New York—The world’s eight billion people have been ushering in 2023, bidding farewell to a turbulent year marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi’s World Cup glory, and the deaths of Queen Elizabeth, Pele, and former pope Benedict. Many set aside pinched budgets and a virus that is increasingly forgotten, but not gone, to embrace a party atmosphere on New Year’s Eve after three pandemic-dampened years. In New York, confetti rained down after the famous ball drop at Times Square, a tradition that dates to 1907, with visitors from across the world waiting hours in the chilly…