Sydney among the first major cities to kick off 2024 New Year's celebrations
Revelers across Asia celebrated the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve with fireworks and brightly lit signs — offering a hopeful start to 2024 for some, even as the globe's ongoing conflicts raised…
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Sydney and Auckland are first major cities to ring in 2024
The new year has kicked in. Here are the celebrations around the world
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New Year's Eve: Huge firework display lights up London…
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India's Covid-19 caseload ranks fourth in the world as infections near 300,000
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World greets the new year, but wars cast a shadow on 2024 - The Globe and Mail
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How the world welcomed in 2024 – DW – 01/01/2024
In pictures: Fireworks, weapons light skies across the…
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