Nine suffocate to death in Ugandan New Year firework crush – police
Kampala, Uganda Reuters At least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda’s capital, police said. People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall just after clocks struck midnight, […]
World welcomes 2023 and leaves a stormy year behind
Updated: 10:30pm (AEST)Reuters The world welcomed the new year with a packed party in Times Square and fireworks soaring above European capitals, while hoping for an end to the war in Ukraine and a return to post-COVID normality in Asia. It was a year marked by the conflict in Ukraine, economic stresses and the effects […]
Greeks celebrate Easter without restrictions
Athens, Greece AP For the first time in three years, Greeks were able to celebrate Orthodox Easter without the restrictions made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic. Beyond the obvious religious messages, in Greece, Easter signifies a return to the countryside, often to people’s ancestral homes, and a mass exodus from big cities. Police and port […]
Snapshot: Fireworks over the Washington Monument, Washington DC, on Inauguration Day
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“I will survive”: 2020 slinks off into history as fireworks light deserted streets
Reuters Fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed. No light show illuminated Beijing from the top of the TV tower. St Peter’s in Rome was nearly empty for vespers. London’s Trafalgar […]