Here Are The 12 Hottest News Headlines Of 2016

2016 has indeed been an eventful year globally. Its been a leap year.

As it winds down today, we'll be tracking the major events that made rounds on the foreign scene. The leap year which is at it tail-end has been designated as:

International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.

 International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by The International Council for Science (ICSU), 

 the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and 

 the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH). 

 Here are  the 12 major headlines that dominated the global scene in 2016

1. Queen Elizabeth turns 90.

2. Olympic Games and Paralympics held Brazil.

3. Britain Exit EU after Referendum.

4. November 8: U.S. election; Donald Trump elected president.

5. Zika virus outbreak in Brazil prompts Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Jamaica to recommend women delay pregnancies for up to 2 years.

6. Theresa May elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Conservative Party MPs.

7. Attempted military coup in Turkey fails, nearly 300 killed, 6,000 then arrested.

8. Brazilian Senate votes to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, removing her from office.

9. Police officer Betty Shelby charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting unarmed black man Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

10. Cristiano Ronaldo wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the 4th time

11. Russian ambassador to Turkey shot dead at an art gallery in Ankara by Turkish gunman

12. US President Barack Obama retaliates against Russia for hacking American computer systems and trying to influence the 2016 presidential election by ejecting 35 Russian spies and imposing sanctions.

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