Local fans lining the streets in the heart of Paris for the triathlon were treated to home-team gold, as Cassandre Beaugrand ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. The women's and men's triathlon took place on 31 July in the river ...

Aerial view of the Seine river winding through a smoggy Paris, France. For residents of southeast Paris, the construction ...

Water tests in the Seine in Paris have shown that the river is still too dirty to swim in, two months before the start of the Olympics, when it is set to be used by athletes, according to data from a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Seine rises in the Côte d’Or before meandering through Paris and into the English Channel near Le Havre. It’s one of my ...

The buzz is palpable from Paris ahead of the 2024 Olympics — although the stench from one concern continues. Amid the scenery of the iconic city, the staple Seine River has raised alarm based on its ...

Paris — The City of Light placed the Seine river at the heart of its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The opening ceremony will be held along the Seine, and several open water swimming events during ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open Olympic swimming competitions. $1.5 billion has been ...

Cries of “It is warm!” rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians jumped into the river — legally — for the first time in more than 100 years. Public swimming was allowed in designated ...

Paris isn’t Paris without the River Seine. The 780-kilometer-long river, which runs through the city of light and curves around the mighty Eiffel Tower, not only hosts tourists taking in the sights of ...

PARIS (AP) — French environmentalists prepared Tuesday to move a beluga whale that strayed into the Seine River last week to a saltwater basin in Normandy, hoping to save the life of the dangerously ...