In China, new year festivities, with a history spanning 3,500 years, begin on the second new moon after the winter solstice. This date, usually in late January or February, marks the start of spring.

The UK rang in the New Year with celebrations and fireworks despite weather warnings across the country. Watch how ...

Before reaching the 1978 peace deal between Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter managed months of intense preparation, high-stakes negotiations at Camp David and a field trip ...