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Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, tour Suresnes American Cemetery in Suresnes, France on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Emhoff defends his wife, VP Harris, amid her low polls and French gaffe

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ed Ryan, Director of Cemetery Operations, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, tour Suresnes American Cemetery in Suresnes, France on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Wooing France: Kamala Harris to meet Macron after sub spat

Associated Press

People sit in a bar as French President Emmanuel Macron gives a TV address to the nation, in Lille northern France, Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021. Not officially declaring himself up for re-election is strategically advantageous for 43-year-old Macron, at least for now. It's trickier for opponents to attack a standing president, because he incarnates French authority and power. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

Without saying so, France’s Macron launching re-election bid

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris talks to reporters after meeting with scientists conducting cancer research at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Harris lands in Paris to reinforce French ties, her own standing

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A wind turbine is seen behind a transformer station in Kraenzlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) **FILE**

Couple in France awarded ‘turbine syndrome’ damages from nearby wind farm

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

The British trawler kept by French authorities docks at the port in Le Havre, western France, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. French authorities fined two British fishing vessels and kept one in port overnight Thursday, Oct.28, 2021, amid a worsening dispute over fishing licenses that has stoked tensions following the U.K.'s departure from the European Union. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

‘We will not roll over:’ U.K. stands firm over French threats

By Pan Pylas and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron wave prior to a meeting at La Villa Bonaparte in Rome, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. A Group of 20 summit scheduled for this weekend in Rome is the first in-person gathering of leaders of the world's biggest economies since the COVID-19 pandemic started. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden sidesteps question about apologizing to French President Macron

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 file photo a visitor looks at wooden royal statues of the Dahomey kingdom, dated 19th century, at Quai Branly museum in Paris, France. In a decision with potential ramifications across European museums, France is displaying 26 looted colonial-era artifacts for one last time before returning them home to Benin. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

129-year journey nears end as France returns Benin treasures

By Sylvie Corbet and Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct.17, 1967 file photo, Algerians come out of Paris subway station with their hands on their heads after being arrested in Paris for failure to obey curfew imposed on Algerians. A tribute march is organized in Paris Sunday Oct.17, 2021 for the 60th anniversary of the bloody police crackdown on a protest by Algerians in the French capital, during the final year of their country's independence war with the colonial power. About 12,000 Algerians were arrested and &quot;several dozens&quot; were killed, &quot;their bodies thrown into the Seine River.&quot; Historians say at least 120 protesters have been killed, some shot and some drowned in the Seine River. (AP Photo, File)

France commemorates the 1961 massacre of Algerians in Paris

By Arno Pedram and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Author and actor Laurent Martinez gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated-Press at &quot;Theo Theater&quot; in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. French author and actor Laurent Martinez has been sexually abused by a priest. Over forty years later, he has chosen to make his story a theater play to show the devastating consequences and how speaking out can help overcoming the trauma. The play called &quot;Pardon?&quot; is deeply inspired from the Martinez's own life, describing how he felt devoured from the inside and the difficulties of daily life after being abused. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French actor breaks silence on child sex abuse within church

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

FILE — In this photo taken on Jan. 29 2019, former Iranian President, Abolhassan Banisadr, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Versailles, west of Paris, France. Banisadr, Iran's first president after the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the nation became a theocracy, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. He was 88. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Banisadr, Iran’s first president after 1979 revolution, dies

By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

French ambassador to Australia Jean-Pierre Thebault gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated-Press in Paris, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed France's decision to return its ambassador to Australia and said Thursday the bilateral relationship was bigger than the canceled submarine contract. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French envoy to Australia: Deceitful sub deal raises risks

By Masha MacPherson - Associated Press

Commission President Jean-Marc Sauve, left, hands copies of the report to Catholic Bishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the Bishops' Conference of France (CEF), during the publishing of a report by an independent commission into sexual abuse by church officials (Ciase), Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Paris. A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, in France's first major reckoning with the devastating phenomenon. (Thomas Coex, Pool via AP)

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives opening remarks as he meets with local labor leaders the IBEW Local #5 for a roundtable, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke, Pool) **FILE**

Blinken and Kerry headed to France in wake of Aussie sub deal friction

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, file photo, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP, File)

Sarkozy convicted by French court in campaign financing case

By Sylvie Corbet and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2021, file photo, U.S. President Joe Biden, right, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a plenary session during a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Macron expects "clarifications and clear commitments" from Biden in a call to be held later on Wednesday to address the submarines' dispute, Macron's office said. (Brendan Smialowski, Pool via AP, File)

French ambassador returning to Washington after Biden, Macron phone call

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a meeting in memory of the Algerians who fought alongside French colonial forces in Algeria's war, known as Harkis, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2021. Macron's speech is the latest step in his efforts to reconcile France with its dark colonial past, especially in Algeria. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden plans to reach out to France’s Macron after submarine snub

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sam Naz, a journalist and anchor for Britain's SkyNews cable channel, portrays captured WWII agent Noor Inayat Khan in "Liberté," a short drama that will premiere in Los Angeles on Sept. 24. (Courtesy photo)

Little-known British Muslim WWII spy story comes to film

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

FILE - I this May 31, 2020 file photo, people walk on the forecourt of Notre Dame's Cathedral, in Paris. France's Notre Dame Cathedral is finally stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it, more than two years after the shocking fire that tore through its roof, knocked down its spire and threatened to bring the rest of the medieval monument down, too. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

France’s Notre Dame cathedral stable enough to start rebuilding

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 file photo, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks in Weimar, Germany. France said late Friday, Sept. 17 it was immediately recalling its ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia after Australia scrapped a big French conventional submarine purchase in favor of nuclear subs built with U.S. technology. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a written statement that the French decision, on request from President Emmanuel Macron, “is justified by the exceptional seriousness of the announcements” made by Australia and the United States.(Jens Schlueter/Pool Photo via AP, file)

France recalls ambassadors to U.S., Australia over Biden sub deal

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times