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The Paris Paralympics will begin on Wednesday with a spectacular opening ceremony in a city still on a high after the highly successful Olympics. A new generation of Paralympians will join seasoned veterans competing in many of the same venues that hosted Olympic sports.

Paralympics opening ceremony to showcase disability sport in City of Light

Let the games begin again. The Paralympic Games are set to open Wednesday as some 4,400 athletes with disabilities, permanent injuries or impairments prepare to compete for 549 medals across 22 sports over 11 days in Paris. The French capital, which just hosted the Olympics, again provides the backdrop for what promises to be another spectacle, with many of the same venues hosting Paralympic competitions.

The Paralympics are starting: What to expect as 4,400 athletes compete in Paris

The Paralympics kick off this Wednesday in Paris and to mark the opening of the Games, our reporters went to meet the French athletes who have brought home gold medals from previous editions of the event. They tell us about the challenges they faced, the obstacles they overcame and their hopes for the 2024 Paralympics. FRANCE 24's David Gilberg and Aurore Dupuis report.

Paralympic Games: Three French athletes on their arduous journey to gold

Japan's Osaka missed last year's US Open after giving birth to her daughter Shai, and the former world number one is still trying to kick her return to the sport into top gear. But she was dialed in against 2017 French Open champion Ostapenko, firing 19 winners to wrap up...

Tearful Osaka triumphs in US Open return

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Business Insider went on board an ACJ TwoTwenty which looked well configured to serve corporations with meeting areas, beds, and a large bathroom.

The $80 million private jet version of an Airbus A220 boasts a huge bathroom and meeting rooms. Take a look inside.

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In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

Sinner marked his return to the courts for the first time since it was revealed he had failed two drugs tests, coming back from a set and break down to defeat Mackenzie McDonald at the US Open. Italian Sinner battled to a 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 win over his 140th-ranked...

Sinner won't wage public battle with critics of dope test row

The star-studded closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics got a lot more special when Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise made a dramatic appearance at the Sunday night event. To mark the handover to Los Angeles, the Mission Impossible star, dressed in a leather jacket and gloves, rappelled down the roof of Paris’ Stade de France stadium and took over the Olympic flag. It was followed by a pre-recorded video of the 62-year-old actor leaving Paris with the flag in a C-130 military aircraft and skydiving onto the famous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.

Tom Cruise made the trip to Paris aboard his Gulfstream G400 private jet that he pilots himself to pull off a Mission Impossible-style stunt at the Olympics closing ceremony. His lavish $20 million flying palace has a movie theater, jacuzzi and can carry 19 guests in first class comfort.

Delays, bumpy rides, and even the cost of flying could get worse as the climate crisis escalates.

Flying is about to become even more miserable

With hundreds of suspected cases overwhelming the facility in Hais, medical staff are stretched to the limit as they battle the outbreak in a region already hit by nearly a decade of war. Women and children lie attached to intravenous drips to combat diarrhoea, a symptom of what medics fear...

Yemen floods spark cholera crisis

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The Aurora is a hybrid of runway-using plane and first-stage rocket.
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On the outskirts of Naples, at the feet of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy lies one of the largest productions of counterfeit Euros. According to Italian authorities which recently shutdown an illegal print shop and arrested several forgers, the lucrative business of counterfeit banknotes is run by criminal organisations linked to the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia. Natalia Mendoza, Louise Malnoy, Coline David, Charlotte Davan Wetton report.

Counterfeit Euros: Italy cracks down on illegal money printing in Naples

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An Australian influencer has issued a shocking warning after suffering a terrifying experience and being charged an extortionate amount for a bottle of tequila in a Paris nightclub.The life of an influencer might seem glamorous on the face of it, but one woman has opened up about the horrifying situation she and her friends ended up in while out in France.Opening up in a video, TikToker Jacquie Alexander explained she and her friends were enjoying a night at a rooftop bar in Paris. There, a man approached them while they were sitting at the bar and it seemed as though...

Influencer issues warning after terrifying experience in Paris club

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BRUSSELS airport plunged into chaos after authorities found a bomb threat. Passengers were told to “stay wherever you are” and wait for further instructions after airport staff were alerted about the suspicious threat around midnight. Brussels cops confirmed they were investigating the suspicious threat. Police said: “Following a suspicious report, we are fully investigating the […]

Bomb threat at Brussels Airport sparks chaos as passengers told ‘stay where you are’

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Our five-day trip to Las Vegas cost about $4,300 for two people. Here's what was worth it and what we'd do next time, especially for food.

My wife and I spent over $4,300 to visit Las Vegas for 5 days. Here's how we spent it and what was worth it.

A Norweigan man successfully snuck through security and onboard two Lufthansa flights in Munich even though he had no ticket. Then he got greedy…. After Sneaking Onto Lufthansa Flight Without Ticket, Man Gets Greedy…And Gets Caught. As shared by One Mile At A Time, a 39-year-old Norwegian national decided...

Man Sneaks Onto Two Lufthansa Flights In Munich Without Ticket, Then Gets Greedy

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Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

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A PLANE hoping to fly faster than the speed of sound has hit a key milestone in its quest towards the return of supersonic passenger travel. Dubbed the “Son of Concorde”, the aircraft is expected to eventually go from London to New York in just 3.5 hours while carrying 80 passengers onboard. Boom’s XB-1 supersonic […]

‘Son of Concorde’ that can cross Atlantic in 3.5hrs hits milestone as return of supersonic passenger jets moves closer

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When I learned the brown tarantula is also native to Missouri, I gasped, and when I say I'm not too fond of spiders of any genus is an understatement. It's psychological. They have too many legs.

It's mating season for the Texas brown tarantula also known as the Missouri tarantula

La Grande-Motte (France) (AFP) – A friend of French rapper SCH was shot dead early Monday after leaving a club in the south of the country where the musician had just performed, a source close to the case told AFP. Another person was wounded in the shooting outside La...

Friend of French rapper SCH shot dead after concert

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Paris to inaugurate Paralympic Games with 'never seen before' opening ceremony in city's heart

Just weeks after hosting the Olympics, the summer of sports in Paris begins its...

Paris to inaugurate Paralympic Games with 'never seen before' opening ceremony in city's heart

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