Kiribati is one of the first to celebrate the new year alongside Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau and New Zealand. #FelizAño || La isla ...

Kiribati has become the first place in the world to enter 2026. It officially entered the New Year when it was just 3:30 pm ...

Kiribati decided to make the bold move as the world transitioned from 1994 to 1995. However, something had to give. To make ...

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which had almost entirely kept the coronavirus out, went into lockdown on Saturday for the first time in the pandemic. The government imposed a 24-hour curfew ...

Kiribati steps into the New Year before the rest of the world, while others wait hours behind. Ever wondered why the New Year ...

While most of the world was still finishing the last day of the new year, a small island in the Pacific had already stepped ...

Kiribati, a Pacific island nation, consistently becomes the first country to welcome the New Year due to its strategic ...

It takes a full 26 hours for the whole globe to welcome the new year - join us as we ring in 2026 around the world.

Kiribati is the first country to celebrate the New Year, leading a 26-hour global countdown across 38 time zones.

A fisherman wades in shallow water at the shoreline near the village of Tangintebu on South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati SYDNEY (Reuters) - The remote atoll nation of ...

The Pacific island chain of Kiribati is one of the most densely settled places on Earth. The BBC's Julian Siddle investigates how the island is dealing with its overpopulation problem. Kiribati is ...