They have become rather garish, extravagant occasions, the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. They had always been sizable celebrations, replete with no small amount of grandeur, though the 2008 ...

Dahlia Marlin, 3, of Allentown throws a paper airplane over a map of Israel on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, during a Yom Ha'atzmaut carnival and torch lighting hosted by the Jewish Federation of the ...

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The millions of Chinese who tuned in for Monday's lighting of the Olym-pic torch saw a sanitized version of the event as China Central Television cut away from a protest for press freedom. By Jonathan ...

NEW YORK -- The millions of Chinese who tuned in for Monday's lighting of the Olympic torch saw a sanitized version of the event as China Central Television cut away from a protest for press freedom.

The Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics featured the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium by tennis star Naomi Osaka. The Olympic cauldron was lit by a torch, but the torch ...

Stepping outside the Maine State House on a 34-degree day wearing only a blue pantsuit and Tevas over a pair of socks, Gov. Janet Mills looked every bit the native Mainer she is when she met a small ...

Police try to stop protesters holding the Tibetan flag and banner as they crash the flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the Ancient Olympia archeological site, birthplace ...