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French police investigating abuse targeting Olympic opening ceremony DJ over 'Last Supper' scene
A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony — including angry comments from Donald Trump — took a legal turn Tuesday, with French prosecutors ordering police to investigate complaints from a DJ and LGBTQ+ icon who performed.
French cyberwarriors ready to test hacker, malware defence during Olympics
Just like the Olympic athletes, the cyberwarriors that will be crucial for the success of the Paris Games are deep into training for the big event.
France asks for foreign police and military help with Paris Olympics security challenge
France says it has asked 46 countries if they would be willing to supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Paris Olympics this summer, as organizers finalize security planning for the French capital's first Games in a century while on heightened alert against potential attacks.
Paris Olympic, Paralympic medals embedded with pieces of the Eiffel Tower
An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How's that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes' necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and Paralympics that follow.
A guide to how Paris will welcome fans, stage 32 sports at first post-pandemic Olympics
The Olympics is on track to be back in business with millions of visitors coming to Paris for the 2024 Games. The French capital has the expert experience to stage the event and welcome guests for the first Olympics of the post-pandemic era. That should be a relief after Tokyo 2020 uncertainties.
Extremist attacks wounded Paris. Here's why city turned to 2024 Olympics to heal
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says the 2015 attacks at a provocative satirical newspaper and a kosher Parisian supermarket were "truly fundamental" in steering her to the idea of bringing the Games back to the French capital for the first time since 1924.
Fans need to pre-register for free tickets to Paris' huge 2024 Olympic opening ceremony
For the first time Tuesday, France publicly laid out some of the gritty details of its plan to shield the unprecedented Paris Olympics opening ceremony from the threats of terrorism, drone attacks and other risks for the massive crowds and 10,500 athletes.
Paris Olympics vows to carry torch for LGBTQ rights after watershed of Tokyo
Organizers of the Paris Olympics aren't limiting themselves to promises of inclusive Games next year. They say they also intend to seize on the Olympic spotlight to push a broader message that LGBTQ rights need to progress outside France, too.
'Un-volunteers' hope to disrupt 2024 Paris Olympics from the inside
Retired and with time to kill, Bernard Gauvain wants to be a volunteer at the 2024 Olympics — but a bad one. His intention is not to help out, but to gum up the Olympic machine by refusing to turn up for work.
War, anger cloud Ukrainian athletes' path to Paris Olympics
It takes no leap of the imagination to understand why war-traumatized Ukrainian athletes are horrified they might have to put their anger and consciences aside and compete against counterparts from Russia and ally Belarus at next year's Olympics.