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Millions across the world mark Persian new year Nowruz

Millions of people around the world are marking Nowruz, the spring festival and Persian new year. The celebrations last for 13 days. For more than 3,000 years, communities in the Middle East and Central Asia have marked Nowruz with special rituals. Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Iraq’s northern Kurdish region. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check…

Vietnam’s incense village gears up for Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Workers in Vietnam’s “incense village” have been busy preparing fragrant sticks for Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year holiday, which starts February 1, 2022. Sales have dropped so far by 30 per cent in 2022, compared to the same period last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The country’s ongoing measures to curb the spread of…

Grandsons make surprise visit to grandparents during Chinese New Year

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Two seven-year-old twin boys made a surprise visit to their grandparents during the Chinese new year holiday in northern China’s Jilin province. The grandparents had not seen their grandsons for a long time because of the pandemic. It was also the first time the twins could celebrate Lunar New Year with their grandparents. Support us: https://subscribe.scmp.com…

What lies ahead for the global economy in 2022? | Counting the Cost

Mass vaccinations, progress in antiviral drugs and eased restrictions. 2021 provided an opportunity for many countries to reverse some economic losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But opening up businesses and returning to normal life has brought numerous setbacks too, such as the rising cost of living. Despite the challenges, hopes were running high for the new year, until the Omicron variant and access to…

Prized bluefin tuna fetches a meagre US$146,000 at Tokyo auction

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube It was a tough start to the new year for Tokyo’s tuna sellers. The first bluefin tuna of the year was sold on January 5, 2022, for 16.9 million yen (US$146,000), down significantly from the 2019 record high of 333.6 million yen (US$2.9 million) . It was the third consecutive year prices at Japan’s Toyosu fish…

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