The world welcomes the new year 2024: Some places are filled with brilliant fireworks, others are filled with gloomy thoughts
(Baonghean.vn) - According to Reuters news agency, the world has entered the first day of 2024 with a range of emotions, many places happily celebrate the new year, but many places are immersed in a gloomy atmosphere.
Australia:Sydney welcomes 2024 with a dazzling fireworks display to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the famous Opera House.
Gaza:Gazans are hardly hoping 2024 will bring much relief after 12 weeks of Israeli war to eliminate Hamas. In Rafah, the border area between Gaza and Egypt that has become the biggest hub for Palestinians fleeing other parts of the Gaza Strip, people on the last day of the old year were more concerned with trying to find shelter, food and water than thinking about the new year.
“In 2024, I wish to return to the ruins of my house, put up a tent and live there,” said Abu Abdullah al-Agha, a middle-aged Palestinian whose home in Khan Younis was destroyed and who lost a niece and nephew in an Israeli airstrike.
KnitMach:Queen Margrethe II of Denmark used her annual New Year's address on December 31, 2023, to announce that she will abdicate on January 14, 2024, after 52 years on the throne. The throne will pass to her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik.
Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is set to run for re-election in March, made only a passing reference to the war in Ukraine in his New Year's address on Sunday, praising his soldiers as heroes but mostly stressing unity and common resolve.
Ukraine:President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his New Year's address that Ukraine has become stronger in overcoming serious difficulties, amid a war with Russia that has lasted nearly two years. He mentioned the word "war" 14 times in the 20-minute speech.
China:Chinese President Xi Jinping, speaking on December 31, 2023 in a televised New Year speech, said the country will consolidate and enhance the positive trend of economic recovery in 2024, and maintain long-term economic development with deeper reforms.
DynastyFairy:Pyongyang has vowed to launch three new spy satellites, build military drones and bolster its nuclear arsenal by 2024, as leader Kim Jong Un asserted US policy was making war inevitable.
France:French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised New Year's address that 2024 would be "a year of pride for our France" marked by the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire.
Virtue:Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in his traditional end-of-year speech that 2023 would bring “a lot of suffering and bloodshed”, but promised that “we in Germany will get through this”.
Older brother:London welcomes the new year with the chimes of the famous Big Ben clock tower, fireworks and a display of news highlights including the coronation of King Charles.
America:In New York, tens of thousands of people gathered in Times Square in Manhattan to watch the illuminated ball drop at midnight, following scheduled performances by musicians including Megan Thee Stallion and LL Cool J.
Earlier, President Joe Biden said in an interview that he hoped revelers realized “we are better positioned than any country in the world to lead the world.”
Brazil:A dazzling fireworks display lit up Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach, where nearly 2 million people gathered to welcome the new year.
