The New Year is always a very stressful time, full of worries about what’s to come, what’s going to change, what’s the next thing that’s going to happen, however, maintaining a neutral position about what’s to come. important, and it would be even better if the person found things to look forward to. Here are the top 10 things you can happily look forward to next year.
The future of TikTok?
Congress has overwhelmingly passed legislation to ban TikTok from US app stores until January 19 unless Beijing-based ByteDance sells its stake. However, when they appealed to the Supreme Court on the grounds that the ban violates First Amendment free speech rights, the court will hear the case on January 10.
Still, with conservatives aligned with Trump on the court and Trump himself in favor of the app, saying, “We’re going to have to put up with this idiot for a while,” it will be interesting to see whether the U.S. and ByteDance The concerns of both can be satisfied.
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Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams are returning
NASA announced that stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return to Earth by March 2025 after another delay.
The astronauts departed for the ISS on June 5, 2024, aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as part of a test flight, with plans to return to Earth a week later, but were aborted due to technical problems with the spacecraft. Return was delayed.
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oasis reunion
Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher are reuniting for the Oasis Live 2025 Tour after a 15-year-long feud between them. The tour will begin on July 4, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales, although the band has promised more dates outside the UK later in the year.
This finally answers one of rock’s biggest will-they-don’t-they questions.
In a release, he said, “There’s no big revelatory moment that ignited the reunion – just a gradual realization that the time is right.”
Photo credit: @oasis on Instagram
grand theft auto vi release
Although the release date of Grand Theft Auto VI has not been revealed, it is expected to arrive in late 2025. The game has already broken the Guinness World Record for the most viewed video game with its trailer garnering over 168 million views.
Grand Theft Auto V has sold over 190 million units.
Photo courtesy: @gta6ixofficial on Instagram
COP 30 in Brazil
The 2025 United Nations Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 30) will be held in Belém, Brazil in November 2025 and will include the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 30). But the irony is that this meeting can harm the environment.
A new highway, Avenida Liberdade, has been approved to facilitate traffic in and out of Belém, which would cut through its protected area and hinder the movement of wildlife.
COP 28 session in Dubai, where COP 30 was formalized in Belém, Brazil
Jubilee 2025
The Italian capital is preparing for a spectacular celebration of the return of the Catholic Church in 2025. This important event, which takes place every 25 years, is expected to attract lakhs of pilgrims to the city.
The festivities will begin on December 24, 2024, with a symbolic ceremony: the opening of the Sacred Gate.
One of the highlights of the Jubilee is the Historic Seven Churches Pilgrimage. This revered tradition, which dates back to the 16th century, involves a 25km walk through the city and surrounding countryside, visiting seven major basilicas along the way.
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world expo 2025
Osaka is preparing to host the World Expo in 2025, 55 years after setting the record for the most attended Expo of the 20th century in 1970. The city is determined to surpass its past success, and its plans are nothing short of impressive.
Renowned Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed a breathtaking centerpiece for the Expo: a 20-meter-high, 2-kilometer-long Grand Ring that will encircle the entire site. Visitors will be able to walk along the ring while enjoying spectacular views of the expo and Osaka Bay.
With its unique blend of architecture, technology and international collaboration, Expo 2025 is shaping up to be an unforgettable experience.
Photo credit: @expo2025japan on Instagram
tv show
2025 will be an exciting year for television shows as the most awaited shows are returning after a long hiatus. Be it comedy, mystery or drama, this year will be quite busy.
- Yellowjackets (survival thriller and drama) will return with Season 3 of the show. The show will premiere on February 16, 2025.
- The White Lotus (dark comedy, social satire) will return in February 2025 and will be set in Thailand.
- The Handmaid’s Tale (dystopian fiction), based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, will also be released in 2025 along with Season 6 of the show. This will be the final season of the show.
- The Last of Us (post-apocalyptic drama) is a zombie drama series based on a video game of the same name, which became HBO’s most-watched first season.
- Stranger Things (supernatural action-drama) will conclude its final season on Netflix. The series pays homage to Stephen King and Steven Spielberg. The fourth season was the second most streamed Netflix show of all time.
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Movies
- Tom Cruise, 62, reprises his role as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the eighth film in the franchise. It will pick up where 2022’s Dead Reckoning Part One ended.
- Superman, in which David Corenswet plays a 25-year-old version of the DC character, is titled “Chapter One: Gods and Monsters”. Rachel Brosnahan plays Lois Lane in the film.
- 28 Years Later, starring Cillian Murphy, is a zombie apocalypse film that brings back the undead. It is the first in a planned trilogy.
- Snow White, co-written by Greta Gerwig, stars Rachel Zegler and stars Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen.
- Lionsgate’s most anticipated film of the year is Michael, a biographical film based on the life of Michael Jackson. The film stars the pop icon’s nephew, Jafar Jackson.
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books
- How to Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris; The book is based on a couple who have separated due to their political differences. The book is about romantic and sibling love, how identity evolves over time, ambition and monogamy.
- Three Days in June by Anne Tyler; This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s 25th novel, which revolves around a marriage story that no one would expect.
- Written by Emma Petty, Tilt is a natural disaster adventure novel that focuses on the anxieties associated with motherhood, marriage, and career.
- The Next Day by Melinda French Gates; A memoir in which she explores the themes of life changes, becoming a parent, and recently parting ways with the organization she started with her ex-husband Bill Gates.
- Matriarchy: A Memoir by Tina Knowles; The mother of Beyoncé and Solange tells her story through this book, how she raised superstar daughters and the challenges that came her way, basically how she became one of the most famous moms in the world.
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