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IMAGE: Designer Mathieu Lehanneur speaks at a press conference during the unveiling of the Paris 2024 Olympic torch's design. Photographs: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters The design of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch was unveiled on…

The design of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch was unveiled on Tuesday, imitating the reflection of the Eiffel Tower on the ruffled surface of the Seine river and conveying a peaceful energy, its designer said.…

PARIS : The design of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch was unveiled on Tuesday, imitating the reflection of the Eiffel Tower on the ruffled surface of the Seine river and conveying a peaceful energy, its designer said.Creator…

BAGHDAD: Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early on Thursday (Jul 20), an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Quran in Sweden. Swedish authorities approved an assembly to be held later on…

Gold Coast Titans reveal the surprising reason why they 'torch' the seats in their stadium with a naked flame before every home game Titans blowtorch seating at Cbus Super Stadium Process also used by soccer, US football teams…

PARIS : Torchbearers in the Paris Olympics relay will pass by the site of the November 2015 Islamist attack on the Bataclan concert hall, organisers said on Monday as they revealed a route designed to showcase the host city's "different…

The Olympic flame for the 2024 Paris Games will pass through 64 departments — including five overseas — and 400 towns over 68 days before the cauldron is lit.Organizers announced the route for the torch relay on Friday at a Paris…

The organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics announced the route of the torch relay on Friday, hoping to spark positive headlines after a difficult week when police raided their offices. Issued on:…

RUNAWAY JAGUAR A 17-year-old jaguar named Juma was paraded in chains for photos as the torch passed through the Amazon in northern Brazil ahead of the Rio Games in 2016. But Juma escaped its handlers and four tranquilliser darts failed to…

Hundreds of Israeli settlers on Wednesday stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by Palestinian gunmen the previous day,…