The New Year is here, with Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in Kiribati, which lies in the world’s earliest time zone, seeing the the clock strike past midnight, heralding the arrival of 1 January 2026.

Thankfully, digital streams of the iconic and deeply expensive fireworks from around the globe are easily accessible, from ...

Remittance inflows to Ho Chi Minh City have seen stable growth despite fluctuations in the global economy and are expected to ...

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Times journalists are accompanying a group of scientists on an arduous, weekslong trip to study a key glacier in Antarctica.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday used his first Christmas message as pontiff to call for “peace and consolation for ...

Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first Christmas Day message on Thursday, urging the faithful to shed indifference to those who have ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

Have you ever thought about the seven continents that make up our world? From Asia, the largest and most populous, to the icy expanse of Antarctica, each landmass is unique. We have Africa, often ...