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The Paris Olympics organisers face a huge test of France's gastronomic reputation

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French gastronomy facing huge logistical challenge for Olympics

France’s vaunted gastronomy will be put to the ultimate test when organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have to feed 15,000 athletes. The United...

AFPMay 10, 2023

Opponents say AI-powered cameras would threaten civil liberties

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French MPs battle over AI-assisted Olympics surveillance

French government plans to trial surveillance cameras upgraded with artificial intelligence at the 2024 Olympics have opponents fuming at what they say is unnecessary...

AFPMarch 23, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) met with IOC President Thomas Bach in Kyiv last July

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Boycott threat over Ukraine war clouds Paris Olympics

One of the major headaches, not just for the Paris 2024 organising committee but also for the International Olympic Committee, is how to handle...

AFPMarch 13, 2023

The darkest cloud hanging over the 2024 Paris Olympics is whether Russian athletes should be able to compete or not

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Russia and security ‘the major issues for IOC and Paris Olympics’

The decision on whether Russian athletes should compete in the Paris Olympics is the biggest headache facing organisers 500 days out from the opening...

AFPMarch 12, 2023

Diving platforms at the almost-completed Olympic Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, northern Paris, with the Stade de France behind it

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500 days before the Paris Olympics, the race is on

In 500 days on Tuesday, the 2024 Summer Olympics will burst into life in Paris as the teams float down the River Seine on...

AFPMarch 12, 2023

Japan's biggest ad agency and five other firms were indicted for allegedly violating an anti-monopoly law, in a corruption scandal tied to the Tokyo Olympics

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Japan’s biggest ad agency indicted in growing Olympic scandal

Japan’s biggest advertising agency and five other companies were indicted on Tuesday for allegedly violating an anti-monopoly law, in a corruption scandal over bid-rigging...

AFPFebruary 28, 2023

Paris transport is seeking thousands new staff

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Paris transport to hire thousands to get in shape for Olympics

The Paris regional transit authority said Monday that it was seeking to hire thousands of employees to beef up services in time for the...

AFPFebruary 20, 2023

The Olympic village was transformed into homes for locals barely a year after the Games

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Munich’s Olympic village not ‘haunted’ 50 years after attack

Connollystrasse 31 may be seared in most people’s memories as the address where Palestinian gunmen took Israeli athletes hostage during the 1972 Olympic Games...

AFPSeptember 1, 2022

A memorial bears the names in Hebrew of the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches and a German police officer killed in the 1972 attack

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Germany, Israel mark 50 years since Munich Olympics massacre

Israel and Germany’s presidents will jointly commemorate the 1972 Munich Olympics attack that left 11 Israeli athletes dead, after a last-minute compensation deal averted...

AFPSeptember 1, 2022

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Macron confronts concerns over Paris 2024 Olympics

French President Macron on Monday holds a meeting of ministers to tackle issues overshadowing preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

AFPJuly 24, 2022

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French gastronomy facing huge logistical challenge for Olympics

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French MPs battle over AI-assisted Olympics surveillance

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Boycott threat over Ukraine war clouds Paris Olympics

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Russia and security ‘the major issues for IOC and Paris Olympics’

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500 days before the Paris Olympics, the race is on

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Japan’s biggest ad agency indicted in growing Olympic scandal

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Paris transport to hire thousands to get in shape for Olympics

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Munich’s Olympic village not ‘haunted’ 50 years after attack

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Germany, Israel mark 50 years since Munich Olympics massacre

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Macron confronts concerns over Paris 2024 Olympics