Tonga, Palmyra Atoll (USA), USA, and Zanzibar (Tanzania). Most readers would consider this list to be an eclectic mix of dream destinations from the well-known to the esoteric. The top ...

From Sydney to New York, cities were once again ablaze with colorful lights on the night of January 1st. There were spectacular fireworks displays in Sydney and New York, for example. In Vienna ...

Tonga is starting the new year with a new prime minister. Parliament elected him in a special session on Christmas Eve. ʻAisake Eke assumes office less than a year before the South Pacific nation of ...

Specifically, its Kiritimati Atoll or Christmas Island enters 2025 before anyone ... An hour later, most of New Zealand, Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati’s Phoenix Islands, and some Antarctica regions ...

This Pacific Ocean atoll, which is a part of the Republic of Kiribati ... Kiribati changed the international date line in 1995. The Chatham Islands and Tonga in New Zealand greet the new year after ...

The Pacific Island nation was followed by Chatham Islands in New Zealand at 5:15 a.m. ET and then most of New Zealand celebrated at 6 a.m., along with Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati’s Phoenix ...

6 a.m. ET Most of New Zealand (with a few exceptions) and Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati’s Phoenix ... outlying islands (including the Midway Atoll), and Niue, an island nation in the South ...