Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century. So with Olympic swimming events on tap for the river, the city poured in $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros ...

Ducks swim along the Seine River in front of the Eiffel Tower during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris. As the Olympics continue in Paris, the Seine River's water quality ...

PARIS (AP) — For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine. The long-polluted waterway is finally opening up as a summertime ...

Marathon swimmers are battling the current each other and whatever else happens to be. In the end, Paris organizers were counting on this venue to provide spectacular iconic images and it did not ...

The River Seine reopened for swimming for the first time in more than a century. In the 1970s, the Paris river was considered biologically dead thanks to severe pollution; much of the city’s ...

PARIS, France — During the 2024 Summer Olympics, tourists will use the famous bridges of Paris to travel between venues. A few bridges played a big part in the opening ceremony. All of the most famous ...

PARIS (AP) — Olympics organizers are banking on the sun and scorching temperatures to improve the water quality of the Seine River enough for triathletes to swim in it. Otherwise, they could be ...