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This Paris suburb gets a facelift amid controversy ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games

Summer Olympics 2024

Paris won the bid to host this summer’s Olympics, in part, on a promise to rejuvenate one of the country’s most notorious suburbs: Seine-Saint-Denis. But not all residents are sure the transformation will work.

EU threatens to shut down popular app that pays users to watch videos

Arts, Culture & Media

Out of Eden Walk: Walking Across Anatolia

Out of Eden Walk
Woman performing on stage

Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival grows even larger

Music
Black, blue and grey illustration of man looking over small figures

The hacker Bassterlord in his own words: Portrait of an access broker as a young man

Hacking
Ukrainian Eurovision contestant TVORCHI band performs at a concert before departure to the Eurovision contest

Liverpool steps in to host Eurovision Song Contest

Music

Last year’s winners from Ukraine are unable to host in-country this year due to ongoing conflict with Russia, so Liverpool is stepping in. To learn more about it, The World’s Carol Hills spoke to Dr. Eurovision, himself, Paul Jordan.

A large crowd of people are shown with a woman in the center of the photograph cheering with her mouth open and an England flag draped on her shoulders.

Podcast host Roger Bennett on the joys of soccer

Sports

Co-host of the soccer podcast “Men in Blazers,” Roger Bennett talks about moving to the United States from the UK and sharing the joys of soccer with the public.

Then-National Security Adviser John Bolton listens as US President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2018.

John Bolton: Trump doesn’t understand ‘the gravity of responsibility’

Trump administration

The former White House national security adviser tells The World’s host Marco Werman that the president is not “very well informed,” which means he “doesn’t really see the bigger-picture implications.”

Luke DeBoer, left, and fiancée Ida Marie Rygg on a trip to Kjerag mountain in Norway. Closed borders during the coronavirus pandemic separated them for months.

‘Love is essential’: Some EU countries relax rules for separated cross-border couples

COVID-19

Closed borders during the coronavirus pandemic have taken long-distance relationships to a whole new level. Now, some countries are providing sweet relief for cross-border couples. Norway’s new rules took effect July 15.

Putin stands at a podium in front of a crowd and signage for May 9

Coronavirus postponed Russia’s Victory Day. That could be a problem for Putin.

Global Politics

On the 75th anniversary of Victory Day in Russia, there will be no rumbling tanks, troop formations or mass crowds. The absence of the pomp that usually accompanies May 9 in Russia could prove problematic for President Vladimir Putin. 

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