Fire engulfed a luxury building Thursday near where tens of thousands of people gathered for Dubai’s massive New Year’s Eve fireworks display.
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A spokesman for the Italian police force said there would be more than 30 percent more officers on duty across the country than a year ago, “not because it’s New Year but because of what happened on November 13 in Paris”.
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Sydney City Lord Mayor Clover Moore said at least 60 tonnes of waste – or half an Olympic-size pool’s worth of rubbish – was cleared.
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The Belgian authorities canceled a fireworks display and other events that had attracted 100,000 people past year after uncovering what they said was a plan to attack popular attractions during celebrations in the capital, Brussels. Prosecutors said they were holding the other three for a further 24 hours. All residents were safely evacuated, police said, and the emirate’s government said celebrations would go ahead as planned.
(AP Photo/ Yorgos Karahalis ) Fireworks explode above the ancient temple of Parthenon atop the Acropolis hill during the New Year celebrations in Athens on January 1, 2016.
More than a million people turned out for Sydney’s annual fireworks extravaganza, filling boats, balconies and waterside parks and cheering loudly as the first bursts of color erupted over the iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
Revellers in Australia and New Zealand were among the first to usher in 2016.
In Brussels, 2016 was to be rung in without the customary fireworks display and downtown street party.
Countries around the world are marking the New Year, with festivities now under way across Asia. Traditionally, Germans welcome the new year with fireworks, jelly doughnuts and lots of champagne and sparkling wine.
An ex-con seeking to prove he was worthy of joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria planned to carry out a New Year’s Eve attack at an upstate NY bar using a machete and knives provided by an FBI informant, federal authorities announced Thursday.
In New York, police tightened security for the traditional New Year’s Eve dropping of the crystal ball in Times Square, where more than a million people were expected.
“Although the celebrations have drawn to a close, officers continue to work through the night to facilitate the clean up operation and bring the area back to normality in time for the New Year’s Day parade”.
On the nearby Gaza Strip, the Islamist group Hamas has banned public New Year’s Eve parties.
Thousands of people, including North Korean refugees, were expected to gather at a town near the border with North Korea to watch one of the ceremonies and wish for unification between the two nations. Police advised revelers not to go to the fireworks displays without tickets and to be ready to have their belongings searched.
Those who misbehaved included a 57-year-old man who allegedly made a hoax bomb threat on Sydney’s North Shore just after midnight.
In Russia, officials said the closure of Red Square, usually the focal point of celebrations, was to allow the filming of a New Year concert. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, shortly after midnight during the New Year celebrations, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
Rio de Janeiro kicked off its Olympic year with a fiesta on Copacabana Beach attended by more than 2 million people, according to police estimates.
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“Of course we’re scared”, she said.
