PARIS — Fresh off the year’s most extravagant wedding, Nita Ambani inaugurated the India House for the Paris Olympics on Saturday. The first of its kind at an Olympic Games for India, the temporary house is meant to promote Indian culture as the country aspires to host the 2036 Games. The endeavor was born from … Read more
PARIS — Days before they’re set to plunge into the Seine River during the Paris Olympics, triathletes held out hope Saturday that the famous waterway’s bacteria levels would be safe enough for swimming. The swimming portion of the triathlon and the marathon swimming event are both expected to be held in the river that flows … Read more
ROME — Italy’s ancient Roman Appian Way was admitted to the UNESCO World Heritage List on Saturday, becoming the country’s 60th entry on the list. At more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) long, the Appian Way, known as the “Queen of Roads,” is the oldest and most important of the great roads built by the … Read more
PARIS — The Olympians were wet for hours. For some, it didn’t matter. Others had to navigate the unexpected conditions and make the most of it. Athletes from around the world paraded on boats in rain-soaked uniforms for Friday’s soggy opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The four-hour event on the Seine River went on … Read more
PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Lady Gaga delivered a dazzling performance as the first musical act during the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony — except it was all prerecorded. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning performer kicked off her performance on steps along the Seine River, singing “Mon Truc en Plumes” in a tribute to French ballet … Read more
A US man has been charged over his horrific response to a seagull attempting to steal one of is child’s hot chips. Franklin Zeigler, 29, was at Morey’s Piers — a seaside amusement park in New Jersey — on July 6 with his daughter when the seagull attempted the theft, according to local media. The … Read more
PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Celine Dion made a triumphant return Friday with a very public performance: closing out the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony from the Eiffel Tower. Nearly two years after revealing her stiff person syndrome diagnosis, Dion belted Edith Piaf’s “Hymne à l’amour” (“Hymn to Love”) as the finale of the roughly four-hour … Read more
LONDON — A wax figure of Sinéad O’Connor that did not compare to how the late singer looked caused a minor meltdown among fans and family members, leading a Dublin museum on Friday to pull it from its collection. The National Wax Museum Plus apologized to O’Connor’s family and said it would immediately begin creating … Read more
An Indian man allegedly sexually abused, groomed and intimidated an 11-year-old Australian girl on social media over several years, causing her “severe trauma”. The man from Indore, Madhya Pradesh in central India, is accused of grooming the West Australian girl on Instagram and WhatsApp as well as sextortion and other online offences. “This abuse continued … Read more
PARIS — The Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony got underway after a rough start to the Summer Games on Friday, with rainy skies over the Seine and suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network. French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane kicked off the opening ceremony with the Olympic flame in his hands. In a … Read more
