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is paying a state visit to France for talks on fighting terrorism, the conflict in Libya and other regional issues, amid criticism from human rights groups over the Egyptian leader's crackdown on dissent. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Egypt’s El-Sissi, France’s Macron at odds over human rights

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

England wins Autumn Nations Cup final in sudden death

By FOSTER NIUMATA - Associated Press

A man holds a poster reading &quot;Living yes, surviving no&quot; during a demonstration Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 in Paris. Thousands marched in protests around France on Saturday against a contested security bill with tensions quickly rising at the Paris march as intruders set at least one car afire, broke windows and tossed projectiles at police. Saturday's marches drew a diverse lot of protesters, but was focused on a security bill that includes an article aimed at banning the publication of images of police officers with intent to cause them harm. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Intruders crash Paris protest of law on use of police images

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European Court of Human rights rejects French virus lawsuit

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FILE - In this Aug.9 1969, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, left, as Finance Minister and Jacques Chirac as Secretary of State to Finance leave Elysee Palace, Aug. 9, 1969. Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, has died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 at the age of 94, his office and the French presidency said. (AP Photo, File)

Ex-French leader Valery Giscard d’Estaing dies at age 94

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, prior to a meeting, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s Macron warns against going skiing in Switzerland

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press