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Independence Day Observed Friday as Services, Markets and Retail Schedules Shift

The observance changes federal office hours, pauses most carrier pickup and delivery on Saturday, changes market trading schedules.

Calendar Leaves Brazil With Months-Long Gap Before Next National Long Weekend

Scotland Given One-Off World Cup Bank Holiday as UK Holiday Dates Shift

Memorial Day Falls on Earliest Possible Date as Families and States Recommit to Remembrance

Pfingstmontag Stays a Holiday as Calls to Abolish It Reappear

Memorial Day Closures Hit Costco, Postal Service, Banks and Markets

Shops in North Rhine‑Westphalia Must Stay Closed on Pentecost Sunday

Brewers’ Blake Perkins Delivers Mother’s Day Go-Ahead Hit to Cap Sweep of Yankees

Brazil Marks Mother's Day With AI Tributes as Faith Leader Urges Action on Violence

CBP Warns Mother’s Day Travelers to Declare Flowers at U.S.–Mexico Border

Mother's Day Spending Seen Up 12% in State of Mexico, 9.8% in Mexico City

Pentecost 2026 in Germany Falls on May 24–25

Romanian Driver Going 176 km/h Says She Rushed for Easter Cake, Loses License for 120 Days

Peru Sets May 1 Long Weekend as Buenos Aires Towns Declare April Days Off

Brazil’s Next Holiday Is Tiradentes on April 21

SEP Confirms April 13 Return for Most Schools, With Aguascalientes Shifting Its Break

Easter in Italy: Most Supermarkets Close Sunday, More Reopen Monday

Chile Switches to Winter Time, One Hour Behind Argentina

Germany’s Good Friday Dance Ban Stands, With Bavaria Imposing 70 Hours of Restrictions

Holy Thursday 2026: Meaning, Debated Name, and a Papal Ritual Shift