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A mosaic by French artist Invader, top right, is seen on a street of Paris, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. For the Paris Olympics, it could almost have been a new sport: Score points by scouring France's capital for mosaics that a mystery artist who calls himself "Invader" has cemented to walls across the city, across the world and even had carried aloft to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Like Banksy, France's mystery 'Invader' marks cities with art. He could surprise the Paris Olympics
By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press
Mon,03/04/24-11:10PM , 67 Reads
PARIS (AP) — For the Paris Olympics, it could almost be a new sport: Score points by hunting down mosaics that a mystery artist who calls himself “Invader” has cemented to walls across France’s capital, the world and even had carried aloft to the International Space Station.
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A crew member analyzes data on a monitor aboard a French military AWACS surveillance plane as it flies a 10-hour mission Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, to eastern Romania for the NATO military alliance. With a powerful radar that rotates six times a minute on top of the planes, AWACS can detect targets over hundreds of kilometers (miles). One AWACS can surveil an area the size of Poland; three can cover all of central Europe, NATO says. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

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With 'God's-eye view,' secretive surveillance flights keep close watch on Russia and Ukraine
By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press
Mon,01/15/24-11:16PM , 46 Reads
ABOARD A FRENCH AIR FORCE AWACS (AP) — Off in the distance, Ukraine, fighting for its survival.
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Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral is seen with its spire surrounded by scaffolding Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Paris. The restoration of Notre Dame hits a milestone Friday, Dec. 8, 2023: one year until the cathedral reopens its huge doors to the public. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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A milestone for Notre Dame: 1 year until cathedral reopens to public after devastating fire
By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press
Thu,12/07/23-12:25AM , 55 Reads
PARIS (AP) — When flames tore into Notre Dame in 2019, people who worked in the cathedral felt orphaned.
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Ukrainian infantrymen train with French soldiers to learn combat skills, in France, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. With the full-scale war grinding into a second winter, and casualties already counted in the hundreds of thousands continuing to mount on both sides, the training has become crucially important for Ukraine's chances of victory. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

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Military training efforts for Ukraine hit major milestones even as attention shifts to Gaza
By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press
Sun,11/12/23-7:02PM , 40 Reads
A FRENCH ARMY BASE, France (AP) — Battle cries pierce the smoke and rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire as Ukrainian soldiers fight through and take enemy trenches and dugouts that hide gruesome, bloody remains.
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