France put its own unique spin on the Olympic cauldron — here's why the ceremonial moment is such a big deal for fans

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Paris Olympics 2024 Olympic cauldron
The 2024 Paris Olympic cauldron was set alight on Friday during the opening ceremony.

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French infrastructure was targeted for a 2nd time during the Olympics, with internet and phone cables cut across the country

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Maintenance workers and police inspect wires at the side of a pebbled railway track.
French maintenance workers and police inspect a damaged railway line after "coordinated" arson attacks caused travel disruption on Friday. On Monday, attacks on the country's internet infrastructure were reported.

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Olympic athletes get stuck after sabotage shuts down French trains

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A woman looks at an information screen as passengers wait for their train departures at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station in Bordeaux, western France on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
A woman looks at an information screen as passengers wait for their train departures at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station

French High-Speed Rail Network Sabotaged Ahead of the Olympics

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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.

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The writer wears a blue tank top and sunglasses and laughs as several houses with brown and red roofs and rolling meadows sit in the background behind her
I've been to Paris plenty of times, so I know the best places to go.

Kelly Magyarics

Parisian Airbnb hosts are raking it in this summer as hotels suffer

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Apartments near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France.
Apartments near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France.

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This French aerospace company is trying to lure US SpaceX workers after Elon Musk said he would relocate the company from California to Texas — and it may be working

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Space X sign in Boca Chica, Texas, in March 2024.
Elon Musk said he plans to move SpaceX from California to Texas.

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I grew up in France and the US but America is the best place for a go-getter like me

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Side by side landscape view of the city of Nice and Atlanta.

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I took a scenic boat tour around Paris that stopped at all the major landmarks, and I can't believe it only cost $20

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moriah posing with the Eiffel tower behind her from a boat in the seine
I've lived in Paris for three years, and I've always wanted to take a boat tour.

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I ate at the Paris bistro that's now owned by the richest man in Europe. It has many critics, but one dish won me over.

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Author Kasia Dietz outside of Chez L'Ami Louis smiling
I dined at Chez L'Ami Louis for the first time to see what the buzz was all about.

Kasia Dietz

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