2017's News Summary

2017 News Summary

2017 was the year of changes globally from natural disasters to terrorism and politics to sexual harassment all vying for center stage. If you missed any of our blog posts as the year rolled out be sure to check it out below.

In January it all kicked off with Donald Trump and the world waiting anxiously to see what would happen. By February there was news of new planets being discovered, Superbowl champions were crowned and fashion weeks saw beautiful models strut their stuff. By March there were terrorist attacks and Brexit moving forward along with Oscar errors and Bill Cosby news. April and May saw cyber crimes making the news along with climate change protestors taking to the streets. By the middle of the year Donald Trump faced more opposition and news on Russian interference with July taking a bashing from natural disasters, corruption and more. By August hurricanes had devastated parts of the US while the sports worlds fight of the century fizzled out. September saw repeats of natural disaster, Donald Trump and more fashion weeks. October had mass shootings rattling the US and markets saw action from Bitcoin and Brexit along with taxes and Harvey Weinstein and other men falling with the explosion of sexual harassment claims. In November we saw dictator Robert Mugabe removed from power and Catalonia standing up for itself while scandals rocked the Olympics and FIFA. By December there were wildfires in California and tax reform in place while ISIS struggled and cryptocurrencies soared.

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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.