PARIS -- A 75-year-old American swimmer took a dip in the Seine River on Thursday, braving the murky waters in central Paris to celebrate the Fourth of July and highlight the French government’s efforts to clean up the river for the Olympic Games. He had good timing: Hours later,...

American swims in Seine River before the Olympics despite contamination concerns

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Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Have you seen some stuff about the Paris Olympics and how the River Seine is a venue that may not be healthy for swimmers to be in? And something about a poop protest? And you’re very confused about that whole thing? Don’t worry. We’re here to help.
That’s right, swimmers at the 2024 Olympics in Paris are supposed to be using the River Seine for certain events. But there are A LOT of questions about just how clean the body of water...

The Olympics swimming controversy with Paris’ dirty Seine River, including a threatened poop protest, explained

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Parisians are threatening to poop in the River Seine in protest ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics that is just weeks away.
Earlier this month, France’s President Emmanuel Macron vowed to swim in the river ahead of the games, along with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, to prove it’s safe after the government spent almost £1.5 billion cleaning it up.
But, with little over a month to go before Olympians are due to swim in the water, tests on the river are still showing high levels of bacteria from waste and sewage – and Parisians are fed up.
In response to the dirty water,...

People are planning to poop in the Seine river in protest ahead of the Paris Olympics

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Results on Friday showed that the river feted for its romantic views is still failing water quality tests.

Paris's River Seine is declared unfit for swimming just a month before it's due to host Olympics events and opening ceremony, with locals threatening a 'mass defecation' protest

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Unsafe levels of E. coli were found in the Seine River last week for the third consecutive week. But on Thursday, regional authorities released new results showing an improvement.

U.S. man, 76, swims in Seine River ahead of Paris Olympics, amid concerns of E. coli

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The water in the Seine River — the Paris waterway serving as the venue for the open water marathon swims and first third of the triathlon — is dirty. So dirty that a recent report in June published by the Paris region and Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s office noted the river still contained high amounts of fecal bacteria, including E. coli, making it unsafe to swim in.

USA swimmer calls Paris Olympics organizers 'irresponsible' for seemingly not having a backup plan for dirty Seine River

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The Australian Boomers squad has been in the midst of an extraordinarily tough selection battle, and it now all comes down to one final game. Here are the Boomers burning question's for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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It was a royal gaffe. 

On Thursday, Queen Camilla had an awkward moment with French first lady Brigitte Macron. 

The royal, 76, was with Macron, 71, for an event commemorating D-Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Their husbands, King Charles, 75, and President Emmanuel Macron, 46, were also present. 

The president’s wife reached out and attempted to hold Camilla’s hand for a sweet and solemn moment after the two women laid wreaths at the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer. 





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Unfortunately for Macron, Queen Camilla didn’t...

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Around half the chefs and kitchen-workers in Paris are immigrants from outside the EU. As the far right looks to be on course to take power, many are concerned about their future.

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It’s hard to believe that an Olympic year has rolled around yet again. In 2024, the world’s largest sporting event will bring together more than 10,500 athletes (5,250 women and 5,250 men) in a grand spectacle encompassing 329 medal events across 32 sports. Whether you're lucky enough to be travelling to Paris or tuning in from half way around the world, there are countless ways to get around the green and gold. Here’s everything you need to know about watching the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

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The 21-year-old Spaniard triumphed 6-4, 6-2 over the sixth-ranked Czech, who last year was the first unseeded woman to win the title at the All England Club. German legend Steffi Graf was the last defending champion to lose in the opening round, when she was beaten by Lori McNeil in 1994.

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 At least seven people were killed by violent storms and heavy rains that swept France, Switzerland, and Italy over the weekend.The storms brought torrential rain, causing landslides and dramatic flooding across the region. In France, three elderly people lost their lives in the Aube region on Saturday when a tree fell on their car during intense winds, local authorities said. A fourth passenger was in critical condition.In Switzerland, three people were killed by a landslide in the southeastern canton of Ticino while another man was found dead in a hotel in Saas-Grund in the southwestern Valais region, likely caught...

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She is often seen in a shade of green and she is not afraid of speaking out… Marine Tondelier is the leader of the French Greens – part of the leftwing alliance formed to keep the far-right out of power. She has quickly emerged as one of the key voices of the alliance to come out louder as attention turns to the second round of the parliamentary vote.

Greens leader Marine Tondelier emerges as key voice on French political scene

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Racking up millions of views, pro-Russian accounts on X have falsely accused President Volodymyr Zelensky's wife of using €4.5 million of Western military aid to buy the latest Bugatti model while visiting Paris. The posts cite a deepfake of a Bugatti employee's testimony as well as a doctored invoice as proof. It turns out the source of this story is an entirely fake news site created by AI, and recognised as part of a Russian propaganda network. Vedika Bahl explains in this episode of Truth or Fake.

No, Ukraine's first lady did not buy a new Bugatti with US taxpayer dollars

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Water quality in the Seine improves ahead of Paris Olympics, tests show

The water quality of the Seine has improved, test results showed on Thursday, three weeks ahead of the start of the Paris Olympics when the river...

Water quality in the Seine improves ahead of Paris Olympics, tests show

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