Paris: Young Chinese swimmer Jiang Yuyan claimed her seventh gold medal at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday, while the United States aimed to win a third straight men’s wheelchair basketball title. Jiang, 19, who lost her right arm and leg in a car accident when she was four, claimed her seventh gold medal by breaking … Read more
The Paralympics concluded on Sunday with a huge, music-fueled ceremony, with Paris 2024 chief organiser, Tony Estanget, saying the Games and Olympics had created a “historic summer”. The Paralympic torch and cauldron were extinguished before the conclusion of a concert featuring the best French electronic music in a packed Stade de France. More than 4,400 … Read more
By Becca Lewis | Published 15 seconds ago Beneath the modern streets of Paris lies a system of catacombs that house the bones of millions whose bodies were unceremoniously dumped into quarry shafts as the city expanded. Today, a team of researchers is excavating the site to try to determine what killed these people and … Read more