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A flag-raising ceremony was held at Golden Bauhinia Square on Saturday morning in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.
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Israel marked the beginning of its annual day of Holocaust remembrance on Sunday evening with an official ceremony in Jerusalem.
Former long-distance runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima lit the Olympic flame on Friday as the Rio 2016 Games were officially declared open.
The carnival capital of Rio de Janeiro will host a glittering Olympics opening ceremony party on Friday, hoping to draw a line under a turbulent seven-year build-up dogged by recession, drugs scandals, crime and infrastructure stumbles.
The first ever Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) held its flag-raising ceremony at the Olympic Village on Wednesday evening, sending a message of sports spirit to all the refugees around the world.
A man has been arrested in Brazil after trying to put out the Olympic flame by throwing a bucket of water over it.
Team China unveiled its uniform for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games here on Tuesday, featuring a patriotic palette of red and yellow.
The Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC) organized a blessing ceremony for nation's King Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday evening ahead of the lunar New Year, which starts next week from April 13 to 16.
Newly appointed Philippine Air Force (PAF) chief Lieutenant General Edgar Fallorina on Wednesday assumed his post.
A Chinese-invested cement factory in central Laos was inaugurated on Thursday in Khammouane Province,expected to serve the construction of China-Laos railway project in the country.
The Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, assured on Wednesday that Rio de Janeiro would be "the most beautiful setting" for an Olympic Games since classical Greece, while recognizing that there was "a lot still to be done" to get Olympic installations ready.
Situations have returned to normalcy after almost 24 hours of deadly suicide blast at Wagah border post in eastern Pakistan's major city of Lahore, as hundreds of people made their way to witness paramilitary troops' parade and flag lowering ceremony on Monday, military said.
Jakarta governor Joko Widodo, locally known as Jokowi, was sworn in as the seventh Indonesian president at the parliament building on Monday, replacing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a support message to a ceremony honoring Class-A and other war criminals, hailing them as "foundation of Japan," local media reported Wednesday.
AMC's "Breaking Bad" won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony here on Monday night.
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