China and Taiwan have rung in the New Year with light shows in several major cities, hours after similar celebrations in ...

Countries in the South Pacific Ocean are the first to ring in the New Year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours ...

The Americas have started their journey into the new year. New York City took the United States into 2025 with the ...

Since 2013, growing concerns over safety and air quality have led to strict firework bans in several parts of China, putting immense pressure on the industry. Official data shows that 16 provinces ...

A truck loaded with fireworks exploded after a collision on the Beijing-Harbin Expressway in China, creating a spectacular ...

Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands counting down to the new year and cheering at ...

The show, designed by French fireworks artist Sophie, won the Gold Award at the 5th China International Fireworks and Culture Festival of Wanzai. The year of 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the ...

At the stroke of midnight, a colourful pyrotechnic show explodes under the night ... According to some historians, fireworks date back to China's Han dynasty (202 BC—220 AD), when people threw ...

Three women died and 20 people, including children, were hurt Tuesday after a lit bundle of mortar-style aerials tipped over and shot into crates of unlit fireworks.