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Loading... Dec 11, 2017 · From the inauguration of Donald Trump to the first total solar eclipse to traverse the Lower 48 in nearly a century, 2017 was a year for the history books. Here we review the biggest news in ...
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- Donald Trump Champions America First. Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to do things differently and to do different things in foreign policy. He has been good to his word since getting to the White House.
- Xi Jinping’s “Extraordinary Elevation.” Not even Adele with her five Grammy awards had as good a year as Xi Jinping. Although China blatantly exploits international trade rules, Xi won applause for his January speech at Davos championing globalization and likening protectionism to “locking oneself in a dark room.”
- North Korea Defies the World. Successive U.S. presidents have insisted that they would prevent North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons. They backed that up by offering carrots, imposing sanctions, and threatening military action.
- The Globe Continues to Warm. The news is not good. The earth is getting warmer, whether people believe it or not. In September, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that 2017 was shaping up as the second warmest year on record.
Apr 19, 2015 · Historical events from year 2017. Learn about 806 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 2017 or search by date or keyword.
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- The New President. Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Jan. 20, outlining his vision of a new national populism and reiterating the same “America First” mantra that delivered the White House to him during the 2016 election.
- The Mueller Investigation. Bowing to public and congressional pressure, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller in May as a special counsel to conduct the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
- Greater Tensions with North Korea. American tensions with North Korea intensified rapidly since President Donald Trump was inaugurated in late January, as leader Kim Jong Un made no secret that his scientists are working on a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the U.S.
- The #MeToo Movement. In early October, back-to-back bombshell reports in The New York Times and The New Yorker revealed that film mogul Harvey Weinstein allegedly lured women into hotel rooms and bars, and sexually harassed or assaulted them in what some have described as an open secret known for years in Hollywood.
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- Where can North Korea's missiles reach? North Korea has threatened Australia with "disaster" — but could its missiles reach our shores? And just how much of the world is in potential danger?
- Child among four dead after "evil criminal act" in Melbourne. Four people, including a young child, are killed and more than 20 others injured after a man "deliberately" drives into pedestrians in Melbourne's CBD before he is shot and arrested.
- Same-sex marriage: See how people who live near you responded. Explore the full results of the same-sex marriage postal survey, including breakdowns by state and seat-by-seat.
- Donald Trump too hard to satirise, say South Park creators. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone say US politics is currently "much funnier than anything we could come up with".
Dec 29, 2017 · Terrorism, tension with North Korea and political upheaval were the top international stories of 2017, following a pattern that has become tragically familiar in recent years. Here is a look at...
June 10 – The 2017 World Expo is opened in Astana, Kazakhstan. [ 31 ] June 18 – Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fire six surface-to-surface mid-range ballistic missiles from domestic bases targeting ISIL forces in the Syrian Deir ez-Zor Governorate in response to the terrorist attacks in Tehran earlier this month.
