Kabuki actor Nakamura Kankuro waves as the last torchbearer of the final leg, in Tokyo's Shinjuku

Sponsors' vehicles are seen driving ahead of an Olympic torchbearer during the torch relay in the

National Stadium.... Past final torchbearers include Yoshinori Sakai, who was born on the day of the

Grizzlies game.... He was admired in Memphis as a torchbearer to the city’s rap legends, Three

A series of events related to the torch relay were held in an effort to boost momentum toward the Paralympics, which will take place between Aug.... 5, and mark the transition from the just-concluded Olympics.... Lighting events will take place over the next five days in 43 of Japan's 47 prefectures that will not stage Paralympic competitions....

“ We will expedite the process of examination of investment proposals from nations that India shares a border with.... However, discussions are still going on, and a final decision is yet to be firmed up," said the official. However, the government remains cautious about investments from China.... “ In view of the recent incidents, we also have to keep our nation first," said the official, suggesting that the rejected cases pertained to those from China. Tensions between India and China escala

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for October 19 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... Over those years, Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has consolidated power over virtually all aspects of Chinese society.... Cai Qi, chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, holds the torch during the Welcome Ceremony for the Flame of Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 at Beijing Olympic Tower on Wednesday....

During an earthquake, the bridge absorbs the energy rather than resisting it.... The bridge parts are connected to the pylons using shock absorbers while still allowing some flexibility to stop the bridge breaking. There is also the provision for the gradual expansion of the strait over the bridge's lifetime.... A bit over three kilometers joining the western Greece, to Peloponnesus in southern Greece....

Open this photo in gallery A general view prior to the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. Maja Hitij/ Getty ImagesThe Tokyo Olympics opens on Friday with a ceremony reflecting a Games like no other, walking a fine line between celebrating the feats of the world’s best athletes while acknowledging the global hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Postponed for a year, organizers were forced to take the unprecedented step of holding the Games without fans as the

Mayumi Narita of Japan meets the press after competing in the women's S5 50-meter backstroke final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug.... A 15-time swimming gold medalist, Narita finished sixth in her last race, the women's 50-meter backstroke S5 final, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, 25 years after she made her Paralympic debut at the 1996 Atlanta Games.... " I feel blessed that I really swum until the end," Narita said....