Lunar New Year 2025 Photos: See Year of the Snake Celebrations Across Asia

January 29, 2025 by Author

More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, began celebrating the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with fireworks, family time and feasts. On Wednesday, the first new moon of the Year of the Snake will mark the imminent arrival of spring. Known as … Read more

27 Injured, Ceilings Caved In As Earthquake Of Magnitude 6 Hits Taiwan

January 21, 2025 by Author

Taipei, Taiwan: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, injuring 27 people and causing ceilings of homes to cave in according to local authorities. An AFP journalist in the capital Taipei felt tremors for nearly a minute as the shallow quake struck shortly after midnight. The epicenter was recorded 12 … Read more