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UAE announces New Year holiday, three-day weekend for public sector
The United Arab Emirates has announced January 1 as a New Year holiday for the public sector, giving employees of all ministries and federal entities ... Gulf -
Ethiopia celebrates new year after ‘God’s wrath’
Ethiopians on Friday welcomed what many people around the world might like to see: the beginning of a new year.Following a calendar seven years behind ... World News -
Hundreds arrested in Hong Kong in New Year’s Day protests
Hong Kong police arrested about 400 people in New Year's Day protests after what started as a peaceful pro-democracy march of tens of thousands ... World News -
Pope decries violence against women in New Year message
Pope Francis, in his first message of the New Year, denounced on Wednesday the use and abuse of women in modern society, and called for an end to the ... World News -
Hong Kong police fire tear gas during mass New Year’s day march
Hong Kong police fired several rounds of tear gas at crowds during a New Year’s day march on Wednesday that has drawn tens of thousands of ... World News -
Cheers, tears, prayers for 2020: A new decade is ushered in
Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade. Here are highlights from celebrations in New York, Dubai, Rio de Janiero, Paris, and ... Features -
NYPD: Times Square safest place on Earth for New Year’s Eve
New York City’s counterterrorism czar expects Times Square to be “the safest place on the planet Earth” on New Year’s ... Variety -
India prepares for New Year’s Eve with fresh protests against citizenship law
Thousands of Indians are set to ring in the New Year by holding protests against a citizenship law, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ... World News -
Six world titles but domestic honors elusive for Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton’s absence from Britain’s New Year’s honors list has angered his Formula One fans and triggered fresh debate about the ... Sports -
Sydney fireworks to go ahead despite massive protest petition
A petition to cancel Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks and use the money to fight bushfires ringing the city has topped 260,000 signatures, but ... World News -
Residents, tourists urged to leave Australian region as fire conditions worsen
Residents and holidaymakers in part of the Australian state of Victoria were urged to leave on Sunday ahead of what is expected to be a day of extreme ... World News -
German fireworks sales fizzle on climate anxiety
Pyrotechnic-mad Germany loves to see in the New Year with a bang but concerns about climate change have prompted several major retailers to take ... Variety -
Pope, UN issue message on migrants, climate, nuclear weapons
Pope Francis and the UN chief issued a joint year-end message on Friday urging the world to remember children dying of hunger, migrants seeking safety ... World News -
Thailand’s Buddhist New Year splashes in with water fights
Water-spraying elephants, raves and boisterous, street-blocking water fights -- Thailand’s Buddhist New Year arrived with a splash Saturday, a ... Variety -
Morocco’s Amazigh want their new year to become official holiday
Hundreds of people gathered in Morocco’s capital Rabat late on Saturday to mark the start of the Amazigh new year with a sit-in calling on the ... Features -
Trump wishes everyone a happy new year, including ‘haters, fake news media’
For many, the New Year presents an opportunity for introspection and vows of self-improvement. Not so for US President Donald Trump, who kicked off ... Variety -
In his New Year speech, Kim warns N. Korea could change approach with US
North Korea could consider a change of approach if the US maintains its sanctions on the nuclear-armed country, leader Kim Jong Un warned in his New ... World News -
9 hurt as car rams into famed Tokyo street on New Year’s Eve
Nine people were hurt, one seriously, when a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year’s Eve along a famous Tokyo ... World News -
Sydney puts on dazzling 2019 fireworks, but gets the year wrong
The spectacular fireworks show on Sydney’s harbor that rang in 2019 and dazzled spectators around the world was picture perfect, except for one ... Variety -
Revelers spend New Year stuck 50 meters up at French funfair
It was only supposed to last a few minutes for a thrill on New Year’s Eve, but eight French people ended up spending much of the night stuck ... Variety -
What has changed in Saudi Arabia
Upon royal orders, the process of structural reforms continue in the Kingdom, which ends another year of a long path towards promoting economic and ... news -
$10 or $500? The price tag for a seat near Dubai’s Burj Khalifa on New Year’s Eve
Front seats at Burj Khalifa’s waterfront restaurants will cost Dubai diners a lot on New Year’s Eve where a spectacular fireworks show is ... Variety -
Different shades of Christmas celebrations across the Arab world
Most countries in the world celebrate the Christmas and the New Year’s Eve in the last week of December, starting from the night of December 24 ... Middle East -
WATCH: Dubai, Abu Dhabi celebrate NYE 2019 with breathtaking fireworks
Dubai and Abu Dhabi welcomed the new year with unique celebrations, especially the ones around Burj Khalifa and Abu Dhabi’s corniche. Around the ... Variety -
WATCH: The world celebrates the arrival of 2019
Fireworks lit up the skies over Auckland as New Zealand became one of the first countries to welcome the New Year. As the clock struck midnight ... Features -
Manila casino cancels New Year balloon stunt after criticism
A luxury Philippine hotel and casino has called off a world record attempt for releasing tens of thousands of balloons to mark the New Year following ... Variety -
Putin, in New Year letter to Trump, says Moscow is open for dialogue
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a New Year letter to his US counterpart Donald Trump, said on Sunday that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a ... World News -
Abu Dhabi to break Guinness Record for largest sentence in fireworks for NYE
Abu Dhabi will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest sentence ever created in fireworks, according to the Department of Culture ... Variety -
What is the difference between Xmas and Christmas
Starting from the night of December 24th, Christian communities celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Numerous gifts, luminous trees as well as family ... Features -
VIDEO: 'Silent Night'..from village ditty to global Christmas hit
Austria has something special to celebrate this festive period as it marks 200 years since the first performance of one of the world's most beloved ... Variety