In Daniel Lavery’s novel of New York City in the 1960s, a community of female strivers compete with—and befriend—one another.

Offering guests hourly rates and privacy, “love hotels” can be found across Japan. But as photographer François Prost ...

The International Olympic Committee is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all ...

The journey to secure international recognition for a separate, independent Ireland was far from smooth, as Mike Cronin and ...

A trip to Greece is a bucket list experience in and of itself. Whether it’s the lure of retracing the footsteps of ...

The President of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), David Lappartient, says that the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer have had a considerable impact on ...

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Official data released Wednesday showed that increased spending around the Paris Olympics boosted French economic growth to 0.4% in the July-September quarter. The figure, reported by statistics ...

In his beautifully written Olympics in Athens, 1896, Llewellyn Smith follows the fortunes of the founding father of the modern Olympics, the Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired both ...

Simon Sio faced the daunting challenge of renovating the nearly century-old building. A man, who was expelled from one of Macao's most prestigious hotels during his childhood, now owns the ...

When he approached the discus circle before his fourth attempt during the men’s final at the Paris Olympics, he didn’t expect that three centimeters (roughly 1.2 inches) would cause a ...

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