crime Deadly gunshots at Chinese New Year celebrations in USA Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department addresses the assembled reporters during a news conference. photo © Jae C. Hong/AP/dpa Not a day goes by without gun violence in the United States. Now a gunman opened fire on the sidelines of a Chinese New Year celebration in Monterey Park, where many people of Asian descent live. Fear and disbelief after the fatal shots at a Chinese New Year...
crime Deadly gunshots at Chinese New Year celebrations in USA Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department addresses the assembled reporters during a news conference. photo © Jae C. Hong/AP/dpa Not a day goes by without gun violence in the United States. Now a gunman opened fire on the sidelines of a Chinese New Year celebration in Monterey Park, where many people of Asian descent live. Fear and disbelief after the fatal shots at a Chinese New Year...
STORY: Several people have been shot dead in Monterey Park, California. The Los Angeles County Sheriff said a man was suspected. However, it is unclear whether he is still at large. According to media reports, the shots were fired at 10 p.m. local time on Saturday at a Chinese New Year celebration attended by thousands of people. A local resident reports: GABRIEL: "I had my headphones on. But I heard some noises and I was like, 'Is that fireworks? I...
Status: 01/22/2023 12:54 p.m Ten people were killed on the fringes of a Chinese New Year celebration in a Los Angeles suburb. According to the police, a man shot himself. Eyewitnesses say he used an automatic rifle. In Monterey Park, an eastern suburb of Los Angeles in the US state of California, ten people were shot and at least ten others were injured. That was announced by the police. A man reportedly fired the shots at a Chinese New Year...
Chinese all over the world - pictured is a family in Beijing - have welcomed the New Year according to the traditional lunar calendar. The Year of the Rabbit follows the Year of the Tiger. In Chinese mythology, the fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac stands for harmony and longevity, among other things.Open detailed view (Photo: Bertha Wang/AP)In China, the turn of the year took place on Sunday night (local time). It is the first New Year since...
As of: 01/21/2023 6:18 p.m Millions of Chinese are celebrating the traditional New Year festival with their families for the first time in three years. Even if the corona measures have been lifted, the celebrations are overshadowed by the pandemic. Chinese around the world welcomed the new year according to the traditional lunar calendar. The Year of the Rabbit follows the Year of the Tiger. In Chinese mythology, the fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac stands for harmony...
STORY: In China, the wave of travel for the Chinese New Year began on Saturday. Hundreds of millions of people are expected to travel to their families in their hometowns over the next few days. The mass migration comes amid a wave of coronavirus infections across the country that has overwhelmed hospitals and sparked international concern. Opinion was divided among travelers in Beijing: "I'm worried that I'll bring the virus to relatives. That would not be good for her health....
STORY: There were big, visually stunning and impressive celebrations at the beginning of the new year all over the world. It started relatively early, including in Australia. Sydney, Australia A big show was torched there at the world-famous Harbor Bridge. According to the organizers, the 12-minute firework display consisted of 100,000 individual pyrotechnic effects. Hong Kong, China Hong Kong welcomed in the new year with a multimedia light show, among other things. Only a few days earlier, the corona-related requirements...
Happy New Year: Many people in Germany welcome the New Year with happy parties and colorful fireworks. In other countries, billions of people welcome the new year. Happy New Year: Billions of people all over the world welcomed the year 2023. In Germany, too, there were big fireworks again this time after the pandemic-related sales bans of previous years. In unusually mild weather with double-digit temperatures in many places, people hugged each other to wish each other a Happy New...
Status: 01/01/2023 06:38 a.m Germany welcomed the year 2023 with unusually warm weather. Many people celebrated the turn of the year with fireworks for the first time in two years. In Berlin there was another New Year's Eve party with an audience. The new year 2023 has begun. All over Germany, people celebrated the turn of the year at midnight more exuberantly than the last two times - now without corona restrictions for parties. It was exceptionally mild at night...
