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"You will be brothers in arms, fighting from the first to the last second": Emmanuel Macron meets the players of the French national rugby team, Les Bleus, at their base camp in Reuil-Malmaison, a few days before the Rugby World Cup kicks off in France. "You're going to win and you're going to do what it takes. We've been close a few times, but this time we all want it," the French president told them. IMAGES
While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
World Cup champs France went out with a bang, celebrating their victory win with fights, fireworks and explosive festivities.
Hundreds of Parisians celebrate France making it into the World Cup final with a 1-0 win over Belgium. IMAGES
With ten days to go until the start of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, Emmanuel Macron meets with Team France. IMAGES
Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter tells Russian President Vladimir Putin that FIFA is offering its full support for holding the 2018 soccer World Cup in Russia. Nathan Frandino reports.