Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise in clashes between police and protesters since Christmas.

Hong Kong to end year with multiple protests; kick off 2020 with big march

Police detained a 50-year-old German man early on Tuesday on suspicion of ramming his car into a crowd of people in the northwestern German town of Bottrop, injuring four, in what authorities say may have been a xenophobic attack.

Four injured after German man rams car into crowd; racist motive suspected

In pics: This is how the New year celebration across the world looked like

Rescuers hunted for survivors on Monday after a gas explosion tore through a high-rise residential building in central Russia, killing at least four people and leaving several dozen unaccounted for.

Hunt for survivors as Putin rushes to scene of deadly high-rise blast

A large section of the building collapsed after a gas explosion around 6 am local time at the high-rise in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk.

4 dead, dozens missing after gas explosion hits Russia high-rise

Around 15,000 police personnel have been deployed across the national capital to ensure celebrations go off smoothly on New Year's Eve, with special traffic arrangements made to regulate movement of revellers, police said.

New Year's Eve: 15,000 cops deployed across Delhi, no exit at Rajiv Chowk metro from 9 pm

Oslo Police - who told the tale in a series of tweets - said they found the fare-dodger asleep in bed. When officers woke him, he agreed to cover the bill.

Drunk man and his New Year's $2,220 cab ride across 3 countries

A Russian helicopter crashed in Syria on New Year's Eve killing both pilots following a technical fault, Moscow's defence ministry said Wednesday

Russian helicopter crashes in Syria, 2 dead

In a report on highlights of services on New Year's Eve released by the company, Uber noted that over 90,000 riders used UberPOOL to cut down on congestion during this busy night, with over 22,000 riders reported to be from Delhi, NCR, followed by Hyderabad and Bengaluru

Uber records maximum trips from Delhi-NCR on New Year's Eve

Mass wedding took place in the capital city Jakarta of Indonesia

Hundreds in Indonesia celebrate New Year by getting married

Police are working with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to recover the wreckage of the plane, which is submerged in 13 metres of water near Cowan, north of Sydney.

Compass Group CEO, five others dead in Sydney seaplane crash

They screened and detained 650 mostly North African men, denied it was racial profiling

German police claim to have stopped repeat of New Year Cologne assaults

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