World welcomes 2026 with fireworks, festivities and calls for peace

As the clock struck midnight in Japan, temple bells rang, and some climbed mountains to see the year's first sunrise, while a ...
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Happy New Year for Hong Kong’s Tourism and Mega Events Economy

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 1 January 2026 - As Hong Kong welcomed the New Year in style on January 1, the city ...
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First Night North Hosts Dozens Of Shows At Venues Across Town

With a gentle snow falling, and a crowd of several hundred New Year’s revelers of all ages gathered and twirling ...

Video: London sees in New Year 2026 with mega firework display

Thousands lined the banks of the River Thames as a giant countdown clock lit up the landmark before Big Ben tolled at ...

Among bar, nightclub and music venue fires of recent decades, these were some of the deadliest

November, 1942: The deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history killed 492 people at Boston’s Cocoanut Grove club. The fire at ...