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Olympics opening ceremony saw no major reported issues, French official says
PARIS (AP) — France's interior minister praised security forces after no major issues were reported Friday during the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Authorities had deployed a massive security operation in Paris to keep the event safe. The capital's streets were blocked off,...
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Paris dazzles with a rainy Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River
PARIS (AP) — A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River. ...
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Olympics opening ceremony latest: Celine Dion serenades Paris, and now the Games can begin
PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony went off with only minor hitches after a rough start to the Summer Games. Following suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network, a soggy but celebratory parade down the Seine River brought an official start...
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In President Milei's sit-down with Macron, Argentina says the leaders get past soccer chant fallout
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Javier Milei and French President Emmanuel Macron met Friday in Paris where they appeared to put aside recent controversy stemming from their countries' fierce soccer rivalry. The meeting comes after a video clip spread online...
French President Emmanuel Macron declares the 2024 Paris Olympics open at an ambitious ceremony along the Seine River
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What we know so far about the attack on French train network ahead of Olympics opening
PARIS (AP) — French transport was thrust into chaos Friday just hours ahead of the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony after a series of coordinated "malicious acts” upended high-speed train lines. Officials said the arson attacks and other vandalism on the rail system were a form of...
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How to watch the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is set for Friday. Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 6 kilometers (3.7 miles). This will start the ceremony, not mark the end of it, another break...
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AP Week in Pictures: Global
July 19-25, 2024 President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House, ending his bid for reelection, and quickly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take on former President Donald Trump. He encouraged his party to unite behind her, making her the party’s...
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Migrants and homeless people are cleared out of Paris during the Olympics
PARIS (AP) — Carrying backpacks and small children, hundreds of people sleeping on the streets of Paris climbed aboard buses surrounded by armed police on Thursday, the latest group of migrants and homeless people to be driven out of the city ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. ...
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Jill Biden meets with US Olympic athletes in Paris — and even helps with a relay drill
PARIS (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited some American athletes at an Olympic training center in Paris on Thursday, wishing rugby and track and field competitors good luck and even taking part in a stationary relay drill with runners. Biden arrived in Paris a day before the...
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