When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as dozens of countries around the world will already have welcomed the new ...

Here, we round up some of the ways the New Year is called in around the world. Gregorian New Year. 1 January 2025 New Year’s Day marks the first day of the Gregorian calendar, something we’ve ...

When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to ring in the start of 2024, it’ll actually be late -– in dozens of countries around the world already welcoming the new year.

U.S. cities joined millions of people around the world in New Year's celebrations ringing in 2025 on Wednesday. The big picture: Countries in the Asia-Pacific region were the first to mark New ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. Auckland became the ...

New Year’s around the world. From time-traveling to wearing special underwear, experience unique New Year's Eve traditions from around the globe. By Meghan Miner. December 30, 2014 ...

How to watch New Year's Eve celebrations around the world. Whether you have kids (or adults) who need to be in bed before midnight, or you're sick of watching the ball drop in Times Square, ...

New Year's traditions vary around the world. In Scotland, they swing large fireballs around on New Year's Eve. Brazilians release white flowers into the ocean for the Goddess of the Sea.

When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to ring in the start of 2024, it’ll actually be late -– in dozens of countries around the world already welcoming the new year.

Happy 2025! In some parts of the world, anyway. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, with its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday.