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Watch live: New Year’s Eve fireworks display over Australia’s Sydney Harbour

Watch live as Australia welcomes the New Year with a fireworks display over the iconic Sydney Harbour on 31 December.

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2023

Sydney among the first major cities to kick off 2024 New Year's celebrations

Revelers across Asia celebrated the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve with fireworks and brightly lit signs — offering a hopeful start to 2024 for some, even as the globe's ongoing conflicts raised security concerns and led to muted or even cancelled festivities.

France 24 · Dec 31, 2023

Pro-Palestine campaigners call for Gaza ceasefire on New Year’s Eve

Activists are asking people to turn the New Year’s countdown in their countries into a countdown for a ceasefire.

Al Jazeera · Dec 31, 2023

Resolution revolution: how to make new year promises you’ll stick to

It’s self-improvement season and the air is thick with vows to do better next year. Most will be abandoned before January’s over. But is there a way to make better, stronger intentions that might actually stick?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023

The New Year's Resolutions that Meghan Markle makes every year

Meghan Markle makes the same New Year’s Resolutions ‘nearly’ every year, she once revealed

Woman & Home · Dec 31, 2023

More parents than ever are making New Year’s resolutions to improve their parenting skills in 2024

The New Year offers a symbolic reset for everyone, and parents are keen to use it to make new parenting goals

GoodToKnow · Dec 31, 2023

Unsettled weather for Hogmanay celebrations, Met Office warns

Revellers keen to ring in the New Year look to be facing erratic weather conditions across the country, the Met Office has warned...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 31, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Kharkiv under wave of drone attacks on New Year’s Eve – as it happened

Kremlin complains after Ukraine hits back with attacks on Belgorod; more Russians troops die as military’s quality degrades, says British MoD

The Guardian - AU · Dec 31, 2023

At least 100 people killed in Gaza in past 24 hours as conflict rolls into new year – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 31, 2023

Parenting expert reveals 5 best New Year’s resolutions to improve parent/teen relationships - and number 4 is so simple

Start 2024 off on the right foot and set your goals together

GoodToKnow · Dec 31, 2023