Veteran leader taking office for 3rd term facing challenge of uniting nation polarised under predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.

From New Zealand to New York City, revellers welcome 2023 with confetti, fireworks and dancing.

The Balkan nation bids farewell to its kuna currency as it enters Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone.

It was a year marked by the conflict in Ukraine, economic stresses and the effects of global warming.

The bloc’s comments came after UN experts’ report found ‘direct intervention’ by Rwandan forces inside DR Congo.

At least nine people die in a shopping mall crush as revellers rang in the New Year in capital Kampala, police said.

The practice has been in place since 1992, with the list of nuclear installations exchanged annually on January 1.