People around the world prepare for New Year’s Eve as the final countdown approaches.

CNN Travel reveals the best places to visit in 2026, from Japan and Spain to Australia and the Caribbean, highlighting culture, food, nature and once-in-a-lifetime events.

It’s out with the old and in with the new in Times Square this year as the famous New Year’s Eve ball drop rings in 2026 with a dazzling new ball — the largest in the history of an event that started ...

The US stock market is about to achieve something so rare that it’s only happened five times since the 1940s: three consecutive years of double-digit gains.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, Madrid’s most famous clock located in iconic Puerta del Sol has marked the 12 chimes on New Year’s Eve. CNN’s Pau Mosquera gives us a rare inside look.

Thieves used the quiet Christmas period to drill their way into the vault of a German retail bank and make off with at least 10 million euros’ worth of money and valuables from safe deposit boxes.

CNN's Will Ripley reports on the live-fire drills that China staged just off the coast of Taiwan.

CNN’s Elex Michaelson reports on the final touches being put on the floats in Pasadena, California for the Rose Bowl Parade on January 1.

Another series of atmospheric river-enhanced storms is set to soak California as the new year begins, bringing a flood threat back to the state just days after a destructive Christmas-week storm left ...

A train crash near Peru’s Machu Picchu has left one dead and dozens injured, including foreign tourists. Eyewitness video verified by Reuters shows passengers evacuating the train.

Ridley stars in a different take on the zombie/dead rising genre. Rick Damigella reports.

Thailand released 18 Cambodian soldiers on Wednesday under an renewed ceasefire agreed by the two countries at the weekend, authorities from both countries said, easing tensions after weeks of deadly ...