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New Year's Eve sweeps across the globe, but wars cast a shadow on 2024

Jan. 01, 2024 04:25 AM EST

New Year’s Day arrived to cheers from thousands in New York’s Times Square where a sparkling crystal ball descended to start 2024 with hope for some, even as the world’s ongoing conflicts subdued celebrations and raised security concerns across the globe. “It’s...

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

Dec. 31, 2023 18:30 PM EST

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia. Prigozhin's Aug. 23 death...