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Sports
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Omni sports
8/13/2024 10:26:04 AM
The splash of young athletes hitting the water and the cries of encouragement from coaches echo through a Beijing swimming pool, where the next generation of Chinese diving champions is being trained.
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Paris 2024
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News
8/7/2024 1:58:53 PM
A bridge lined with ornate statues overlooks an Olympic open water course like no other. The Eiffel Tower, gold-domed Invalides and other Paris landmarks provide a stunning backdrop. Yet there was no getting around concerns about the safety of swimming in the long-polluted Seine River, not to mention contending with its strong current.
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Paris 2024
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News
8/6/2024 2:34:55 PM
A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was canceled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris waterway.
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Life & Style
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Health
8/5/2024 7:29:07 PM
Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. They have been found in a wide range of body tissues, including the heart, liver, kidneys and even testicles. But are they actually harming you?
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Paris 2024
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News
8/5/2024 12:51:14 PM
Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine River Monday morning as the mixed relay event got underway after organizers said the bacteria levels in the long-polluted Paris waterway were at acceptable levels.
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Paris 2024
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News
7/31/2024 12:19:24 PM
Cassandre Beaugrand of France won the women’s Olympic triathlon on Wednesday, making her way through a Seine River that was under scrutiny for its water quality and navigating slick roads that turned the cycling portion into a series of spills.
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Paris 2024
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News
7/31/2024 9:57:03 AM
Women triathletes dived into the River Seine on Wednesday, marking the start of the race and providing huge relief for organisers after problems with water quality marred the run-up to the competition.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/31/2024 9:52:44 AM
The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7 have faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, and other torture and mistreatment.
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Paris 2024
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News
7/30/2024 9:44:22 AM
The men's Olympic triathlon planned for Tuesday has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris' Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place.
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Paris 2024
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News
7/28/2024 5:27:47 PM
The swimming portion of a practice run for the Olympic triathlon was canceled Sunday because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River, but Paris officials said they're confident that triathletes will be able to swim in the city's famed waterway during the actual events this coming week.
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Business
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Economy
7/27/2024 7:10:03 PM
Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk discussed in a meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Egypt’s keenness on implementing structural reforms and encouraging private investments in renewable energy, technology, water desalination, and infrastructure.
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Paris 2024
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News
7/24/2024 2:56:37 PM
Five players on Australia’s women’s water polo team for the Paris Olympics have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/23/2024 9:28:16 PM
The fifth filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has begun against the will of Egypt and Sudan, writes Doaa El-Bey
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Egypt
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Society
7/23/2024 5:40:57 PM
Egyptian authorities have placed six major governorates along the Mediterranean coast on high alert following a noticeable recession in seawater.
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Business
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Economy
7/23/2024 4:30:12 PM
Around 19 percent of the concessional development financing allocated by international partners is directed toward water projects across Egypt, said Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat on Tuesday.
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World
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International
7/21/2024 1:58:49 PM
The Philippines and China have agreed on an "arrangement" for resupplying Filipino troops stationed on a South China Sea reef, Manila said Sunday, after a series of escalating confrontations in the disputed waters.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/16/2024 11:02:18 PM
Wastewater pumping stations in one of Gaza's main cities stopped working on Tuesday because fuel had run out, the local authority said, expressing fears that disease could rapidly spread.
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World
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Region
7/13/2024 4:53:07 PM
A Lebanese security source said an Israeli air strike Saturday killed two civilians collecting water in south Lebanon, while Lebanese media said a drone strike in the area killed two men.
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Paris 2024
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News
7/11/2024 6:32:00 PM
Caeleb Dressel knows the age-group days of "simply swimming" can never return for a seven-time Olympic gold medallist.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/6/2024 2:32:05 PM
Thousands of displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza have sought refuge in one of the territory’s largest soccer arenas, where families now scrape by with little food or water as they try to keep one step ahead of Israel's latest barbaric "military operation".
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