The new Constellation Ball, the centerpiece of the annual Times Square countdown celebration, is the ninth and largest version of the NYE sphere.

Chinese New Year is making a grand return to Aubervilliers on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, featuring its traditional parade ...

Here are three things to know about that New Year’s Eve confetti you can use to impress your friends in between the toasts. A 71-year-old man named Treb Heining — aka the “confetti king” — leads an ...

The annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will feature more red, white and blue this year. Keeping with tradition, the Constellation Ball will drop from the One Times Square building, ...

New Zealand and Australia were among the first to welcome 2026, but in Sydney and some other cities, the festivities are tinged by grief.

From New York to Paris to Sydney, crowds have marked the start of 2026 with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or drumming.

While many watched the countdown in Times Square, with the traditional crystal ball drop, cities and counties across ...

Those who spoke to The Herald were ending their year in the heart of the city and looking forward to a better and brighter 2026.

Thousands of people braved frigid temperatures in Times Square to celebrate and witness the dropping of the ball at midnight ...

Before the Times Square ball drops to usher in 2026, organizers of the global spectacle test launched colorful confetti into the Crossroads of the World. The multicolored confetti was launched at 11 a ...

Shortly after midnight in Times Square, there will be a second moment of celebration with a special design on the ball.