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Jul 27, 20242 min read
LVMH's luxury wares earn top billing at Olympics opening
PARIS - Bernard Arnault, France's wealthiest man and chief executive of luxury group LVMH, paid some 150 million euros ($163 million) to...


Jul 27, 20243 min read
Olympics-Fourteen gold medals up for grabs on Day One of Paris Games
PARIS - France's capital city is set to rock to a sporting beat on Saturday as the Olympic Games get under way in earnest on the back of...


Jul 27, 20242 min read
Rain pours down on Paris Olympics parade, doesn't dampen cheer
PARIS - Crowds braved queues at security checks and heavy downpours as they lined the banks of the Seine in Paris on Friday to watch an...


Jul 27, 20244 min read
Olympics-Flotilla on Seine, rain and Celine Dion mark start of Paris Olympics
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Olympic Games open on Friday after a soaking wet ceremony in which athletes were...


Jul 27, 20242 min read
Olympics-Drums and dance open Tahiti's Olympic surfing extravaganza
PAPARA, Tahiti - Tahiti welcomed the 2024 Olympic surfing event on Friday with blazing sunshine, songs and Polynesian culture honouring...


Jul 27, 20241 min read
Olympics-Soccer-Canada great Sinclair: 'We were never shown drone footage'
PARIS - Canada soccer great Christine Sinclair said on Friday national team players were never shown drone footage during the more than...


Jul 27, 20242 min read
Paris Olympics broadcasters diverge on AI approach
The Paris Olympics will be a showcase of generative AI for American viewers but European audiences won't see a similar approach, a...


Jul 27, 20243 min read
Explainer-Olympics-Can Paris 2024 be the greenest Games yet?
LONDON - With medals made of iron salvaged from Eiffel Tower refurbishments and stadium seating of recycled plastic, Paris 2024 aims to...


Jul 27, 20243 min read
Explainer-Olympics-What's the swimming doping scandal about?
PARIS - A doping scandal sparked by 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug has cast a shadow over the...


Jul 26, 20242 min read
Olympics-Sailing-British medals machine faces French test with new events
MARSEILLE - Britain's sailing team, which have dominated Olympic medals for decades, face a new challenge in defending their crown with...


Jul 26, 20242 min read
Explainer-Olympics-Surfing-How the Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti works
TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti - Surfing makes its second Olympic appearance at the Paris 2024 Games after a successful debut in Tokyo, with...


Jul 26, 20242 min read
Factbox-What do we know about pre-Olympic attacks on France's railways?
PARIS - Unidentified saboteurs struck France's train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks across the country on Friday, causing travel...
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