The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

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Yoshio Taniguchi, a Japanese architect who gained international fame in 1997 when he was chosen to renovate and expand New ...

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