How people around the world have brought in the New Year, in historical photos

As thousands huddle in Times Square waiting for the ball to drop, thousands of others across the Atlantic await their fates in the largest mass migration since World War II. It's not the first time people have found themselves facing challenges as a new year begins. Here are some of the the different places and […]











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Huge fire engulfs hotel in downtown Dubai

A fire has broken out at a the Address Hotel in downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirate, near a planned New Year's Eve firework. The fire appears to have broken out around the same time as people gathered downtown to celebrate. The hotel is located near the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the site of one of a number of extravagant […]











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7 stories you should read to really understand the Islamic State

The Islamic State's coordinated attacks across Paris that left 129 dead were a clear indication of the "group’s adoption of global terror tactics to boost its profile and strike back at its enemies." To really understand that Islamic State and how the group operates, we recommend you read these five stories: 1. The hidden hand behind the Islamic […]











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How buying this terrible song by a far-right anti-refugee group could help refugees

In just over a year, the German far-right group Pegida has emerged as a powerful anti-refugee voice in Europe's debate about immigration. In a remarkable sign of the group's continuing support, an instrumental song released for download by Pegida briefly became the best-selling song on Amazon's German website this week — even knocking the popular British singer Adele from the top […]











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Throw your furniture out the window, and other ways to ring in 2016

New Year's Eve is upon us and, yes, many of us will explode fireworks and perhaps down some booze. But why not celebrate 2016 with some of these other traditions from around the world. Eat a grape (12 of them) A tradition among Spaniards: eat one grape for every strike of the bell marking the midnight hour. Each […]











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Saudi Arabia’s economy minister denies the new budget is ‘radical austerity’

This week, Saudi Arabia announced that during 2015 it had seen a $98 billion deficit. Worse still, next year might not be much better, with a shortfall projected at $87 billion in the official budget. In a bid to raise revenues, oil prices were unexpectedly raised by 50 percent on Tuesday – jumping to the still remarkably cheap 0.90 […]











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