PARIS (AP) — Vibrant colors and striking landmarks illuminate posters for the Paris Olympic Games in an art deco style inspired by the city’s flamboyant past. The posters were unveiled on ...

After a century-long ban due to pollution, swimming in Paris's River Seine is now permitted in designated zones, thanks to extensive cleanup efforts linked to the 2024 Olympics. Cheering crowds ...

“I have painted the Seine throughout my life, at every hour, at every season,” Claude Monet once said. “I have never tired of it: for me the Seine is always new.” In October 2014, the ...

Currently open to 1,000 bathers daily in three different cordoned swimming locations for free, Parisians are flocking to ...

Floods in France force thousands from their homes 00:14. PARIS -- The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling out across its banks and onto some streets in Paris as curators at the Louvre ...

Though immortalized in art, literature and song, ... Barges travel along the River Seine in Paris, on April 5, 2023. And more than half a billion euros (dollars) ...

An expensive cleanup is reviving the River Seine in time for it to star in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Immortalized in art, cherished by lovers, it had become toxic.

Parisians legally swam in the Seine for the first time in over a century. This event followed a massive cleanup project aligning with the last Olympics. While safety measures were in place, locals ...

Officials have been going after homes upstream of Paris and houseboats on the Seine that were emptying their sewage and wastewater directly into the river. An Olympic law adopted in 2018 gave moored ...

People relax along the River Seine waterbanks in Paris, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. A costly and complex clean-up is resuscitating the River Seine just in time for it to play a starring role in the ...