Fireworks exploded over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as Australia’s largest city ushers in the New Year.
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“Every year officers are rostered to work New Year’s Eve and Notting Hill Carnival as these are major policing operations in our annual calendar of events”. Horns blared and crowds cheered as the tower was lit up with fireworks, with colours shifting from green to red to white. As midnight approached, families bundled up for visits to neighborhood temples, where the ritual ringing of giant bronze bells reverberated via the coolness.
Paris and Brussels have canceled typical New Years Eve fireworks shows altogether.
According to the International Date Line, Samoa and Kiribati became the first countries to welcome the New Year.
The emirate said New Year’s Eve celebrations will go on as planned.
She also addressed concerns that the Met’s focus on policing the New Year’s fireworks on the Thames would reduce coverage of other boroughs. A larger procession of the statue will be held 9 January. Suicide vests and explosives were found during police raids. The official was not authorized to brief reporters so requested anonymity. However, police will limit the number allowed in to just 25,000.
National Police spokesman Maj. Among them was Chris Browne, a tourist from London, who watched with her husband, Stephen, standing behind her. They said they hoped no one was injured.
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As the clock struck midnight, a pyrotechnic display started in rhythm with the show’s theme song, brightening up the sky above Victoria Harbour for eight minutes with dazzling pyrotechnics, fireworks and special lighting, including over 160 smiley faces and heart-shaped patterns, symbolizing joy and love.
It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which ran up at least 20 stories of the building near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper at 828 meters (905 yards).
From there, the fireworks were to light up the sky around the sail-shaped Burj Al Arab and later down near the Dubai Marina. Fireworks also will be on display in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the country of seven emirates.
“It’s pretty scary stuff”, she said.
Jordan has taken a high-profile role in the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State extremist group. A civil defense official told The Associated Press by phone that the building was evacuated and no injuries were reported.
The partying will happen at a time when Brazil is mired in crisis. The party begins with musical acts, including Luke Bryan, Charlie Puth, Demi Lovato and Carrie Underwood, and ends with fireworks and the descent of a glittering crystal ball from a rooftop flagpole.
Around 6,000 New York Police Department officers will fill Times Square on Thursday as revelers celebrate during the nation’s most famous New Year’s Eve party. Everyone arriving gets screened for weapons with a metal-detecting wand. Celebrations were cancelled in Brussels over fears of terrorist atrocities and scaled back in Paris and Moscow.
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“It’s better not to take any risks”, Mayor Yvan Mayeur said on Wednesday after police arrested two people suspected of plotting to launch attacks during the festivities at Brussels landmarks. This year is no different. “It does not need to be an excellent one, but just a normal one”.
