Notre Dame’s Reopening Is Delayed, But a New Show About the Reconstruction Has Opened in a Space Beneath the Cathedral
Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral is on track to reopen to worshippers and tourists in 2024—but not in time for that…
Ukraine war live updates: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit London today as Ukraine prepares for large-scale Russian offensive
1 Hour Ago Zelenskyy to make surprise visit to UK today In this handout image issued by Ukrainian Presidency, British…
Ukraine war live updates: Biden to visit Poland; Moscow seen moving troops into east Ukraine ahead of expected offensive
UN says more than 7,100 killed in Ukraine since start of war An elderly man walks among the graves of…
Workers Rebuilding Notre Dame Have Discovered Previously Unknown Tombs and a Mysterious Sarcophagus Beneath the Cathedral
Archaeologists working to restore Paris’s fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral have discovered something remarkable: previously unknown tombs hidden beneath the 850-year-old Gothic…
How the Beijing Olympics Helped Archaeologists Discover an 800-Year-Old Imperial Palace
While building the athletes’ Olympic Village for this year’s Winter Games in Beijing, China discovered the remains of an ancient…
Look Out, Van Gogh! ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Getting Her Own Immersive Experience—and It’s Been Engineered by the Louvre Itself
Two of Paris’s most renowned cultural institutions, the Louvre and the Grand Palais, are teaming up to stage an immersive…
China getting ready for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – BBC News
Beijing will become the first city to have staged both a summer and winter Games, having already hosted a successful…
A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood
The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country,…
Belarus sprinter given Polish humanitarian visa – BBC News
A sprinter from Belarus who refused her team’s order to fly home early from the Olympics has been granted a…
The hidden sight of Tokyo’s homeless – BBC News
When a country holds the Olympic Games, there’s often a big effort to clean up and redevelop key parts of…
‘Girls please stay in the kitchen’ — as skateboarding debuts at the Olympics, beware of the lurking misogyny
Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut this year at the Tokyo Games. The women’s and men’s competitions will both involve…
Olympic refugee athlete who lost his mum to Covid – BBC News
Abdullah Sediqi escaped gang violence in Afghanistan and fled to Belgium where he continued his taekwondo training in a refugee…
A Look at the Artists and Artworks Behind the Extravagant Opening Ceremony of Tokyo’s Olympic Games
As Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka carried the Olympic torch up the stairs during the opening ceremonies of the 2020…
The cost of hosting the Olympics – BBC News
Hosting the Olympics comes with a hefty price tag. But is holding the world’s biggest sporting event worth the investment…
Reporting on the Olympics in a pandemic – BBC News
Empty airports, quarantining, and the ‘Olympic bubble’ – Tokyo 2020 will be unlike any other Olympics in history. Here’s what…
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony to begin later – BBC News
The most troubled Olympics in recent history will formally open in a few hours time in Tokyo – as the…
VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the PM’s apology and Brisbane 2032
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week…
Australian Olympic boss in awkward ‘mansplaining’ row – BBC News
Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has been heavily criticised for lecturing Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk during a press conference…