A time-lapse of the post-New Year’s clean-up celebration has cropped up on the Internet. Location: one of the most happening places on the planet – New York City’s Times Square.

Dubai has scrapped a 30% tax on alcohol and will no longer charge tourists or expats for permits to buy alcoholic drinks as the emirate tries to attract more foreign workers and visitors in the face of growing regional competition.

Cambodian premier Hun Sen on Monday ordered the creation of conservation zones on the Mekong river to protect critically endangered dolphins, after three were killed by fishing nets and lines last month.The Irrawaddy dolphins, known for their bulging …

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday to celebrate the inauguration of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose return to the nation’s highest office also marked the exit of far-right Jair Bolsonaro who left his c…

RCEM: “National scandal” as A&E departments in “crisis”.

Ukraine says it has killed some 400 Russian soldiers in a missile attack in the occupied Donetsk region. The missile targeted a building in the city of Makiivka. Russian forces are believed to be stationed there. Details have yet to be confirmed. It co…

A patient can receive oxygen in various ways, depending on the seriousness of the illness. VIDEOGRAPHIC

Around 65,000 travellers spent New Year’s Day stuck at airports across the Philippines.