A petition to cancel Sydney’s famous New Year’s Eve fireworks and use the money to fight bushfires ringing the city has topped 260,000 signatures, but officials say the show will go on. Sydney is ...

Countries around the world are welcoming 2026 with millions of people Down Under celebrating the new year. In New Zealand’s biggest city, Auckland, fireworks went off as the clock struck midnight at ...

The New Year’s Eve firework display at Sydney Harbour will go ahead as planned, despite a total fire ban and calls for it to be canceled due to Australia’s bushfire crisis. At least 11 other firework ...

Australia’s prime minister says the wildfires won’t stop Sydney from staging its iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks show but the city’s fire chief isn’t ruling out having to cancel it if conditions ...

The midnight fireworks were watched around the world as one of the first major events to mark 2026. Organisers the City of Sydney council said the show was choreographed to “bespoke soundtracks,” ...

Crowds counted down the clock at the Sydney Harbour Bridge in New South Wales as the city rang in the New Year. BBC News reported that “peace” and “unity” lit up the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a large ...