The mayor’s fireworks display was ticketed for the second year and has sold out. The man was taken to Waverley Police Station and will likely be charged with public mischief, police said.
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Clemson advances to title game, beats OU 37-17
Embattled coach Tommy Bowden resigned after six games, and Swinney who was in charge of receivers took over as the head coach. Deshaun Watson , who finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, will be the best quarterback the Tide have faced this season.
Revelers are starting to fill New York City’s Times Square in the hours before the famed ball drop.
Wenger rejects doubts about Arsenal’s title credentials
Strengths: Spurs are extremely hard working and their good form and results are testament to Pocchetino’s impact on his players. Remember just two weeks ago, heavily favored, they traveled toSouthampton and were sent home having been thrashed 4-0.
City officials released hundreds of emails Thursday related to a police video that was kept secret for more than a year after a white Chicago officer shot a black teenager 16 times.
North Korean leader’s ‘closest comrade’ dies in vehicle accident
The veteran diplomat also served under the late Kim Il Sung, the supreme leader of the North when it was established in 1948. The Korean Central News Agency described him as Kim Jong-un’s “closest comrade, a solid revolutionary partner”.
Thousands of police officers watched over New Year revellers as the night sky above London was illuminated by a spectacular fireworks display.
Meanwhile China is holding an official New Year’s Eve celebration near Beijing’s Forbidden City.
It followed an excitable countdown to the New Year, which was shared in other USA cities including Washington DC.
Thousands of people, including North Korean refugees, were expected to gather at a town near the border with rival North Korea to watch one of the ceremonies and wish for peaceful Korean unification.
Metropolitan Police spokeswoman Superintendent Jo Edwards said: “New Year’s Eve is a major celebration in the diary and the Met has been working with colleagues to ensure celebrations run smoothly and the event is safe and enjoyable for everyone who attends”. REUTERS/Pierre Marsaut Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon atop Acropolis hill during New Year’s day celebrations in Athens, Greece, January 1, 2016.
VATICAN CITY: In the final hours of 2015, Pope Francis is encouraging humanity to hang on to recollections of good deeds, so that gestures of goodness can be seen triumphing over evil. He says it was impossible to forget “so many days marked by violence, by death, by the unspeakable suffering of so many innocents”.
People crowded onto balconies, into waterside parks and onto boats as they jostled for the best view, clinking glasses and whooping with joy as the first fireworks went off.
Horns sounded and crowds cheered as the tower was then lit up with fireworks, with colours changing from green to red to white.
“I do feel suspicious of when a fire breaks out on New Year’s Eve”, he said.
(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. Police said “all available staff” will be called on to protect people at the festivities.
Traditionally, Germans welcome the new year with fireworks, jelly doughnuts and lots of champagne and sparkling wine.
“We will celebrate.” A look at how people around the world are planning to do exactly that: _ AUSTRALIA Australian officials, struggling to contain the threat from home-grown extremists, encouraged revelers to enjoy the evening and assured that thousands of extra police would be out patrolling the major cities.
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As 2015 drew to a close, Parisians reflected on a tumultuous and violent year that saw a number of extremist attacks across the country. Celebrations away from the palm-fringed beaches will be muted, however, as people remember nearly 4,000 victims of the epidemic.
