Cleaning up the Seine: the Olympics boosts a Parisian dream, but it's still far from fully achieved
French authorities vow that cleanup efforts on the Seine River will allow Parisians to finally open up as a summertime swim spot.
Open water swimmers train in Seine River ahead of 10-kilometer Olympic marathon races
Olympic open water swimmers have trained in the long-polluted Seine River after Paris organizers determined it was safe to dive in.
Olympic marathon swim test run is canceled over water quality concerns for Seine River
A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was canceled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris waterway.
Olympic triathletes swim in Seine River after days of concerns about water quality
The Olympic triathlons were held Wednesday after days of delays and uncertainty over water quality concerns in the Seine River.
Paris officials are confident water quality will improve to let Olympians swim in the Seine
The swimming portion of a practice run for the Olympic triathlon has been canceled because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River.
Olympic triathletes hope the Seine River is clean enough for swimming after recent rains
Days before theyโre set to plunge into the Seine River during the Paris Olympics, triathletes are holding out hope that the famous waterwayโs bacteria levels would be safe enough for swimming.
Paris mayor dips into the Seine River to showcase its improved cleanliness before Olympic events
After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine River, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics.
French sports minister takes a dip in the Seine ahead of Paris Olympics
French sports minister Amรฉlie Oudรฉa-Castรฉra has taken a symbolic dip in the Seine in a bid to ease concerns about water quality before the start of the Paris Olympics.
US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizersโ plans to cut carbon emissions.
Massive policing for Paris Olympics to include security checks for some of the capital's residents
Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the River Seine will also apply to all buildings along the route.
Paris mayor is confident that water quality will allow Olympic swimming in the River Seine
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she is confident water quality will be up to the Olympics standards this summer.
Parisians vote to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before Olympics
Parisians have voted to muscle SUVs off the French capitalโs streets by making them much more expensive to park starting next September.
Paris strips Palestinian leader Abbas of special honor for remarks on Holocaust
Paris has rescinded a special honor it bestowed on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because of recent antisemitic comments minimizing the Holocaust.
Luxury group LVMH joins top-tier French sponsors of the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics
The worldโs biggest luxury group, LVMH Moรซt Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has announced a sponsorship deal with the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.
The Olympic flame for the 2024 Paris Games will be carried for 68 days before the cauldron is lit
The Olympic flame for the 2024 Paris Games will pass through 64 departments and 400 towns over 68 days before the cauldron is lit.
Fans will need to pre-register for free tickets to Paris' gargantuan 2024 Olympic opening ceremony
Franceโs government has for the first time publicly laid out some of the gritty details of its security planning for the unprecedented opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
IOC responds to Paris mayor on Olympic plan for Russians
The International Olympic Committee has pushed back against the mayor of Paris by insisting there are no plans for "a Russian or Belarusian delegationโ at the 2024 Games while also acknowledging that some athletes from those countries could be welcomed.
France 'profoundly shaken' by schoolgirl's slaying in Paris
The French government says the slaying of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found inside a plastic box in a Paris building courtyard has left France โprofoundly shaken.โ.
Amid energy squeeze, Paris' Champs-Elysees trims shop lights
The committee governing Parisโ Champs-Elysees says it is switching off shop lights on the famed avenue hours earlier each night to help save energy as the war in Ukraine squeezes the electricity market in Europe.
Valentino gets 'pretty in pink' in bold Paris show
It was โla Vie en Roseโ for Valentino, who headlined Sundayโs segment of Paris Fashion Week with a daring co-ed pink collection โ as VIP guests including Lewis Hamilton and Zendaya had to negotiate arrivals during a car-free day in the capitalโs center.
French presidential contenders adapt campaign to pandemic
The conservative candidate in France's presidential race says she will adapt her campaign to coronavirus conditions, focusing on social media and staging small gatherings with voters instead of big rallies.
Macron unveils EU agenda before French presidential race
French President Macron has vowed to work to make Europe โmore powerfulโ as Franceโs turn in the European Unionโs rotating six-month presidency starts Jan. 1 and overlaps with the countryโs presidential election.
French investigate violence that erupted at far-right rally
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into violence that erupted at the first official campaign rally of a far-right candidate who has shaken up Franceโs presidential race.
France's Republicans pick a woman as presidential candidate
Valรฉrie Pรฉcresse, the head the Paris region and a former conservative minister, has been chosen to run in Franceโs presidential race for The Republicans party.
France commemorates the 1961 massacre of Algerians in Paris
Hundreds of people, including Algerian protesters and their descendants, are commemorating the 60th anniversary of a bloody police crackdown in Paris during the final year of Algeriaโs independence war with its colonial power.
โWelcome back America!โ World celebrates Biden-Harris win
A passer-by takes a selfie with an extra newspaper reporting on President-elect Joe Biden's win in the U.S. presidential election, in Tokyo Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Other leaders who sent congratulations included German Chancellor Angela Merkel, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. Prime Minister Janez Jansa was the only world leader who congratulated Trump even before all the votes were counted, and showed support after Bidenโs win was announced. Many people, particularly in nations with turbulent politics, took Biden's win as improving the outlook for respect of democracy. In Egypt, where the government is cracking down on dissent, pro-democracy activists welcomed Bidenโs win.
Suspect claims prophet caricatures prompted Paris stabbings
From the left, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, anti-terrorism state prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard , and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin answer reporters after a knife attack near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Friday Sept. 25, 2020 in Paris. French terrorism authorities are investigating a stabbing of two people outside the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and two suspects have been arrested, authorities said. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)PARIS โ The chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris told investigators he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, France's counterterrorism prosecutor said Tuesday. The two brothers involved in the 2015 attack targeted Charlie Hebdo because they believed the newspaper blasphemed Islam by publishing the same Muhammad caricatures. Charlie Hebdo lost 12 employees in an al-Qaida attack in 2015 by French-born extremists who had criticized the prophet cartoons.