What news grabbed your attention in 2017?

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7. “AMERICA FIRST” – US pulls out of international organizations and agreements. — 9% (12 votes)

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14. BITCOIN – Value of cryptocurrency skyrockets to record high despite tighter regulations. — 8.2% (11 votes)

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1. 19TH CPC NATIONAL CONGRESS – Socialism with Chinese characteristics enters a new era. — 7.5% (10 votes)

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6. BREXIT TALKS – “Sufficient progress” for EU-UK to move on with divorce deal. — 7.5% (10 votes)

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4. VIOLENCE & TERRORISM – Las Vegas shooting, Manchester Arena bombing, London Bridge attack and etc. — 6.7% (9 votes)

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5. FIGHT AGAINST ISIL – ISIL suffers major defeats and heavy territorial losses in Syria and Iraq — 6.7% (9 votes)

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12. KOREAN PENINSULA – DPRK in war of words with US as prospects of full-blown conflict increase — 6.7% (9 votes)

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13. ROHINGYA CRISIS –Thousands of Rohingya minorities flee military violence in northwest Myanmar — 6.7% (9 votes)

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2. CHINA’S VISION FOR WORLD – “A community of shared future for mankind” — 6% (8 votes)

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8. CATALAN REFERENDUM – Independence referendum in Catalonia plunges country in political turmoil — 6% (8 votes)

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9. FRENCH ELECTION – Emmanuel Macron beats far-right opponent Marine Le Pen. — 6% (8 votes)

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11. ZIMBABWE CRISIS – Robert Mugabe resigns as president of Zimbabwe amid political crisis — 5.2% (7 votes)

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10. GERMAN ELECTION – German Chancellor Angela Merkel re-elected for fourth term — 4.5% (6 votes)

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15. TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE – First total eclipse in nearly a century sweeps across North America. — 3.7% (5 votes)

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16. HURRICANES – 2017 is the most expensive hurricane season in the US history. — 3.7% (5 votes)

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17. MEXICO EARTHQUAKE – A 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolts central Mexico and kills over 200 people — 3.7% (5 votes)

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3. QATAR DIPLOMATIC CRISIS – Saudi-led quartet cuts off diplomatic ties with Qatar. — 2.2% (3 votes)