By Agencies and published by CNA, updated at 8.50 a.m., Jan. 1, 2026 Sydney – New Year’s Eve revellers toasted the end of 2025 on Wednesday (Dec. 31), waving goodbye to 12 months packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and vain hopes for peace in Ukraine. It was one of the warmest
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The world welcomes 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges
By AP and published by Yahoo!News New York – From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in soggy Times Square, where thousands of revellers stuck it out in heavy rain to
Read moreIndians fail to show up for questioning after punchup at Pattaya beach
SEVEN Indian men who bashed up three people but mainly targeting the Indian organiser of a Diwali celebration on Pattaya beach during Nov. 8-10 ignored summons to report to police for questioning, their lawyer said today (Nov. 13), according to TV Channel 7. Mr. Anirut Kongtraph, the lawyer, said he brought the three victims
Read moreCalifornia police search shooter’s home seeking motive for Asian dance hall massacre
By Agencies – published by CNA and Denver Post Monterey Park, California – California police, seeking to learn the motive behind one of the state’s worst mass shootings, on Monday (Jan. 23) searched the home of the elderly gunman who killed 10 people in a Los Angeles area dance hall on Saturday before fatally
Read moreFalling bullet hits man during New Year celebration
A THAI MAN celebrating the New Year by drinking with friends outdoors in a Samut Prakan alley was suddenly hit in the knee by a falling bullet and had to be rushed to the hospital, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 1) Just five minutes past midnight Pol. Lt. Witthaya Namthong, deputy inspector at
Read moreChonburi cancels New Year countdown celebration
CHONBURI’S municipality this morning (Dec. 22) announced the cancellation of the New Year countdown event and the offering of food to monks on New Year’s Day on its Facebook page, Amarin TV said. The post immediately attracted a lot of comments with one person asking whether Pattaya is included and the page administrator replied that
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