Fire has broken out in a residential building near Dubai’s massive New Year’s Eve fireworks display.

Refugees in a western German town have been banned from setting off fireworks to mark the new year, partly out of concern that loud blasts could traumatise people who have fled war zones.

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Mexico’s port city of Veracruz was in mourning for at least 28 people killed in a massive New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion which ripped through a crowded central market.