The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Olympics: Milan Cortina Winter Games open with lighting of dual cauldronsMILAN - The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics began in northern Italy on Friday, marked by the simultaneous lighting of two Olympic cauldrons for the first time in games history.The identical Olympic cauldrons were sparked to life around 250 kilometers apart, one at the landmark Arco della Pace in Milan and another at Piazza Angelo Dibona in Cortina d'Ampezzo, heralding the start of the sporting spectacle that runs through Feb. 22.---------…READ FULL ARTICLE