Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has pledged to strengthen the island’s defenses in the face of escalating Chinese threats.

Taiwan held its New Year’s Day flag-raising ceremony early Wednesday morning in front of the Presidential Office. The ...

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) today urged President William Lai (賴清德) to promote cross-party ...

Revellers across the world ushered in 2025 on Wednesday (Jan 1), with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought ...

Crowds have been gathering across all different time zones to greet 2025, and say goodbye to the year 2024. New Year's Eve ...

The world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic ...

Fireworks light up night sky in cities across the world to welcome in the new year. New Zealand's capital Auckland, Australia's Sydney, Hong Kong and Taipei all welcomed in the new year with large ...

More than a billion people are set to tune in to watch the Times Square ball drop tonight. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

And Sydney -- the self-proclaimed "New Year's capital of the world" -- sprayed nine tonnes of fireworks from its famed Opera ...

The world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return and turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine. It is all ...

“Today the Royal Thai Embassy in Seoul and Team Thailand offices have lowered the flag for seven days in mourning for the ...

"In Europe — not far from here — the Ukrainian people are fighting bravely for their freedom — and for ours." Reflecting on ...