Uninhabited Baker Island is among the last to see the new year, as 2026 takes 26 hours to roll across the globe.

Fireworks lit up the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House, the Juyongguan Great Wall in Beijing, ...

The 2026 Beijing New Year Countdown celebration at the Juyongguan Great Wall, January 1, 2026 in Beijing, China. At 11 a.m. ET, revelers counted down to the new year in Hong Kong. Revellers celebrate ...

China Vanke, once the country's largest homebuilder, narrowly avoided defaulting on a $284 million debt last week as the ...

Not just Dubai, Sydney welcomed the New Year with its traditional fireworks display, featuring around 40,000 pyrotechnic ...

It takes a full 26 hours for the whole globe to enter 2026, starting with Kiritimati - also known as Christmas Island - which ...

As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for ...

From New York to Paris to Sydney, crowds have marked the start of 2026 with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous ...

On 1 January, Zohran Mamdani will also be officially sworn in as the new mayor of New York City. He is expected to take his ...

Sydney welcomes 2026 with spectacular fireworks display as world rings in new year - An hour before midnight, the victims of ...

New Year’s Eve revellers toasted the end of 2025, waving goodbye to 12 months packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and ...

Among his other ongoing projects, US President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term on a renovation. The Oval ...