ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece--Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies ...

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Tokyo (AFP) – Full crowds in Tokyo for this year's World Athletics Championships can make up for fans being locked out of the city's pandemic-postponed Olympics in 2021, the event's CEO told AFP.

Jamaica's bobsleigh team were immortalised in the movie "Cool Runnings" after taking part in the 1988 Winter Olympics. And the "Curling Pilipinas" could be the next candidates for the Hollywood ...

Study Abroad: France Stands Out as an Increasingly Popular Destination Among European Nations. Europe is becoming one of the top choices for international students, with over 6 million students ...

Speed skater Albie Barlow, 16, says he wants to reach the 2030 Winter Olympics A Surrey teenage ... to take strides towards the 2030 games in France. His parents, Jonathan and Sharron Barlow ...

In his first experience representing Team USA in the Olympics, he carried the team on his back during the final moments of their gold medal match against France. His barrage of three-pointers live on ...

The GNTO campaign, which promoted Greece as the ideal holiday destination in France during the Olympic Games this summer, won four ERMIS 2025 awards, including the top GRAND ERMIS. The awards were ...

A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. December 28, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Wall Street's main indexes ...

PARIS – On Tuesday, the ban against religious symbols in public schools in France was passed by a vote of 494 to 36. Now the students are not allowed to wear Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps, and ...

As of now, a 1989 ruling by the Council of State, France’s highest administrative body, forbids any “ostentatious” religious symbols , and individual schools can decide how to enforce it. A ...