Quotes
It's the biggest party in the world. There's no other place to celebrate New Year's than Times Square,
said Tommy Onolfo of Long Island, who started attending regularly 8 years ago
May security and safety return, and may the war finally come to an end,
Wafaa Hajjaj told AFP from Deir el-Balah, where masses of displaced residents now cram into crowded tents
The peaceful transition after the election gave me hope that maybe things will improve for people like me,
Kwesi Antwi, 26, an unemployed graduate, told AFP in the capital Accra amid fireworks and musicIt would be nice for the world if it all sort of fixed itself,
insurance worker Stuart Edwards, 32, told AFP before the pyrotechnicsWe have children who have been traumatised by Cyclone Chido, so we haven't made any plans for tonight,
said Nouria Rama, 45, who works at the island's education board.png)
It's a really difficult decision that has to be made,
Hogmanay co-director Al Thompson told AFPIf you start it big, we think we’re going to have a great year,
he said
We Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one and the same family. No one can ever sever the bond of kinship between us."
Xi also addressed Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing
We are a country of togetherness. And we can draw strength from this — especially in difficult times like these,
Scholz said in his prerecorded speech
We were hesitant to go out this year because of the security situation, but we decided to overcome our fears and not change our habits,
lawyer Maram Ayoub, 34, told