The Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 champion, seeking to become just the second male swimmer after Michael Phelps to win Olympic gold at three successive Games, finished first his heat.
The French president, who is beleaguered by political chaos after calling a last minute election earlier this summer, told participants afterwards to be 'proud' of their performance.
Liv Curtis watched as her stomach grew over several months. She was terrified she was pregnant, but a trip to the doctor's office revealed she actually had cancer.
The Olympic diver, 30, who is competing at his fifth Olympiad in Paris , said he thinks about his father 'every day' after he passed when he was just 17-years-old.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the 'coordinated arson attack' which damaged infrastructure along key lines connecting to Paris where the opening ceremony was staged.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to unveil new legislation later as early as next week that will kickstart the asylum claims process for thousands of people.
Verstappen (left) has dominated Formula One for a number of years, winning the last three world championships and currently 84 points clear at the top of the 2024 standings.
German holidaymakers are beating their British counterparts to the punch by reserving parasols on the beaches of Mallorca, sidestepping deckchair bans.
The Premier League referee drew the ire of Germany fans after he turned down calls for handball against Chelsea 's Marc Cucurella in their quarter-final defeat.
The 10-round light heavyweight fight was scored 95-95, 97-93, 98-92 by the judges in somewhat controversial fashion as it seemed the call really could have gone either way.
Tyrant Putin's forces fired missiles at Vilniansk, outside the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, on Saturday with officials releasing photos of bodies stretched out under blankets.
