Hong Kong made the news on several occasions in 2024 whether for passing new security legislation, censorship laws, or the mystery surrounding the deaths of several monkeys at a city-centre zoo.

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Hong Kong police have arrested 31 individuals for using deepfakes to scam unsuspecting victims. According to reports, the ...

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New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the world rang in 2025, as more than a million revelers crowded into New ...

A couple kiss after the ball drops in New York’s Times Square, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan ...

Times Square has been the site of New Year’s celebrations in New York since 1904, the year the Square got its name when The New York Times moved into a building there. The paper’s owner, Adolph Ochs, ...

By the time the ball drops in New York, it has already been a new year for hours in areas such as New Zealand, Hong Kong, Australia, and Europe, where fireworks lit up the skies. A view of the venue ...

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