Fireworks erupted from Taipei 101 as January 1, 2020, kicked off in Taiwan.
This footage shows people counting down and the fireworks lighting up the darkness.
The fireworks display from Taipei 101 – Taiwan’s tallest building – has been the island’s customary show to celebrate the incoming new year since 2004–2005. Credit: Daniel Salcedo via Storyful
The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister on Sunday sent shock waves around the region. Details remained scant in the hours after the incident, and it was unclear if Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the other officials had survived. This is what we know so far. The helicopter was carrying Iranian President Raisi, the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and other
The Under Armour meltdown continues.
Demi Moore’s new film, the feminist body horror “The Substance,” sees her bare it all, with several scenes featuring full nudity. At the Cannes Film Festival press conference for the film on Monday, the 61-year-old actor discussed the “vulnerable experience.” “Going into it, it was really spelled out — the level of vulnerability and rawness …
The way I went to the gym and noticed this theory is 100% accurate.
"I’m proud of us for making it this far," Alba wrote to Warren, whom she first met on the set of 'Fantastic Four' in 2004
The series is dedicated to inspirational men and women in Singapore leading healthy and active lifestyles. This week: couple Mika Kise and Elise Teo.
The Brighton fans at the final whistle were to the point.
The actress announces her baby's birth with an Instagram post
When she first heard the gunshots, French tourist Anne-France Brill thought for a split second there was a celebration in the Afghan market where she and her fellow travellers stopped to buy fruit.- Fledgling tourism industry - An avid traveller drawn to places off the beaten path, Brill had thought for a while of visiting Afghanistan, one of the scores of foreign tourists drawn to experience the country's rich landscapes, history and culture long rendered virtually unreachable by decades of war
For a few glorious moments, at around 4.45pm on Sunday afternoon, the dream was alive in north London. Or, to be more accurate, the supporters and players of Arsenal believed the dream was alive. At the speed of sound, the most thrilling of rumours had spread: 2-2 at City.
It could be weeks or even months before crew members can leave, due to complications beyond their control. Here’s why they’re still confined – and how they’re coping
Iran faces western opposition over its nuclear programme, a dire economy and tense relations with other Middle Eastern states
Choosing a team of the season is an almost impossible task, not least because there is often more than one player excelling in a position.
Police officers in serious condition but should pull through
Lai Ching-te called on Beijing to cease its intimidation of Taiwan as he was was sworn in as president Monday, marking the start of a historic third consecutive term for the island’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which has championed democracy in the face of years of growing threats from authoritarian China.
Education secretary Gillian Keegan, Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron oppose move, while university leaders warn of economic and cultural impact
Costner is dad to seven kids — Annie, Lily, Joe, Liam, Cayden, Hayes and Grace
This afternoon at Anfield, things are going to get emotional. The entire event will centre around one thing: saying goodbye to a great. After the final whistle sounds on his last game in charge of Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp will be serenaded to the skies. There will be guards of honour, fist pumps, ecstatic conducting of the Kop choir. It will be a stage managed farewell of magnificent scale, full of showbiz razzmatazz. Possibly things will conclude by naming a stand after him. Whatever happens, of
Didi Global Inc's co-founder Jean Liu has stepped down from her roles as president and board director of China's biggest ride-hailing firm to take on a new role, according to an internal company memo. Didi, which is seen as China's answer to Uber but has faced prolonged regulatory scrutiny, will no longer have a position of president, it said in the memo seen by Reuters. Liu, a former Goldman Sachs banker who has been at the helm of Didi for a decade, will take on a new role as "permanent partner" and will maintain her current duties including serving as chief people officer, Liu and CEO Will Cheng said in the internal letter sent to employees on Sunday.
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