New Year

Lanterns, lion dances and Covid 19: Lunar New Year celebrations around the world

Chinese forsake traditional travel home for Lunar New Year amid fresh outbreak of Covid-19

Hundreds booked for Covid-19 violations as mass French New Year's Eve rave ends

World welcomes 2021 with low-key New Year celebrations in shadow of pandemic

Macron calls for 'hope' in New Year's Eve address to French nation

New Year’s Eve in France: What’s allowed and what's not?

How will the coronavirus affect France’s end of year celebrations?

From foie gras to bûche de Noël: The essentials of a French holiday feast

Coronavirus outbreak in Iran: Nowruz celebrations halted as Iranians are told to "stay at home"

China expands transport lockdowns and scraps New Year festivities as virus toll rises

More Chinese cities shut down, New Year events cancelled as deadly virus spreads

Galette des rois: France begins the new year with a cake for kings

Revelers around the globe see in 2020 with spectacle and prayer

French restaurants struggle to cope amid nationwide strikes

French restaurants prepare for slow start to 2020 due to nationwide strikes

Beijing's Forbidden city open after dark for the first time in almost a century

Chinese New Year: China celebrates year of the pig

Japan's emperor greets huge crowd in final New Year address

Three wounded in knife attack at Manchester station on NYE

NASA ushers in 2019 with epic flyby of faraway world

Fireworks and revelry: Thousands celebrate New Year's Eve in Paris amid tight security

NASA to usher in New Year with flyby video of farthest cosmic body

How do the French celebrate the holiday season? With delicious food!

Macron delivers New Year's greetings to French diplomats