In 2024, a majority of voters in the democratic world cast their ballots. Incumbents fared badly in most. Domestic political maps were remade in Mexico, South Africa and India, in ...

Donald Trump regained global leadership, wars intensified, new conflicts arose, and sports and cinema fostered unity. The year's key events shaped global politics and hinted at future challenges.

From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows , ...

A largely peaceful New Year's Eve turned chaotic as fireworks killed five in several incidents across Germany, where hundreds ...

Power was returned to more than three-quarters of Puerto Rico residents on Wednesday morning after a devastating blackout ...

The Americas, Australasia, Asia, Europe and Africa have already been marking the arrival of the new year with fireworks and festivities.

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Beijing has yet to announce the closing ceremony for its "Year of Friendship" with Pyongyang, a possible signal of disapproval.

THERE was carnage at London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display as thugs stormed the barriers last night. Revellers then ...

Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region of Kursk ...

Although the precise details of the arrangement have not been made public, there has been considerable media coverage of North Korea’s dispatch of combat troops to Russia to support Vladimir Putin’s ...