On the brink of a new year, the world faces a daunting array of challenges: the resurgent Covid-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism, humanitarian crises, mass migration, and trans-national terrorism. There is the risk of new inter-state conflicts, exacerbated by the breakdown of the rules-based international order, and the spread of lethal autonomous weapons. All in all, for most people on Earth – and a handful in space – 2022 will be another year of living dangerously.
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The world in 2022: another year of living dangerously | World news | The Guardian
Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts
1/1/14
2014: Thousands in Netherlands take icy New Year's dip
Tens of thousands of revellers across the Netherlands braved the chilly winter weather on Wednesday to take a traditional New Year's plunge in the North Sea's icy waters.
Around 10,000 swimmers - most dressed only in shorts and bikinis - stormed the waves at The Hague's historic Scheveningen beach, while around 34,000 others did the same in 125 locations around the lowlands country, organisers said.
The so-called "Nieuwejaarsduik" (New Year's Dive) started in 1960 when a few friends decided to go for a swim to herald in a fresh start to the new year, organiser Esther Okker told AFP.
Since then it has grown into an annual tradition, with swimmers receiving a coveted orange beanie hat and a tin of Dutch pea soup as a reward from the event's sponsors.
Read more: Thousands in Netherlands take icy New Year's dip
Around 10,000 swimmers - most dressed only in shorts and bikinis - stormed the waves at The Hague's historic Scheveningen beach, while around 34,000 others did the same in 125 locations around the lowlands country, organisers said.
The so-called "Nieuwejaarsduik" (New Year's Dive) started in 1960 when a few friends decided to go for a swim to herald in a fresh start to the new year, organiser Esther Okker told AFP.
Since then it has grown into an annual tradition, with swimmers receiving a coveted orange beanie hat and a tin of Dutch pea soup as a reward from the event's sponsors.
Read more: Thousands in Netherlands take icy New Year's dip
1/1/13
2013: World Giving Enthusiastic Welcome To New Year
As the world rang in 2013 with spectacular fireworks displays and showers of confetti, the specter of economic uncertainty and searing violence dimmed some festivities and weighed on the minds of revelers hoping for a better year.
"With all the sadness in the country, we're looking for some good changes in 2013," Laura Concannon, of Hingham, Mass., said as she, her husband, Kevin, and his parents joined hundreds of thousands of people who celebrated the new year in Times Square on Monday.
Matias Dellanno, 37, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, stood in the middle of the square with his wife and 3-year-old son. His eyes caught the multicolored lighting illuminating the square just before midnight.
"I feel a completely new hope for 2013," he said. "It can't be any worse than last year, when my business lost clients. It was a rough year for everyone. The new year has to be better!"
Read more: New Year's 2013: World Giving Enthusiastic Welcome To New Year
"With all the sadness in the country, we're looking for some good changes in 2013," Laura Concannon, of Hingham, Mass., said as she, her husband, Kevin, and his parents joined hundreds of thousands of people who celebrated the new year in Times Square on Monday.
Matias Dellanno, 37, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, stood in the middle of the square with his wife and 3-year-old son. His eyes caught the multicolored lighting illuminating the square just before midnight.
"I feel a completely new hope for 2013," he said. "It can't be any worse than last year, when my business lost clients. It was a rough year for everyone. The new year has to be better!"
Read more: New Year's 2013: World Giving Enthusiastic Welcome To New Year
12/31/12
Major events in 2012
Major World Events in 2012
New Years Eve: what will people be doing?
What are you doing tonight? If you're staying home you won't be alone.
So says the folks at CivicScience, a polling and data gathering firm in Pittsburgh which polled a large sample of people over the weekend.
- Some 33% of us have no plans, with 38% of us staying home tonight. Only 3% are hosting a party. Fourteen percent of us will be attending a party.
- Will we be watching TV? Some 37% say they won't be, with 35% watching a variety of New Year's Eve shows.
- And the party pooping continues. Some 64% of those polled say they have no family gathering on New Year's Day.
Read more: What are we doing New Year's Eve? Not much
So says the folks at CivicScience, a polling and data gathering firm in Pittsburgh which polled a large sample of people over the weekend.
- Some 33% of us have no plans, with 38% of us staying home tonight. Only 3% are hosting a party. Fourteen percent of us will be attending a party.
- Will we be watching TV? Some 37% say they won't be, with 35% watching a variety of New Year's Eve shows.
- And the party pooping continues. Some 64% of those polled say they have no family gathering on New Year's Day.
Read more: What are we doing New Year's Eve? Not much
12/20/07
EU-DIGEST: HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WISHES FOR A SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION IN 2008
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WISHES FOR A SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION IN 2008
May 2008 bring a spiritual revolution to your life beyond your wildest dreams and the realization that you can believe in things you can't touch, like freedom, peace, friendship, love, eternity and God. Happy Holidays !
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