PARIS (AP) — A 75-year-old American swimmer took a dip in the Seine River on Thursday, braving the murky waters in central Paris to celebrate the Fourth of July and highlight the French ...

You won’t have much trouble finding the Seine, as it flows directly through the heart of Paris. The river is perhaps one of the most famous waterways in the world and an attraction in itself.

The river makes its way from just outside Dijon to the Paris basin and has essentially been an open-air dump since humans first settled the area in the 3rd century B.C. In the 19th century ...

With a year to go to the Olympics, Paris is in the final phase of a historic clean-up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the River Seine. Banned for a century because of the filthy ...

The river is so high that most boats are unable ... the historic levels reached during dramatic floods in June 2016. Paris has a notorious rat problem and rising water levels are driving many ...

The opening ceremony, triathlon and marathon swimming for the Paris Olympics are scheduled to be held on the River Seine. Although many Parisians used to swim in the Seine, the practice has been ...

Paris’ mayor Anne Hidalgo doubled down on her promise to take a dip in the river before the start of the competition. On Tuesday, she confirmed that her swim was postponed until after the snap ...

The organizers of next summer’s Paris Olympics hope to reinvent the opening ceremony by hosting theirs on the Seine River. It’s a bold plan, part of a bigger river project, but will any of it work?