Paris
Draw your quivers: Archers aim for gold in the grandest of venues
The ranking round of Olympic archery began on Thursday, but the setting was the story. The historic Hotel des Invalides might be one of the grandest stages in an already grandiose Games.
- by Konrad Marshall
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Taco Tuesdays, baristas and cardboard beds: How the Australians are embracing village life
There’s an endless supply of Weet-Bix, Nutri-Grain and Vegemite, as well as enough coffee for about 20,000 shots.
- by Rob Harris
‘Social cleansing’: To make way for Olympics, Paris clears thousands of homeless
Last week, about 470 people were removed from camps along the Canal de l’Ourcq, on the route of the Olympic torch relay.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Column 8
Care packages sent via snail mail
While EV indicating proves to be a Fiat worse than death.
Paris penny-pinching leaves politicians at the starting blocks
Australia’s political leaders have wisely decided that swanning off to the Olympics during a cost-of-living crisis isn’t a good look and will cheer on the team from home.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Opinion
Olympics
Traffic jams, sirens and delays: Here’s what Paris is like right now
Much of the city centre will shortly be off limits to tourists who don’t have tickets for the Games. But, even now, getting around is a struggle.
- by Anthony Dennis
Qantas’ new non-stop route to Europe takes off
The Flying Kangaroo is to make an overdue return to Paris, timed to coincide with the Olympic Games.
- by Anthony Dennis
River Seine is good to swim in, says Meares
Australian chef de mission Anna Meares says water quality in the River Seine is now at acceptable levels.
- by Tom Decent
Opinion
France
It stinks, it’s polluted and I wouldn’t swim in it, but I love the Seine
French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hildegard promised earlier this year that they would swim in the Seine before the Olympics. It’s possible Macron called an election to avoid the task.
- by Lee Tulloch
Major tourist attraction set to close in Paris
Centre Pompidou, Paris’s famous contemporary art gallery, will start to close for renovations in the northern autumn before a complete shutdown next year.
- by Julietta Jameson
Seine awash with bacteria one month before open-water Olympic swimming
For the third consecutive week, water in the Paris river has exhibited unsafe levels of E.coli, raising concerns with the Olympics weeks away.
- by Rob Harris
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