Typhoon Yagi Scrambles Vietnam’s Lunar New Year Tradition
A typhoon and extreme heat dramatically affected prices for the kumquat trees that are ubiquitous during the holiday.
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A look at Lunar New Year celebrations
Lunar New Year celebrations kicked off on Wednesday as millions of people welcomed the Year of the Snake. CBS News correspondent Anna Coren reports on the festivities.CBS News - 5h -
Lunar New Year 2025 Photos: See Year of the Snake Celebrations Across Asia
More than a billion people around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year.The New York Times - 7h -
The Year of the Snake is underway with Lunar New Year festivities around the world
Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebratedABC News - 8h -
A Tropical, Chewy Lunar New Year Dessert
The writer and curator Su Wu’s version of tang yuan reflects her family’s history and her life in Mexico City.The New York Times - 18h -
Where is the lunar new year celebrated and who celebrates it?
Communities across the world begin celebrating Lunar New Year on Jan. 29 — and 2025 marks the Year of the Snake.CBS News - 10h -
Diablo 4's Lunar New Year Event Returns, This Time With An Even Bigger XP Buff
Diablo 4 is celebrating the year of the snake with the return of its Lunar Awakening event, and it's making the event even more rewarding than last time around. As detailed by Blizzard, the Lunar ...GameSpot - 12h -
Lunar New Year marked with celebrations around the world
More than a billion people around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year, ushering in the year of the snake. CBS News foreign correspondent Anna Coren has more from Hong Kong.CBS News - 16h -
Chinese travelers cancel Lunar New Year trips to Thailand over safety concerns
Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year holiday, as concerns over the kidnapping of actor Wang Xing continue to reverberate through the country.NBC News - 18h -
‘Less desirable’: behind lunar new year superstitions of a year of the snake
Some say it’s not the time to make life decisions, but others are countering the bad luck – or leaving those beliefs behind. At Asiastar Fantasy Inc, a San Francisco gift shop that specializes in ...The Guardian - 18h -
In pictures: Welcoming the Lunar New Year
Fireworks, music, lanterns, and dragon dancing filled streets across Asia to celebrate the Year of the Snake.BBC News - 19h -
Lunar New Year: Family, food and colour as millions celebrate Year of the Snake
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Across Asia, hundreds of millions gather to mark lunar new year
From China to Indonesia, the year of the snake symbolises wisdom and vitality and is marked by family gatherings and festive red banners across many parts of East and Southeast Asia. Hundreds of ...The Guardian - 1d -
A photographer’s fantastical portrait of rural China during Lunar New Year
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Year of the Snake: PSG show off special Lunar New Year kit
PSG and some other clubs are ushering in the Year of the Snake with a special kit to mark the Lunar New Year.ESPN - 2d -
5 Dumpling Recipes in Time for Lunar New Year
Just in time for Lunar New Year, Cooking writers share the dumplings they love most, with recipes and videos for how to make them.The New York Times - 2d -
Scotland's dying art of traditional nicknames
A practice handed down through generations in Gaelic-speaking communities could be at risk of being lost.BBC News - 3d -
Inside a new documentary's provocative allegations about a famed Vietnam War photo
The Times spoke to team behind "The Stringer" and an attorney for former AP photographer Nick Ut about the film's claims that Ut did not take the photo known as "Napalm Girl."Los Angeles Times - 4d -
Mass travel underway for Lunar New Year
The world's biggest annual migration of humans is underway as mass travel in China reaches a peak this weekend ahead of Lunar New Year. An estimated 9 billion trips are expected across the 40-day ...CBS News - 4d -
China's Lunar New Year travel rush kicks into high gear with 9 billion trips expected
China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of the 40-day annual mass migrationABC News - 5d -
China unleashes record short-term funds ahead of lunar new year
Authorities try to pre-empt holiday cash crunch but shy from cut to reserve requirement ratioFinancial Times - 6d -
Fuchsia Dunlop’s culinary guide to Lunar New Year
The writer, cook and Chinese-food champion gets ready to greet the Year of the Snake. Plus, FT correspondents reveal how their cities will mark the occasionFinancial Times - 6d -
Victor Wembanyama's dominant outing in Paris should be the beginning of a new annual NBA tradition
Victor Wembanyama's trip to Paris was a resounding success for the NBACBS Sports - 6d -
Lunar New Year giveaway of cash, food leaves 4 dead in Cambodia as crowd surges
Four people were killed and five others injured as a crowd scrambled for food and cash handouts from one of Cambodia’s richest men as a Chinese Lunar New Year giftABC News - 6d -
Save On Thousands Of PC Games And Unlock Free Steam Keys During Fanatical's Lunar New Year Sale
Fanatical is celebrating the start of the Year of the Snake with its annual Lunar New Year Sale . The sale runs until February 2, and not only are thousands of PC games on sale, the retailer is ...GameSpot - Jan. 22 -
DHS terminates all its advisory committees, ends "Salt Typhoon" investigation
Among the committees was the Cyber Safety Review Board that was conducting an investigation into the hack of American telecom companies by Beijing actors dubbed "Salt Typhoon."CBS News - Jan. 22 -
The Federal RTO Crackdown Prompts a Scramble for Office Space
The General Services Administration must find workspaces for 2.3 million civil servants ordered back to offices full time—while also carrying out Trump’s pending order to sell off two-thirds of the ...Inc. - Jan. 22 -
How Trump's 2nd inauguration drifted from tradition
President Trump's second inauguration on Monday deviated from traditional norms in a few different ways. CBS News political reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.CBS News - Jan. 21 -
A look at the tradition of presidents leaving letters for their successors
As President Joe Biden prepared to pass the baton to President-elect Donald Trump, he followed the tradition of leaving his successor a note.ABC News - Jan. 20 -
US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches
Plus: New details emerge about China’s cyber espionage against the US, the FBI remotely uninstalls malware on 4,200 US devices, and victims of the PowerSchool edtech breach reveal what hackers stole.Wired - Jan. 18 -
How a stylish crowd celebrates Lunar New Year
Four creatives share their favourite outfits, meals and customs for a prosperous year aheadFinancial Times - Jan. 18 -
Hastings Masters guards chess tradition and unveils a new 16-year-old star
China’s Xue Haowen began the event without any Fide titles and ended it as a grandmaster, unbeaten on 7/9 and breaking Judit Polgar’s record as the youngest winner. Hastings is the grandfather of ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
RedNote Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
Job listings posted in China this week indicate that Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is struggling to handle an influx of new users joining the platform from TikTok.Wired - Jan. 17 -
Three ways Democrats are breaking with tradition before inauguration
Michelle Obama will not attend the swearing-in, as Democrats follow Trump in ignoring some conventions.BBC News - Jan. 16 -
New York state schools will close in celebration of Lunar New Year for the first time
For students across New York, the upcoming Year of the Snake will start off with a bit more of a bang.NBC News - Jan. 15 -
SpaceX to launch two lunar landers in new mission to the moon
Just after midnight Wednesday, a SpaceX rocket is scheduled to lift off, carrying a pair of lunar landers that will try to touch down on the moon in the coming months. One was built by a Japanese ...CBS News - Jan. 14 -
Terror act shatters the New Year in New Orleans
Just hours into the first day of 2025, a 42-year-old Texas man purposely drove a rented pickup through a dense crowd of revelers on New Orleans' Bourbon Street, then opened fire on police officers. ...CBS News - Jan. 5 -
British woman and fiance found dead in Vietnam villa
Greta Marie Otteson, 33, was discovered dead in a room at a tourist villa in Hoi An, police said.BBC News - Jan. 3 -
Conservatives seek commitments as Johnson scrambles for Speaker votes
A dozen hard-line House conservatives are demanding a host of amorphous commitments from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to win their support Friday, throwing his leadership tenure into uncertainty ...The Hill - Jan. 2
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