Sydney kicked off New Year celebrations with a spectacular fireworks display as revellers across the globe defied global terror alerts to see in 2017 in style. The most sought-after vistas from peninsulas around Sydney’s Opera House are now ticketed, and hundreds slept out in queues overnight to get the best spots when gates opened on Saturday morning.
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The New Year’s Eve is one everyone looks forward to.
A massive fireworks display has set ablaze Sydney Harbour with light and colour as Australia’s largest city ushered in 2017.
A man sparked an Australian New Year’s Eve terror scare by allegedly posting a threatening message to a blog website, a court has heard. The last places on Earth to see in the New Year are minor outlying United States islands like Baker Island and Howland Island. You don’t need to visit Australia to witness the grand welcome celebration on New Year 2017.
Israel on Friday issued a warning of imminent “terrorist attacks” to tourists and western targets in India, telling its citizens to avoid public places. This is made possible thanks to a Facebook Live video stream that will showcase Iceland’s dazzling fireworks show that happens each New Year’s Eve. In Las Vegas FBI and Secret Service agents are working alongside local police departments in order to keep safe more than 300,000 expected visitors for the extravagant celebrations.
About 80,000 people packed into Edinburgh city centre after record numbers jetted in ahead of the world-famous street party with performances from The Charlatans, Fatherson and Be Charlotte providing part of the soundtrack.
More than one billion people worldwide are expected to tune in to the fireworks extravaganza on television.
The types of fireworks that cause the most injuries are firecrackers, sparklers and bottle rockets.
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Callaghan Innovation in Lower Hutt is home to New Zealand’s three atomic clocks, which are responsible for this country’s official timekeeping.
