With the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics fast approaching, questions remain over whether the Seine will be clean enough for athletes to swim in. Triathlon and marathon events are set to ...

Former French President Jacques Chirac, while mayor of Paris, declared in 1990 that he would turn the Seine from a sewage stew into a river clean enough for him to swim. “It’s clean-ish ...

The Seine River is 777 kilometers long and flows through Paris before reaching the English Channel. It is deep enough to hold ...

PARIS — With the Paris Olympics less than two weeks away, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in? Triathlon and marathon swimming are ...

PARIS--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 ...

PARIS — France’s audacious plan to open the Paris Olympic Games on the Seine raised plenty of eyebrows before Friday night’s ceremonies. Detractors worried about security, about crowd ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A metal curtain descended across central Paris on Thursday as the police imposed a security perimeter along the banks of the river Seine, shutting the area off to anyone without ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on river Seine, the storied French waterway that was once nearly biologically dead but is not ...

This summer's Olympics will unfold in more than 30 venues throughout Paris and other cities throughout France. This story is best viewed on mobile in the NBC News app. by Chet Hill, Jiachuan Wu ...

On a damp and grimly grey winter day in Paris, Bill François is a beacon of positivity. After a brief stroll along the River Seine, he comes to a halt at the Henri IV Dock with Notre Dame ...