Tag: #NewYear
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Over 16,000 children will be born in Pakistan on New Year’s Day – UNICEF
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 01 (APP):The world will welcome more than 392,000 babies, including 16,787 in Pakistan, on New Year’s Day, according to estimates from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The agency believes 2020’s first baby will be born in Fiji and that globally, over half of all births on January 1 will take place, besides…
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Smoky Sydney to kick off New Year parties with fireworks
Sydney, Dec 31 (AFP/APP): Smoke-choked Sydney ushered in the New Year with a huge fireworks display, kicking off celebrations for billions around the world and ringing in the new decade. Australia’s largest city usually puts on a dazzling display of pyrotechnics over the glittering harbour, but this year’s celebrations have been overshadowed by calls to…
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Queen admits ‘bumpy’ year in Xmas message
London, Dec 24 (AFP/APP): Queen Elizabeth II will describe 2019 as “quite bumpy” in her traditional Christmas Day message, after a year of crises which saw Britain divided over its impending exit from the European Union and her son Prince Andrew forced to withdraw from public life. The 93-year-old monarch, whose husband Philip is receiving…