Happy New Year (in some parts of the world)! Though the hours are still ticking away until 2026 is celebrated in the United States, we'll show you highlights from around the globe, including Australia ...

Journal Editorial Report: The year's best from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger and Paul Gigot. Photo: VATICAN MEDIA/Zuma Press New Year’s resolutions may be the most ...

The Times Square ball drop and elaborate firework celebrations across the world may have ushered in the New Year of 2026 but the Year of the Horse on the Chinese calendar is yet to begin. The Chinese ...

Law enforcement presence was ramped up for New Year's in Sydney. Countries across the globe are beginning to usher in 2026. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first to ring in the new year, ...

See how people across the globe celebrated. In Photos and Video See how people across the globe celebrated. In Photos and Video Confetti falling in Times Square.Credit...Vincent Alban/The New York ...

Nowadays, having a New Year’s resolution can seem almost quaint. Social-media influencers push self-improvement trends year-round: The spring has “glow up” challenges, as does the summer. Soon after, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. New Year's resolutions often fail due to their rigid, outcome-focused nature and lack of ...

Do you follow the maxim “new year, new me”? It's a tradition to reinvent yourself as we complete a wrap around the sun. But how people choose to reinvent themselves — and why and when they fail at it ...

Does the year 2026 have a message for the collective? According to the practice of numerology, which assigns meaning to specific digits and numbers, the answer is yes. The year 2026's numerology theme ...

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the ...

The world has begun to close out 2025, toasting the end of a year that brought an American pope, precarious peace talks in several parts of the globe and a U.S. president whose impact was felt ...

Our goal at The Upshot is to produce distinctive explanatory journalism. But how do we get there? Some of our best work starts with a reporter squinting at a table, or a list, or a rough chart, and ...