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French artist and performer Abraham Poincheval stands in a closed giant glass bottle on a canal near the Stade de France in Paris on July 25, 2024.

Message in a bottle: social isolation via human installation

By confining himself in a narrow, transparent space near the main stadium for the Olympic Games, Abraham Poincheval tried to highlight an under-highlighted problem. Did he succeed, or is he mad?

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Eye-watering: playing host to the Games is not for shallow wallets

The cost of hosting the Olympics has varied massively in recent years, from Sochi’s $59.7bn in Russia to Salt Lake City’s $2.9bn in the United States. Yet while the cost can be huge, the economic…

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Singer Celine Dion performing on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024.

Celine Dion overcomes rain and illness to save Olympics opening

The legendary Canadian singer recently revealed her struggle with Stiff Person Syndrome in a moving documentary that showed how one's of the world's biggest stars now struggles to stand and walk.

Samer Abou Hawwach 28, Jul 2024

After a devastating fire in 2019, the Notre Dam, a 1,000-year-old symbol of French pride and identity, is nearing its reopening, yet few know its connection to Syria's Qalb Lozeh and Middle Eastern architecture

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Notre Dame: Paris's iconic cathedral with Arab architectural influences

After a devastating fire in 2019, this 1,000-year-old symbol of French pride and identity is nearing its reopening, yet few know its connection to Syria's Qalb Lozeh and Middle Eastern architecture

Diana Darke 29, Apr 2024

Kurdish activists holds portraits at the site where three women Kurdish activists were found shot dead in 2013, in Paris, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022 in Paris. A 69-year-old Frenchman is facing preliminary charges of racially motivated murder, attempted murder and weapons violations over Friday's shooting, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Kurds Hold March of Mourning After Paris Shooting Kills 3

Members of France’s Kurdish community and others are holding a silent march Monday to honor three people killed in a shooting at a Kurdish cultural center in Paris. A 69-year-old Frenchman is…

AP 26, Dec 2022

French police and firefighters secure a street after gunshots were fired, killing two people and injuring several, in a central district of Paris, France, December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/

Paris Shooting Suspect Expressed 'Hatred of Foreigners', Says Prosecutor

The suspect detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his "hatred of foreigners", the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. The 69-year-old man was arrested on…

25, Dec 2022

Two Dead, Several Wounded in Paris Shooting, Suspect Arrested

A shooter killed two people and wounded four others in a gun attack near a Kurdish cultural center in Paris on Friday, the prosecutor's office said. Multiple gunshots were fired in the Rue d…

23, Dec 2022

Photo shows Eiffel Tower during celebrations of Bastille Day in Paris on July 14, 2022. Credit: Sherif Soliman

In Photos: Bastille Day in Paris on July 14, 2022

Photos show Eiffel Tower during celebrations of Bastille Day on July 14, 2022.Every year, to celebrate Bastille Day in France, amilitary paradetakes place on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris. …

13, Nov 2022

FILE- Empty Champs Elysees avenue as the 7 p.m curfew starts in Paris, France, on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Some 4,400 of the world's best athletes, parading down France's most famous boulevard with their prosthetic limbs, mobility chairs and stories of adversities overcome, to a grand celebration of their prowess and sports on the Paris square where the French revolutionaries of 1789 chopped off heads. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh, File)

The 2024 Paralympics in Paris Won’t Open in Stadium

The world’s best Paralympic athletes, parading down France’s most famous boulevard with their prosthetic limbs, mobility chairs and stories of adversity, heading to a grand celebration of their…

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