News Brief for September 2017

September 2017 News

Hurricanes and earthquakes brought the world to it's knees with damage everywhere from the United States to Mexico and various island nations with new concerns over Climate Change and it's possible contributions. Meanwhile Donald Trump continued his presidential run by stoking more tension, this time with athletes protesting during the national anthem. Elsewhere in the world of sports we saw the US Open come and go. Along with Donald Trump and the GOP's failed healthcare repeal comes an attempt at tax changes which would mostly benefit individual's like Donald Trump himself. In the world of entertainment we saw the Emmy Awards and it's cast of unlikely cameo's but most of the focus was on the beautiful people at the New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks.

The Big Stories of February 2017

It may have been the shortest month of the year but it was packed with the what we've come to expect, from Donald Trump to new planets offering safe haven from Donald Trump.

Headlines

Donald Trumps administration saw resignations and humiliations the order of the day. Protests were popular with Trump baring the brunt of it with issues from travel bans to transgender bathrooms and Climate Change while on the other side of the world ISIS did their best to get back some of the attention.

Sports

In the world of sports America saw the annual spectacle of the Super Bowl played out with it's famous half time show featuring Lady Gaga. The New England Patriots had a miraculous turn around before going on to win their fifth title.

Entertainment

The Grammy's kicked off award season with Adele taking the top prize after a hotly contested battle between her and Beyonce meanwhile on the other side of the pond the BAFTA's followed with La La Land continuing it's winning streak. Then there was the big daddy of awards shows, the Oscars. All went well except for best picture which was awarded to La La Land by mistake only to be given to Moonlight.

Technology

February saw the tech industry tackle Trump on immigration and transgender rights while a new security threat appeared in the form of a Cloudflare bug and a major outage due to failures of AWS. Meanwhile SpaceX launched another rocket showing itself as a serious contender in the space travel while further away NASA discovered 7 new earth like planets.

Style

New York Fashion Week officially kicked off the year with all the beautiful people descending on the Big Apple to get an eyeful of the luxuries in store along with political commentary. London Fashion Week followed close on it's heels with the likes of Burberry before heading to Milan Fashion Week to round things off for the month with Versace and Missoni.

The Big Stories of September 2016

Headlines

The world saw the refugee struggle continue with France pushing to shut down the infamous "Jungle" refugee camp while out at sea hundreds died when a ship capsized. Typhoons in China killed dozens this month while Italy tried to rebuild after last months devastating earthquakes. Over in the US, New York City was rocked by explosions in the Chelsea district by homemade bombs, the suspect was arrested two days later. We saw another mass shooting, this time at a Washington Mall and the US Election heated up with the first debates pitting Clinton vs Trump. Charlotte, North Carolina was rocked by protests after another unarmed black man was shot by police.

Business

Carrying over from the world of politics Donald Trump faced criticism for not providing his tax returns while in Europe they pushed for multi national corporations to pay more in taxes. The VW scandal was still in the news with management suspensions and investor lawsuits while China hosted the G20. Elsewhere Twitter gained attention with news of it's possible sale while Deutsche Bank had investors worried after it was hit with a massive fine.

Sports

In the world of sports we saw the Paralympics showcase the best in perseverance against all odds while the US Open had some shockers with the Williams sister losing out. US protests made their way on to the field with NFL players refusing to stand for the national anthem due to police shootings.

Entertainment

The Emmy Awards saw the usual winners with Game of Thrones taking top honors while young talent also took to the stage with Rami Malek and Tatiana Maslany winning for best leads. In sad news famous celebrity couple Brangelina announced a divorce while the case against Bill Cosby continued with the judge allowing phone records.

Technology

Cyber crime was in the news with the Democrat party emails being hacked to the medical records of athletes being stolen but they were nothing compared to Yahoo's announcement that over 500 million accounts had been hacked. Elsewhere we saw the launch of the iPhone 7 which was met with skepticism and the month ended with Elon Musk announcing plans to colonize Mars.

Style

Finally in the fashion world it was time for the seasonal showings in the form of New York Fashion Week leading the way followed by London Fashion Week and then on to Milan Fashion Week and finally ending with Paris Fashion Week.