Sales of swimming pools are being banned in parts of France as drought conditions continue to grip the country. Pyrénées-Orientales, a department on the Mediterranean coast bordering Spain, will be ...

As temperatures rise, a vast but aging system is feeling the strains of rising energy costs, increasing water scarcity and mounting pressure on public budgets. By Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle Reporting ...

MARSEILLE, France — One hot evening this summer, Yanis Fatnassi left his home in a gritty northern neighborhood of this Mediterranean city, his swim goggles, bathing suit and swimming cap shoved in ...

French sports and education groups expressed outrage Tuesday at the closure of around 30 swimming pools, after their operator said surging heating costs made them no longer viable. "These closures ...

The discovery of thousands of undeclared private swimming pools in France has provided an unexpected windfall for French tax authorities. Following an experiment using artificial intelligence (AI), ...