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Athletes dive and swim in the Seine river from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of the women's triathlon test event for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. In 2024. Paris Olympics organizers and other officials cancelled paratriathlon swimming competition Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, in the Seine River because of new concerns about water quality. The competition is a key test event ahead of the 2024 Summer Games. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Poor water quality halts Paris Olympics swimming test event in the Seine

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The Seine River flows though Paris, with the Eiffel Tower at center, in Paris, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Organizers of a triathlon event ahead next year’s Paris Olympics said Wednesday, Aug. 16 that conditions are met for athletes to swim in the River Seine in the coming days, after a previous test had to be canceled earlier this month due to bad quality water. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)

Triathlon test for Paris Olympics to go ahead as water quality allows swimming in the Seine

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Bayern's Dayot Upamecano, right, tries to block a shot from PSG's Neymar during the Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Munich, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Report: PSG forward Neymar agrees a 2-year deal with Saudi club Al-Hilal

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Fire rages at a vacation home in the town of Wintzenheim, north-eastern France, Wednesday Aug. 9, 2023. A fire ripped through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in eastern France on Wednesday, killing several people, the head of rescue operations said. (TNN/dpa via AP)

Fire at French vacation home for adults with disabilities leaves 11 dead

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

PSG's Kylian Mbappe stops to sign autographs for fans as he leaves the Paris Saint-Germain training complex, Friday, July 28, 2023 in Poissy, outside Paris. Speculation is mounting as to where Mbappé will play his first game of the season. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Mbappe’s standoff with PSG continues amid report that Neymar now wants to leave the French club

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Aurelie Lemaire, a microbiology research intern, uses a reagent to test the Seine river water quality, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 in Paris. Heavy rains have set back plans to test Paris' readiness for swimmers to race in the River Seine at next year's Summer Olympics. A planned training session Friday for swimmers aiming to compete this weekend in the river that cuts through Paris was canceled because the water quality dropped below acceptable standards, the international governing body of swimming announced.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Paris’ test for Olympic swimming in the Seine canceled due to poor water quality

By Sylvie Corbet and Patrick Hermansen - Associated Press

Simone Biles talks to the members of the media affter the U.S. Classic gymnastics competition Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) **FILE**

Biles trying to enjoy the moment after a two-year break, putting off Olympic talk

By Will Graves - Associated Press

The Seine rivers flows though Paris, with the Eiffel Tower at center, in Paris, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Heavy rains in Paris have dealt a blow to plans intended to test the French capital's readiness for swimmers to race in the River Seine at next year's Summer Olympics. A planned training session Friday Aug.4, 2023 for swimmers aiming to compete this weekend in the river that cuts through Paris was cancelled because the water quality dropped below acceptable standards. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Rains set back test of Paris’ preparations for Olympic swimming in the Seine

Associated Press

A French military Airbus A330 carrying French and other foreign nationals enroute to Paris, France, takes off from Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The French Foreign Ministry in Paris cited recent violence that targeted the French Embassy as one of the reasons for the evacuation. The decision comes during a deepening crisis sparked by the coup last week against Niger's democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. (AP Photo/Fatahoulaye Hassane Midou)

Foreign nationals evacuate Niger as regional tensions rise

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, pictured, in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Days after after mutinous soldiers ousted Niger's democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

France planning an evacuation of people seeking to leave Niger after the coup in its former colony

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach delivers his speech during IOC invitation ceremony, exactly one year for the 2024 Olympics, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Olympic president invokes John Lennon’s memory as Paris marks 1-year countdown to war-clouded Games

By John Leicester - Associated Press

People exit a Metro station in Paris Thursday, July 20, 2023. Next year, public transport is again expected to play a starring role. Paris 2024 organizers are counting on spectators to rely overwhelmingly on the Paris region's dense network of Metro lines, suburban trains, buses and other transport to help the Games reach its target of halving its carbon footprint compared to previous editions. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

A guide to how Paris will welcome fans and stage 32 sports at the first post-pandemic Olympics

By Graham Dunbar and John Leicester - Associated Press

Youths clash with Police forces in Nanterre, outside Paris, Thursday, June 29, 2023. France's first Olympics in a century promise to be some of the most breathtaking — and tricky — taking place in a gorgeous and universally beloved capital city that has been rocked in recent years by ugly terrorist attacks, police violence and anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Paris turned to 2024 Olympics to heal from terror attacks

By John Leicester - Associated Press

First Lady Jill Biden delivers a speech during a ceremony at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited Paris on Tuesday to attend a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO, marking Washington's official reentry into the U.N. agency after a five-year hiatus. (Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP)

First lady Jill Biden helps U.S. rejoin UNESCO, praises international cooperation

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

First lady Jill Biden poses at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited Paris on Tuesday to attend a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO, marking Washington's official reentry into the U.N. agency after a five-year hiatus. (Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP)

Jill Biden to mark U.S. reentry into UNESCO with a flag-raising ceremony in Paris

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

FILE - Youths clash with Police forces in Nanterre, outside Paris, Thursday, June 29, 2023. After six years in power, French President Emmanuel Macron appears further weakened by days of rioting over the death of a teen killed by police that come on top of a series of other challenges at home, leading domestic politics to impede his influence abroad. Macron was forced to delay his state visit to Germany meant to show the strength of the friendship between both nations after recent disputes over on issues including energy, defense and the economy. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

The missing parents: France must reverse disintegration of families

By Gerard Leval

First lady Jill Biden speaks during an event with the National Education Association in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Washington. Biden will join other VIPs and speak at a ceremony Tuesday, July 25, at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The American flag will be raised to mark the U.S. return to membership after a five-year absence. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Jill Biden in Paris to mark the U.S. return to the U.N.’s educational and scientific agency

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

Simone Biles, of the United States, poses wearing her bronze medal from a balance beam competition during artistic gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Biles, Ledecky, McLaughlin-Levrone all look for Olympic encores in Paris

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

A car drives past the future Olympic venue "Porte de la Chapelle Arena" in Paris, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Paris authorities are trying to clear out crack users from a long-blighted neighborhood near a new venue built for the Paris 2024 Olympics, with mixed effects. (AP Photo/Youcef Bounab)

Next year’s Olympics are pushing Paris to confront crack cocaine use on city streets

By Youcef Bounab - Associated Press

A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Opera at the end of a rally against the pension reform in Paris, France, Thursday, March 23, 2023. French legislators are preparing to vote on a sweeping justice reform bill that would allow law enforcement agents to remotely tap into the camera, microphone, and location details from a suspect's phone and other connected devices. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

Bill that would allow French police to locate suspects by tapping their devices is up for a vote

By Youcef Bounab - Associated Press