Новости за 01.01.2026

In major supermarket chains, customers were constantly reminded of the coming change. Juliana Golcheva, a restaurant owner in the southwestern town of Sandanski, told local media: "We will definitely need some time to adapt."

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 1 (ANI): Union Minister of State Murlidhar Mohol on Thursday expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will once again secure the Mayor's post in Pune Municipal Corporation Election citing extensive development works carried out in the city under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Centre, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis led NDA government in Mahar

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 1 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Thursday, visited the Tara Devi Temple in Shimla on the first day of the New Year, where he offered prayers and sought blessings from the Goddess Tara Mata for his resolutions and commitments.

(260101) -- SOFIA, Jan. 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Vegetables are labeled with prices in both euros and Bulgarian lev at a market in Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. 31, 2025. Bulgaria joined the eurozone and adopted the euro as its official currency on New Year's Day, becoming the 21st member of the euro area.

(260101) -- ARXAN, Jan. 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo shows tourists rafting on the Halha River in the city of Arxan of Hinggan League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 1, 2026. Despite Arxan's frigid winter cold, this geothermally-affected section of the Halha River never freezes, which attracts great amount of tourists in winter. (Xinhua/Ma Jinrui)

(260101) -- ARXAN, Jan. 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Tourists ride horses across the Halha River in the city of Arxan of Hinggan League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 1, 2026. Despite Arxan's frigid winter cold, this geothermally-affected section of the Halha River never freezes, which attracts great amount of tourists in winter. (Photo by Wang Zheng/Xinhua)

KAMPALA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has been racing to bring its oil and gas fields in the west of the country into commercial production, a long-awaited milestone that officials said could propel the East African nation onto a path of double-digit economic growth from 2026.

DHAKA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves reached more than 28.5 billion U.S. dollars in December last year.

SOFIA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- In a dimly lit supermarket, an elderly man stood at the checkout counter, his gnarled hands rummaging through his wallet for familiar lev coins. When the cashier handed him shiny new euro coins in return, he examined them carefully, a mix of curiosity and apprehension etched across his face. At midnight on Jan. 1, 2026, Bulgaria officially stepped into the eurozone.

In Bulgaria, the first baby of 2026 was born in Sofia, a boy named Boyan, who arrived at a city maternity hospital just 35 minutes past midnight. Weighing 4,150 grams and measuring 54 centimeters in length, he marked the country's earliest newborn for the year. The last babies of 2025 at the same facility were twin girls.

TAIPEI, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- As Taiwan is seeing an economic boom fueled by its advantage in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure supply to the rapidly expanding global market, statistics reflecting ordinary people's lives on the island tell a different story.

* A poll by the Pew Research Center in December found that only 17 percent of Americans trust the federal government to do the right thing "most of the time" or "just about always," marking one of the lowest levels in nearly seven decades.

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 1 (ANI): Another Hindu man in Bangladesh was allegedly attacked by a mob of miscreants, who seriously injured him and then set him on fire in Shariatpur's Damudya region of the country.

By Kaushal Verma

New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): India's bio-CNG industry is calling for assured long-term offtake arrangements, consistent policy support and faster approvals to scale decentralised plants nationwide, as these measures are critical to making projects bankable and accelerating the clean-energy transition.

'Policy support, assured offtake, carbon credits, and ESG-linked financing remain

Hong Kong, January 1 (ANI): Chairman Xi Jinping continues to invest heavily in the People's Liberation Army (PLA), as China's military approaches his 2027 'centennial military building goal'. To realize the goal, which Xi publicly enunciated in October 2020, China is strengthening its nuclear deterrence and military coercive capacity.

NANJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- On the assembly line of TLD Asia (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., robotic arms move swiftly as workers complete their final inspections of new cargo loaders destined for major Chinese airports.

New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): Tata Motors reported robust performance in the third quarter of 2025-26 and December. Total commercial vehicle (CV) sales rose 21 per cent year-on-year to 115,577 units in the October-December quarter, compared with 95,770 units in the same period last fiscal.

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by 13 million U.S. dollars during the past week, the central bank said on Thursday.

The initiative is backed by President Emmanuel Macron, who said in his end-of-yearaddresson Wednesday that there was a need to protect our children and teenagers from social networks and screens.

Stood At 50,046 Units YoY Growth Of 13.15%

After launching the highly anticipated Sierra SUV in India,Tata Motorshas closed the sales account for the month of December 2025 on a positive note, where YoY sales analysis is concerned in the domestic market. The companys domestic and export operations along with their EV business under Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd all fell in the green.

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh's first female prime minister, Khaleda Zia, passed away after a prolonged illness. She was 80.

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts: United Site Services, the largest provider of portable sanitation systems in the United States, has filed for bankruptcy protection in New Jersey as it seeks to shed US$2.4 billion in debt and transfer ownership of the company to its lenders.

Economic strain is only one part of the picture Americans carry into the new year. One year after Donald Trump returned to the White House, political rifts and polarization have not eased, and in many places have deepened.

BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- With the world beset by conflicts, economic turbulence and climate crisis, world leaders rang in the new year with renewed appeals for unity, resilience, peace -- and hope that better days lie ahead.

BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to work with the European Union (EU) on global climate change, but will firmly take all necessary measures in response to any unfair trade restrictions, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday regarding the EU's newly effective Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).