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French authorities patrol on a boat on the Seine river, ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris, on July 24. No planes will be allowed to fly over Paris, unless they are part of the ceremony. “There cannot be any party if there’s no security, and we want the celebration to be fantastic,” Paris 2024 CEO Étienne Thobois said. The Games also come amid the backdrop of geopolitical tensions around the world with wars ongoing in Gaza and Ukraine, among others. “The Games are not immune to what is happening on the geopolitical scene,” said Thobois.

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☆ LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault says Olympics sponsorship honors the spirit of France
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jacqueline Corba | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

For the first time a luxury brand is an Olympic sponsor. And it's not just one brand, it's the empire of LVMH . LVMH's sponsorship deal took a year of negotiations and ultimately landed at about $160 million of investment from the parent company of brands like Celine, Louis Vuitton, Loewe, Tiffany, TAG Heuer and Dom Perignon. Housing the medals are trunks made by LVMH brand Louis Vuitton. It's to show the spirit, the spirit of our group and the spirit of the country," said Arnault.

Persons: Bernard Arnault, CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, Celine, Louis Vuitton, Loewe, Tiffany, Dom Perignon, LVMH, Hennessy, LVMH's Berluti, It's Organizations: Olympic, Dior's, TAG Heuer, Olympic Games, Louis Locations: Paris

☆ The IOC says the Olympic Games has reached gender parity, but historic gender inequality still lingers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Katrina Adams was honored as the IOC’s Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion for 2023. ‘Only just now getting here’Getting closer to this landmark of gender equality is “incredibly important,” Olympic weightlifter Jourdan Delacruz told CNN. “Just seeing all the love pour into women’s sport, it just opens up all these avenues. “If you don’t have female decision makers in the room that understand female athletes, it’s very hard to make decisions,” she said. And we know that without conscious, intentional action, to move towards gender equality, we consistently see regression.”

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☆ Capgemini CEO: There is no 'silver bullet' to reaping AI's benefits
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCapgemini CEO: There is no 'silver bullet' to reaping AI's benefitsCapgemini CEO Aiman Ezzat discusses the French IT consulting giant's latest financial results and the impact of generative AI.

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☆ Rail Sabotage Blights an Olympic Moment for France
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Catherine Porter | Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Before dawn on the day of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, arsonists on Friday sabotaged three critical high-speed rail lines, stranding thousands of travelers, heightening security fears and blighting what President Emmanuel Macron hoped to be a moment of national glory. Around 4 a.m., the arsonists cut through and burned cables used for signaling and security near three rail divides, the French authorities said. The carefully placed strikes snarled end-of-week travel plans for more than a million people, including Parisians leaving for vacation and international travelers en route to the opening ceremony of the Games. Parts of the prized rail system came to a standstill. The Paris prosecutor’s office, which handles major organized crime cases, said it had opened an investigation into what it called criminal vandalism and criminal conspiracy.

Persons: arsonists, Emmanuel Macron Organizations: Paris Locations: Vergigny, Paris

☆ 22 details you might've missed during the Paris 2024 opening ceremony
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Amory Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The 2024 Paris Games kicked off with an impressive opening ceremony. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe 2024 Olympics are being held in Paris this year, kicking off with Friday's opening ceremony. And nothing shows off the production value of the Summer Games quite like the opening ceremony. From incredible performances to a parade of boats, here's what you may have missed during the opening ceremony.

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The usual rhythm of arrivals and departures at Paris’s train stations was replaced by a tense atmosphere of uncertainty on Friday. Hundreds of stranded passengers crowded the concourses, sorting out their plans after several arson attacks disrupted the rail system in France. “I don’t know when I will be able to escape,” said Ermine Touré at the Gare Montparnasse, a major transportation artery in Paris, three hours after she had hoped to leave Paris for a vacation in Nantes, in western France. “Paris is a mess so I wanted to go today.”At the Gare Montparnasse, travelers hunched over their phones looking for alternate routes out of the French capital. The words “act of malice” and “vandalism” echoed throughout the hall, doing little to quell the anxiety among travelers.

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☆ The best looks worn by athletes and other stars at LVMH's pre-Olympics event
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

LVMH hosted a pre-Olympics party on Thursday called Prelude to The Olympics. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The French conglomerate, overseen by billionaire Bernard Arnault, is believed to have spent $160 million to sponsor the games, Business Insider previously reported. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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Paris CNN —France’s high-speed train lines were targeted by multiple “malicious” acts including arson on Friday, in what has been described as “coordinated sabotage” to disrupt travel ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics. SNCF said one of the acts was “foiled.”Travel on these lines is “very disrupted,” with the railway network needing to divert and cancel a large number of trains, SNCF said. Passengers gather around the departure boards at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris. Eurostar, the high-speed train service that connects the United Kingdom with France, has been forced to cancel and divert trains due to the “coordinated acts of malice,” on French lines. Meanwhile, the Paris 2024 Olympic Committee canceled its pre-opening ceremony press conference amid the incident, and CNN has also asked Paris 2024 for comment.

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☆ Crypto firm Ledger hikes prices of iPod-inspired wallet by 40% and launches new mid-tier option
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Ledger Flex is a new, cheaper hardware crypto wallet from French startup Ledger. Ledger finally released Stax, its long-anticipated hardware crypto wallet, and is shipping units out to people who preordered the product in May. In addition to raising the price for Stax, Ledger is also releasing a new crypto hardware wallet. The Ledger Flex features an E Ink screen, similar to the Ledger Stax. The Ledger Flex, which costs $249, is smaller than the Ledger Stax and comes with a 2.8-inch display.

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☆ Forget the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre — here's what you need to do in Paris, according to someone who's been a dozen times.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Kelly Magyarics | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewI've traveled around the world, but even after a dozen visits, Paris remains my favorite city. The Eiffel Tower is iconic, but the view from the Montparnasse Tower is equally stunningThe Montparnasse Tower offers panoramic views of Paris. AdvertisementBut if I were looking for Instagrammable views of Paris' most famous landmark, I'd head to the Montparnasse neighborhood. The rooftop terrace atop Paris' only skyscraper, Montparnasse Tower, has 360-degree city views and tons of space to spread out. It's scheduled to open later this year, and it's a must-see if you're visiting Paris for the first time.

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How to watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony in the USThe Olympics Opening Ceremony will air live at 1:30 p.m. Check price at FuboHow to watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony in the UKThe Olympics Opening Ceremony will air on BBC One, which means that British viewers will be able to live stream the ceremony for free through BBC iPlayer. How to watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony in AustraliaThe Olympics Opening Ceremony will live stream for free on 9Now in Australia. How to watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony in FranceFrance.TV is the French home of the Olympics Opening Ceremony. Enjoy the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

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☆ Celebrities Support Plan to Reopen Upper West Side Movie Theater
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Annie Aguiar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After almost two decades of failed attempts to reopen, a landmark Upper West Side movie theater may be resurrected with a plan from a potential new buyer and celebrity support. They have formed the Upper West Side Cinema Center, a nonprofit corporation, whose website lists Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro as advisers, along with Bob Balaban, Griffin Dunne and the “American Psycho” director Mary Harron. (They would call it the Metro Cinema Center.) Representatives for Scorsese and Dunne confirmed their involvement. The proposal includes a five-screen theater dedicated to art house releases, classic film and special events; it would also have an education center and a cafe.

Persons: Ira Deutchman, Adeline Monzier, Unifrance, Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke, John Turturro, Bob Balaban, Griffin Dunne, Mary Harron, Scorsese, Dunne Organizations: U.S, Cinema, Metro Cinema Center

“This will be the first Olympics, since Sydney, where the total costs are coming in under $10 billion,” said Victor Matheson, a College of the Holy Cross professor of economics who has researched the financial costs of the Olympics. Workmen adjust banners on the 3x3 basketball venue located at La Concorde, in Paris, ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games. Additionally, the Paris Olympic Village will be converted into offices and housing in a historically impoverished neighborhood. Still, economists say, it may take more drastic moves in the future for the Olympics to be truly sustainable and economically sound. “I love the Olympics, and I love sporting events, but I just really do not think that the way the Olympics works now is a viable business model,” Phalin said.

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☆ Roland Dumas Dies at 101; French Foreign Minister Tainted by Scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Adam Nossiter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Roland Dumas, a former French foreign minister, agile political fixer and star defense lawyer whose taste for living large proved his undoing, died on July 3 in Paris. The office of President Emmanuel Macron of France announced his death in a statement, which did not specify a cause. A longtime confidant of François Mitterrand, the Socialist former president, Mr. Dumas was one of the highest-profile officials in France for two decades. Mr. Dumas avoided jail, but his conviction, which was eventually overturned, ended his career. He had already been forced to resign from the presidency of the Constitutional Council, France’s highest appeals body.

Persons: Roland Dumas, Emmanuel Macron, François Mitterrand, Dumas, Picasso, Braque, Chagall, Saint Louis, Christine Deviers Organizations: Socialist, Constitutional Council, Republic Locations: Paris, France, Saint

☆ France's high-speed rail network hit by arson attacks, canceling trains ahead of Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

French train services were canceled and delayed on Friday, after the nation's high-speed rail network faced a series of "malicious" acts overnight, including arson, just ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris. Railways operator SNCF said in a statement that its network had experienced several concurrent attacks on Thursday night, with fire damaging its facilities. The high-speed LGV Atlantique line was hit, along with northern and eastern lines, causing knock-on disruption that the operator expected will impact hundreds of thousands of people. "Following this massive attack aiming to paralyze the high-speed line network, a large number of trains were diverted or canceled," SNCF said, according to a CNBC translation, advising those who are able to not to travel to the station. The impact also hit international Eurostar services, which connect the U.K., France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

Organizations: Paris, Olympic Games, SNCF, Atlantique, CNBC, Eurostar, Lille Locations: Gare Montparnasse, Paris, Paris . Railways, Paris's, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany

☆ French rail network hit by 'acts of sabotage' in latest transport woes for Paris during the Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewFrance's rail network has been hit by a series of "malicious acts" that have damaged transport routes leading to the capital, causing cancellations and disruption just hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. AdvertisementThough several Olympic events are being held outside Paris, Attal highlighted the impact on French families leaving for vacation this weekend rather than on the Olympics. Michel Euler/ APThe attacks also add more pressure to concerns over whether Paris' transport infrastructure can manage the Olympic crowds. Officials promised to reinvigorate the transport system after Paris won the Olympic bid. But, in November 2023, the mayor of Paris said there were parts of the city where "transport will not be ready and there will not be enough trains," according to French radio network RFI.

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☆ Will the Seine be ready for Olympic swimming? With dry weather and a little luck
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( David Aldridge | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Being a veteran world-class swimmer — and cyclist, and runner — Taylor Spivey has dealt with worse than Paris’ River Seine. (Bertrand Guay / AFP via Getty Images)Standards for water quality differ in Europe than in the United States. “And that can be associated, on one hand, with the clement weather, dry weather. A month ago, we, basically, we hadn’t had yet a single day where the water quality had been acceptable for the whole year. Right now, probably, today, I would go swim.”GO DEEPER Team USA has owned the Olympic swimming pool — is that about to change in Paris?

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☆ Iraqi judoka records first positive doping test of Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Ben Burrows | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An Iraqi judoka has recorded the first positive doping test of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said on Friday. A statement from the ITA said that Sajjad Sehen tested positive for the banned anabolic steroids metandienone and boldenone during out-of-competition anti-doping control in Paris on July 23. AdvertisementThe Games begin officially with the opening ceremony in the French capital on Friday night. Sehen has the right to request the analysis of his B sample but won’t now be eligible to take up his place in the competition. “The athlete has been informed of the case and has been provisionally suspended until the resolution of the matter in line with the World Anti-Doping Code and the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Olympic Games Paris 2024,” an ITA statement read.

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☆ Bernard Arnault's wealth is slumping as the luxury boom falters
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Bernard Arnault's wealth fell by about 20% between late March and late July, per Bloomberg data. There's been a drop in demand for luxury goods, and LVMH posted disappointing earnings this week. Arnault is still the world's third-richest person, with an estimated net worth of $185 billion. AdvertisementLVMH CEO Bernard Arnault's wealth is slumping amid a drop in demand for luxury goods. Still, Arnault remains the world's third-richest person, and the wealthiest outside the US.

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☆ Here are the train lines affected by the attacks.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( John Yoon | More About John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The coordinated arson attacks on the French railway system that disrupted train service across northern France and beyond on Friday morning were expected to upend travel plans for about 800,000 customers, the national railway company said. Here are the train lines facing delays and cancellations on Friday:

Locations: France

☆ 5 takeaways from the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Paris shows offIt wasn’t exactly the night that Paris 2024 organizers would have hoped for (more on that in a moment). Celine Dion returns in stunning fashionThis handout released by the Olympic Broadcasting Services, shows a view of singer Celine Dion performing on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. Musicians from Gojira, a heavy metal band, perform during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on July 26. A most magnificent cauldron lightingThe torchbearers French former sprinter Marie-Jose Perec and French judoka Teddy Riner arrive to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty ImagesThe 2024 Games promised an opening ceremony unlike any other and it delivered – including on the incredible cauldron lighting.

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☆ The ‘Olympic Picasso’ finally finds recognition for his athletics-inspired art
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In June, his work, “A Race Against Time” was featured alongside art world legends like Rembrandt, Rodin, Andy Warhol and Banksy in a weighty French tome called “Le Sport dans L ’Art” (Sport in Art). I was like, ‘Wow, how did this happen?’“I didn’t realize how much French artists and French movements had really influenced me as an artist. The ‘Olympic Picasso’ Roald Bradstock finally finds recognition for his athletics-inspired art. “I’d rather have somebody vomit next to my work than ignore it.”The ‘Olympic Picasso’ Roald Bradstock finally finds recognition for his athletics-inspired art. “He was always a big supporter of my Olympic career and supportive of my artistic abilities but was a little frustrated that I didn’t take to other languages,” he said.

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☆ Who will light the Olympic cauldron? Here are 10 potential candidates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Mark Puleo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The lighting of the Olympic cauldron is a spectacle steeped in both tradition and secrecy. With just one day until the opening ceremony, the identity of the individual who will light the cauldron remains unknown. The 25-year-old led France to 2018 World Cup triumph, becoming the second teenager in history (after Pelé) to score in a final, then led France to another World Cup final in 2022. He was the team’s leading scorer during its 1998 World Cup title run and later transitioned to coaching after retirement. AdvertisementTony ParkerTony Parker had his number retired before a French Olympic tuneup game earlier this month.

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