Lunar New Year celebrations begin Wednesday. Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake.

Asian stock markets are trading mixed on Tuesday, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight, as traders are reluctant to

The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in China and many other Asian countries. Celebrations will last until mid-February.

Welcome to the Year of the Snake. The traditional Chinese zodiac calendar would have it that we’re in for a time of transformation—which certainly seems

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng has reintroduced measures to make the Lunar New Year a federal holiday in conjunction with a resolution to recognize the historical and cultural significance of the traditional Asian holiday.

If you want to greet your relatives or impress your friends, here are some popular Mandarin and Cantonese phrases, and how to pronounce them.

Lunar New Year has become a global celebration and a surprisingly positive period for Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto — replete with modernizing the hongbao (financial gifts in red envelopes), memecoins bearing the year’s zodiac animal and increased trading activities in Asian hours.

Global shares are trading mixed after Wall Street’s tech superstars tumbled as a competitor from China raised doubts over the recent artificial-intelligence market frenzy. Shares rose in early Tuesday trading in Germany and Britain while falling in France.

Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.

Take a look at what the Year of the Snake means as 1.5 billion people ring in the start of the Chinese New Year across the globe.

Asian shares were mixed in thin Lunar New Year trading on Tuesday after Wall Street’s tech superstars tumbled as a competitor from China raised

Asian stock markets are trading mixed on Thursday, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight, after the US Fed