ዘመኑ ባፈራው የቴክኖሎጂ ግብአት በመጠቀም ለህብረተሰባችን ስራ ለሁሉም በሚል ግብ የተሻለ የስራ አማራጭ፣ ለተሻለ ኑሮ፣ ለተሻለ የገበያ ትስስር ፣ ለተቀናጀ የገበያ ተደራሽነት ገዥን ከደንበኛ የማስተሳሰሪያ የቴክኖሎጂ አማራጭ ይዘን መተናል በሁሉም የስራ መስክ በሁሉም የስራ እርከን ስራ ለሚገኙ ባለሙያዎች እና ድርጅቶች የስራ አጋጣሚን መፍጠር
ዘመኑ ባፈራው የቴክኖሎጂ ግብአት በመጠቀም ለህብረተሰባችን ስራ ለሁሉም በሚል ግብ የተሻለ የስራ አማራጭ፣ ለተሻለ ኑሮ፣ ለተሻለ የገበያ ትስስር ፣ ለተቀናጀ የገበያ ተደራሽነት ገዥን ከደንበኛ የማስተሳሰሪያ የቴክኖሎጂ አማራጭ ይዘን መተናል በሁሉም የስራ መስክ በሁሉም የስራ እርከን ስራ ለሚገኙ ባለሙያዎች እና ድርጅቶች የስራ አጋጣሚን መፍጠር
ዘመኑ ባፈራው የቴክኖሎጂ ግብአት በመጠቀም ለህብረተሰባችን ስራ ለሁሉም በሚል ግብ የተሻለ የስራ አማራጭ፣ ለተሻለ ኑሮ፣ ለተሻለ የገበያ ትስስር ፣ ለተቀናጀ የገበያ ተደራሽነት ገዥን ከደንበኛ የማስተሳሰሪያ የቴክኖሎጂ አማራጭ ይዘን መተናል በሁሉም የስራ መስክ በሁሉም የስራ እርከን ስራ ለሚገኙ ባለሙያዎች እና ድርጅቶች የስራ አጋጣሚን መፍጠር
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ዘመኑ ባፈራው የቴክኖሎጂ ግብአት በመጠቀም ለህብረተሰባችን ስራ ለሁሉም በሚል ግብ የተሻለ የስራ አማራጭ፣ ለተሻለ ኑሮ፣ ለተሻለ የገበያ ትስስር ፣ ለተቀናጀ የገበያ ተደራሽነት ገዥን ከደንበኛ የማስተሳሰሪያ የቴክኖሎጂ አማራጭ ይዘን መተናል በሁሉም የስራ መስክ በሁሉም የስራ እርከን ስራ ለሚገኙ ባለሙያዎች እና ድርጅቶች የስራ አጋጣሚን መፍጠር
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በኡጋንዳ ዋና ከተማ ካምፓላ የጣለው ከባድ ዝናብ ባስከተለው የመሬት መንሸራተት አደጋ እስከ አሁን የ21 ሰዎች ሕይወት ማለፉ ተሰምቷል።
በከተማዋ ኪቲዚ በተሰኘው የቆሻሻ መጣያ ሥፍራ ነዋሪዎች በተኙበት የተከሰተው የመሬት መንሸራተት አደጋ፥ በሰዎች፣ እንስሳት እና ቤቶች ላይ ጉዳት ማድረሱ ተገልጿል።
አደጋውን ተከትሎም እስከ አሁን የ21 ሰዎች ሕይወት ማለፉ እና ከ1 ሺህ በላይ ሰዎች መፈናቀላቸውን የሀገሪቱ ባለስልጣናት አስታውቀዋል።
የሀገሪቱ ፕሬዚዳንት ዩዌሪ ሙሴቬኒ በሰጡት መግለጫ÷ አደጋው በደረሰበት አካባቢ የሚኖሩት ሰዎችን የማስወጣት ስራ እንዲሰራ መመሪያ መስጠታቸውን ተናግረዋል።
ይህንንም ስራ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሯ ሮቢናህ ናባንጃ የሚያስተባብሩት መሆኑን ገልጸዋል።
የነፍስ አድን ሥራው መቀጠሉን እና እስከ አሁንም 14 ሰዎችን ጨምሮ በርካታ እንስሳትን ከሞት መታደግ መቻሉን ሬውተርስ ዘግቧል።
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ዩክሬን እና ሩሲያ በግዙፉ ዛፖሪዝዝሂያ የኒውክሌር ኃይል ማመንጫ ጣቢያ ላይ በተነሳ የእሳት አደጋ ምክንያት እርስ በርስ መወነጃጀላቸው ተሰምቷል።
የዩክሬን ፕሬዚዳንት ቮሎድሚር ዘለንስኪ እንደተናገሩት፥ በሩሲያ ከሁለት ዓመት በላይ ሲተዳደር የነበረው የኒውክሌር ኃይል ማመንጫ ጣቢያ እሳት እንዲነሳ ምክንያቷ ራሷ ሞስኮ ናት ሲሉ ወንጅለዋል፡፡
በአንጻሩ ሩሲያ የኒውክሌር ጣቢያው በእሳት እንዲያያዝ ያደረግሽው አንች ነሽ ስትል ዩክሬንን መልሳ ወንጅላለች ተብሏል።
የተባበሩት መንግስታት የኒውክሌር ተቆጣጣሪ ቡድን፥ ከጣቢያው ከፍተኛ ጥቁር ጭስ ሲወጣ ማየቱን ገልጾ፥ ሆኖም ግን በኒውክሌር ደህንነት ላይ የደረሰ አሳሳቢ ነገር የለም ሲል ጠቁሟል፡፡
ዩክሬን ወደሩሲያ እስከ 30 ኪሎ ሜትር ርቀት ላይ መግባታቸው ሲገለጽ የቆየ ሲሆን ይህንንም የዩክሬኑ ፕሬዚዳንት ዘለንስኪ ማረጋገጣቸውን የዘገበው ቢቢሲ ነው፡፡
ይህን ተከትሎም ነው ግዙፉ የኒውክሌር ጣቢያ በእሳት መያያዙ ነው የተገለጸው፡፡
ሆኖም የሩሲያ አንድ ባለስልጣንና ዘለንስኪ በኒውክሌር ጣቢያው እሳት ቢነሳም የጨረር ልቀትና የኒውክሌር አደጋ እንዳልተፈጠረ በማረጋገጥ መረጋጋት እንዲኖር ጠይቀዋል ነው የተባለው፡፡
አሁን ላይ እሳቱ እንደጠፋ የተገለጸ ቢሆንም፥ የኒውክሌር ጣቢያው ላይ የተከሰተው እሳት ከዚህ ቢብስ ለመላው የአውሮፓ ሀገራት የሚተርፍ ትልቅ አደጋ ሊያስከትል ይችል እንደነበር ተገልጿል።
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የዩክሬን ወታደሮች በሩሲያ ግዛት ዘልቀው በመግባት እየተዋጉ መሆኑን የሀገሪቱ ፕሬዚዳንት ቮሎድሚር ዜለንስኪ ገለጹ፡፡
ዘሌንስኪ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ወታደራቸው በሩሲያ ምዕራባዊ ኩርስክ ግዛት ድንበር ውጊያ ላይ መሆኑን ያረጋገጡ ሲሆን ፥ ጥቃት እያደረሰ መሆኑንም አመልክተዋል፡፡
ዩክሬን ድንገተኛ ጥቃቱን የጀመረችው ባሳለፍነው ማክሰኞ ዕለት መሆኑንም ፕሬዚዳንቱ አመልክተዋል፡፡
በዚህም የሀገሪቱ ወታደሮች በፍጥነት ወደ ሩሲያ ከ10 ኪሜ በላይ መግባታቸው ነው የተገለጸው፡፡
የዩክሬን ወደ ሩሲያ ግዛት በድንገት ዘልቆ መግባት ትልቅ ስኬት እንደሆነ መገለጹንም ቢቢሲ በዘገባው አስፍሯል፡፡
ይህን ተከትሎም በዩክሬን ዋና ከተማ ኪየቭ እና ሌሎች በርካታ ግዛቶች ከሰዓታት በፊት ሩሲያ በድሮን እና በሚሳኤል ጥቃት መፈጸሟ ተሰምቷል፡፡
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I need to know what the next step is.” “How do you support yourself?” the master asked. “I haven't yet learned how to support myself; my parents help me out. But that is only a detail.” “Your next step is to look directly at the sun for half a minute,” said the master. And the disciple obeyed. When the half-minute was over, the master asked him to describe the field that surrounded them. “I can't see it. The sun has affected my vision,” the disciple said. “A man who seeks only the light, while shirking his responsibilities, will never find illumination. And one who keep his eyes fixed upon the sun ends up blind,” was the master's comment. A man was hiking through a valley in thePyrenees , when he met an old shepherd. He shared his food with him, and they sat together for a long time, talking about life. The man said that, if one believed in God, he would also have to admit that he was not free, since God would govern every step. In response, the shepherd led him to a ravine where one could hear -with absolute clarity -the echo to any sound. “Life is these walls, and fate is the shout that each of us makes,” said the shepherd. “What we do will be raised to His heart, and will be returned to us in the same form. “God acts as the echo of our own deeds.” The master said: “When we sense that the time has come for a change, we begin -unconsciously -to run the tape again, to view every defeat we have experienced until then. “And, of course, as we grow older, our number of difficult moments grows larger. But, at the same time, experience provides us with better means of overcoming those defeats, and of finding the path that allows us to go forward. We have to play that second tape on our mental VCR, too. “If we only watch the tape of our defeats, we become paralyzed. If we only watch the tape of our successes, we wind up thinking we are wiser than we really are. “We need both of those tapes.” The disciple said to his master: “I have spent most of the day thinking about things I should not be thinking about, desiring things I should not desire and making plans I should not be making.” The master invited the disciple to take a walk with him through the forest behind his house. Along the way, he pointed to a plant, and asked the disciple if he knew its name. “Belladonna,” said the disciple. “It can kill anyone who eats its leaves.” “But it cannot kill anyone who simply observes it,” said the master. “Likewise, negative desires can cause no evil if you do not allow yourself to be seduced by them.” Between France and Spain is a range of mountains. In one of those mountains, there is a village named Argeles, and in the village is a hill leading to the valley. Every afternoon, an old man climbs and descends the hill. When the wanderer went to Argeles for the first time, he was not aware of this. On his second visit, he noticed that he crossed paths with the same man. And every time he went to the village, he perceived the man in greater detail -his clothing, his beret, his cane, his glasses. Nowadays, whenever he thinks about that village, he thinks of the old man, as well -even though he is not aware that this is true. Only once did the wanderer ever speak to the man. In a joking fashion, he asked the man, “Do you think that God lives in these beautiful mountains surrounding us?” “God lives,” said the old man, “in those places where they allow Him to enter.” The master met one night with his disciples, and asked them to build a campfire so they could sit and talk. “The spiritual path is like a fire that burns before us,” he said. “A man who wants to light the fire has to bear with the disagreeable smoke that makes it difficult for him to breathe, and brings tears to his eyes. That is how his faith is rediscovered. However, once the fire is rekindled, the smoke disappears, and the flames illuminate everything around him -providing heat and tranquility.” “But what if someone else lights the fire for him?” asked one of the disciples. “And if someone helps us to avoid the smoke?” “If someone does that, he is a false master.
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በ2016 ዓ.ም ለ28 ሺህ 380 ከስደት ተመላሾች የሥራ ዕድል መፈጠሩን የሥራና ክኅሎት ሚኒስትር ዴዔታ ሰለሞን ሶካ (ኢ/ር) ገለጹ።
የሥራ ዕድሉ የተፈጠረውም በጥቃቅንና አነስተኛ እንዲሁም ከኢንዱስትሪዎች ጋር በማስተሳሰር በሙያቸው ጭምር የሚሠሩበት ዕድል በማመቻቸት መሆኑን አብራርተዋል፡፡
በሌላ በኩል በተጠናቀቀው በጀት ዓመት 345 ሺህ ሰዎች ስልጠና ወስደው በሕጋዊ መንገድ ወደ ውጭ መሄዳቸውን እና በ2017 ዓ.ም ደግሞ ለ700 ሺህ ዜጎች የውጭ ሀገር የሥራ ስምሪት ለመስጠት እየተሠራ መሆኑን ለኢዜአ ገልጸዋል፡፡
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Tech titan Elon Musk threw open his X platform on Monday night, offering Donald Trump a pipeline free of fact checks for his falsehoods, conspiracy theories and extremism as he tries to slow the rise of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
The chat represented yet another extraordinary chapter in a presidential campaign that has defied logic with its stunning twists in recent weeks, including an assassination attempt against Trump and President Joe Biden’s ending of his reelection bid.he former president has been floundering – struggling to cope with the soaring start by the new Democratic nominee. At times, during their expansive chat, Musk seemed to be using the power of his profile and platform to coach Trump on how to mount a better argument against Harris.
“She’s a believer in being radical left,” Trump said at one point of a Democratic foe who has erased his polling advantage in only three weeks as a candidate. And the former president, who attempted to overturn an election he lost, baselessly claimed that Biden had been illegally ousted to make way for Harris. “She hasn’t done an interview since this whole scam started, and say what you want, this was a coup. This was a coup of a president of the United States,” Trump fumed.
Musk agreed with Trump that Harris was a radical leftist and flattered his guest by implying that he was strong and his Democratic opponents were weak. He referred to America’s enemies and said, “Do they fear the American president, or is it someone they do not respect and do not fear? Let’s look at the footage of the assassination. Like, okay, you know, President Trump is like, don’t mess with me.”
Musk has already endorsed Trump, and he was leaving no doubt on Monday night that he wants to see him win a second term. “You are the path to prosperity. And I think Kamala is the opposite,” he told Trump.
Musk, who has huge business interests in securing favorable treatment from the next administration, provided the Republican nominee an audience of at least 1.3 million concurrent listeners at the worst moment of his campaign so far. And he predicted at least 100 million people would consume the content in the coming days.Both Trump and Musk had lots to gain
At times during the event, Trump — who spent months hammering Biden over his age, stutter and struggles to sometimes complete sentences — appeared to be lisping or slurring his words. It was not clear whether an audio issue was to blame. Asked for an explanation, the ex-president’s campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said: “Must be your hearing.”
The chummy conversation between the tycoon and the former president also showed what each man had to gain.
Musk was able to impress upon a possible future president, who is known for transactional leadership, his own views on immigration, the economy, curtailing government regulation and tax cuts. Musk’s companies, including SpaceX, a key player in the US space program, and Tesla, which makes electric vehicles, can be impacted by changes in government policy. The entire conversation was rife with potential conflicts of interest. No ordinary American would ever have a similar opportunity to have the ear of a possible future president.
At one point, Musk even offered to take a position in the US government — perhaps as part of an efficiency commission to slash the administrative state. Trump said he’d “love it” if Musk got involved, noting the multi-billionaire is a great “cutter.”
Trump gained plenty from his investment of more than two hours of his time. Musk didn’t challenge him on any of his lies and misrepresentations – for instance, his prediction that 60 million undocumented migrants would invade the United States if he lost in November.
During the talk, Musk downplayed the threat from global warming while defending his pioneering electric vehicle empire. Trump, meanwhile, warned about the threat from “nuclear warming,” which he said posed a greater danger than “global warming.” It was not clear if he was trying to refer to nuclear power – which Musk argued was “not as scary as people think.”
The encounter was a powerful example of the way that presidential politics has been transformed by social media and the splintering of traditional journalism. Trump may not have been president without Twitter, as his emergence as a political force in 2016 coincided with the site’s heyday. His skills at exploiting the new medium like no other politician made that year’s presidential election a unique combination of a man and his moment.
Eight years on, under the leadership of Musk, who preaches unfettered free speech, X has dismantled many of the safeguards against the propagation of falsehoods and conspiracy theories on the site. It is, therefore, a perfect venue for the ex-president to escape the constraints of traditional media and to spin his web of alternative reality — which is hugely popular among his millions of supporters.
Republicans are complaining about what they say is flattering media coverage of the nascent Harris run. But few candidates have had an easier ride than the Republican nominee got on X on Monday night.
In a sign of the international political questions raised by the evolution of X, a European commissioner, Thierry Breton, wrote to Musk to warn him that he must prevent the “amplification of harmful content,” which could be accessed by consumers inside the bloc.
Cheung warned on X that the EU should “mind their own business instead of trying to meddle in the US Presidential election,” in an exchange that appeared to auger poorly for already testy relations between the Trump team and Musk and Europe.
After years avoiding Twitter and X, Trump had gushing praise for Musk
Trump spooled out countless falsehoods and exaggerations on Monday night, including over the numbers of migrants who crossed the border, the extent of the inflation crisis that has now cooled, his legal troubles, the current administration’s energy policy and his familiar claim that foreign nations were dumping their prisoners across the southern US border.
There is no doubt that many of Trump’s voters, listening in or hearing highlights of the conversation in the coming days, will agree with what much of the former president said in a way that underscores his political viability even after Harris transformed the race.
At points, Trump did make a more coherent and focused argument for a second term than he has in recent days, when he has appeared to be discombobulated by the shift in a race he believed he was primed to win against Biden. He and Musk accused the current president and the vice president of adopting spending policies that fueled the inflation that has been painful for millions of Americans.
But Trump’s constant meanderings and amplification of conspiracy theories also demonstrated why many voters disdain him and why there are questions about his appeal to suburban and women voters in battleground states.
Early on, it seemed as though the session would become a fresh metaphor for Trump’s misfires, as it was delayed by technical glitches. Musk claimed that a distributed denial-of-service attack was to blame, although it was not possible to immediately confirm that bad actors had been responsible. “There is a lot of opposition to people just hearing what President Trump has to say,” Musk said.
The Harris campaign was quick to respond, posting a Trump Truth Social post from last year that lambasted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the troubled start to his primary campaign in a glitchy Twitter Spaces event with Musk.
The event marked Trump’s return to X, formerly known as Twitter, from which he was banned by the site’s previous owners after the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by his mob. His account was restored by Musk.
Anyone who listened to the full two-hour conversation would have learned more about Musk’s evolving political views – and his growing willingness to use his power and wealth to express them – than anything fresh about Trump. But the ex-president was gushingly grateful for a new friend in a time of political need.
“You’re an amazing guy, you’ve done an incredible job. You are a great inspiration to people,” Trump said before saying goodbye.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic and is racing toward the Caribbean and Puerto Rico with heavy rainfall, gusty winds and dangerous seas as a predicted hyperactive hurricane season ramps up.
The center of the storm is located a few hundred miles east of the eastern Caribbean’s Leeward Islands Monday evening, the National Hurricane Center reported, with maximum winds around 40 mph. The storm was racing west-northwest at 28 mph, forecasters at the center said.
The fast-moving system will bring tropical storm conditions – including potentially damaging winds and heavy rainfall – to the Leeward Islands late Monday or early Tuesday. Those conditions will spread across the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by Tuesday evening.Early track forecasts suggest Ernesto will not follow Debby’s continental US-bound path, and will instead curve north and intensify into a hurricane over very warm ocean water, potentially placing Bermuda in harm’s way, instead.Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands – an island chain in the northeast Caribbean including the US and British Virgin Islands. These warnings mean tropical storm conditions are coming soon. Tropical storms have sustained winds up to 73 mph with stronger gusts and are capable of damaging some structures and taking down trees and power lines. Additional watches and warnings could be be issued in the coming days.
Drenching rainfall looks to be the most significant threat over parts of the eastern and northern Caribbean this week. The rain will begin by late Monday for some. Rainfall totals of 4 to 6 inches will be widespread, with up to 10 inches possible in parts of Puerto Rico.
“Heavy rainfall may result in locally considerable flash flooding and mudslides,” the National Hurricane Center warned Monday.Some of the heaviest rain could fall from late Monday through Wednesday over the Leeward Islands and later Tuesday into Thursday for Puerto Rico.
Tropical storm-force winds will also pound areas within the system’s path from Tuesday onwards. These winds will create dangerous seas and up to 3 feet of storm surge for many islands in the region.
The combination of rain and wind could cause issues for Puerto Rico’s vulnerable electrical infrastructure.
A gradual turn to the north is expected to begin Wednesday, eventually pulling Ernesto away from the Caribbean and into the open Atlantic. Once over open water, Ernesto will strengthen and become a hurricane.
How strong Ernesto gets will depend heavily on very warm ocean water and how potent storm-disrupting upper level winds become over the region. It’s possible Ernesto becomes a major hurricane – Category 3 strength or greater – late this week.
But Ernesto’s track could shift depending on a number of factors, including when it is pulled northward. A later turn would mean the storm would impact areas farther west like Hispaniola or the southern Bahamas.
Ernesto could be a powerful hurricane by the weekend as it approaches Bermuda. It’s too early to know exactly how close Ernesto will come to Bermuda and how much rain and wind it’ll bring.
Ernesto’s will have wide-reaching impacts later this week and this weekend despite an uncertain final track somewhere over the open Atlantic.
The storm will churn up seas hundreds of miles away and could create dangerous rip currents for the US East Coast, the Bahamas and parts of the Caribbean into early next week.
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As the 2024 games end with a spectacular closing ceremony, we take a look back on the two-week sports spectacularhe Paris Olympics 2024 has come to an end with a spectacular closing ceremony in the Stade de France celebrating the athletes and their feats over the two-week event.
The ceremony also offered a glimpse of what could be in store in 2028 when Los Angeles will play host.
From one day to the next, the whole of France became Olympic’
Paris brought down the curtain on an Olympic Games that brought scintillating sport to the heart of the French capital, breathing new life into an Olympic brand hurt by the difficulties of Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Games and Tokyo’s COVID-hit event.
Even Parisians were carried away by the Olympic fervour.
“We wanted to dream. We got Leon Marchand,” Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet told the crowd, referring to the French swimmer who took home four golds and won a legion of new fans.
“Together, we lived the games as never seen before, a whale even took part in the the surfing finals in Haiti. From one day to the next, time stopped and a whole country vibrated,” Estanguet said.
“France rediscovered itself. From one day to the next, the whole of France became Olympic,” he added.
He also mentioned that the Olympic Games saw “the most marriage proposals ever”.
President Tony Estanguet and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the closing ceremon
Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the closing ceremony [Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters]
‘Culture of peace’
COVID-19 forced Tokyo to delay the Olympics by a year until 2021 and then stage a much restricted event.
Paris promised “light at the end of the tunnel” and a more carefree games.
But Russia’s war in Ukraine on Europe’s eastern flank, Israel’s war on Gaza, and France’s heightened state of alert over security loomed large as the games finally got under way.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach saluted the athletes as he declared the Games closed.
“You showed us what greatness human beings are capable of,” Bach said as he took to the stage. “You lived together, you embraced each other even though some countries are divided and at war. You lived in peace.
Thomas Bach
IOC President Thomas Bach speaks during the closing ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games [Rob Schumacher/USA Today Sports]
“Thank you for making us believe in a better world for everyone.
“We know that the Olympic Games cannot create peace but the Olympic Games can create a culture of peace that inspires the world.
“This is why I call on everyone who shares this Olympic spirit: Let us live this culture of peace every single day.”
The Olympic flag heads to LA
From the City of Light to the City of Angels and Hollywood. As Paris wound up its games, the Olympic flag was officially handed over to Los Angeles, which will host the 2028 Olympics.
LA Mayor Karen Bass gave the Olympic flag to US gymnast Simone Biles to hold as H E R sang the US national anthem live at the Stade de France, crammed with more than 70,000 people.
Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass and Simone Biles of United States during the closing ceremony.
Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass and Simone Biles of the United States during the closing ceremony [Phil Noble/Reuters]
Tom Cruise – channelling his Mission: Impossible Ethan Hunt persona – jumped into the arena from the roof of Stade de France.
Emerging through a crowd of selfie-taking athletes, Cruise headed to the stage to collect the Olympic flag before leaving the stadium with the flag flying from the back of his motorbike.
Screens then cut to Cruise racing through the streets of Paris before riding up the ramp of a waiting plane.
The action then cut to LA where Cruise was shown leaping from a plane and parachuting to the Hollywood sign overlooking the city where he pinned the Olympic rings.
US' actor Tom Cruise jumps from the roof of the Stade de France during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Phil Noble / POOL / AFP)
US’ actor Tom Cruise jumps from the roof of the Stade de France during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games [Phil Noble/AFP]
A celebration of humanity
About 9,000 athletes danced and sang the night away during the closing ceremony, which was billed as a celebration of humanity and the unifying power of sport.
On the stadium’s giant screens, Billie Eilish, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, rapper Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre kept the party going in an prerecorded show from a California beach.
Each is a California native, including H E R.
The stadium crowd roared as French swimmer Leon Marchand first collected the Olympic flame from the Tuileries Garden in central Paris.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Ceremonies - Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 11, 2024. Leon Marchand of France during the closing ceremony. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Leon Marchand of France during the closing ceremony [Phil Noble/Reuters]
Reappearing later in the stadium to spectators’ chants of “Leon, Leon”, Marchand then blew out the flame signifying the end of the 2024 games.
French singer, Yseult, dressed in Dior Haute Couture, closed the event with a rendition of the Frank Sinatra classic My Way.
Finally, sporting memories
The French had a new golden boy to celebrate with Marchand emerging as the king of the pool, before French judoka Teddy Riner reigned supreme as he claimed his fifth Olympic gold medal.
Simone Biles put the misery of Tokyo behind her, making a long-awaited Olympic return in front of a star-studded crowd. She arrived the world’s most decorated gymnast and left with a further three gold medals for her trophy cabinet.
Sports climbing, 3×3 basketball, skateboarding and surfing made their second appearances with the surf competition taking place in Tahiti. Breaking made its Olympic debut – to some derision on social media – but may not appear again. It is not on the list for LA.
Ami of Japan in action during the B-Girls final
Ami of Japan in action during the B-Girls final [Angelika Warmuth/Reuters]
The IOC will be relieved that no major scandals erupted, although it did have to grapple with some controversies including a storm around gender eligibility that hit the women’s boxing competition, revealing tensions between the IOC and a widely discredited International Boxing Association.
In medals, the US team again topped the medal table, with 126 in all; 40 of them gold. China, also won 40 golds, but managed only 27 silvers. Still, it was the country’s best performance in an overseas Olympics since it began competing in 1984.
Japan also turned in a strong performance after meeting their lofty goal of 20 gold medals and coming in third on the medals table.
