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Year End Specials: Bitcoins, Rohingya crisis, China's power play, and more

A look at major happenings around the globe in 2017

Balukhali : Rohingya Muslim women, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, stretch their arms out to collect sanitary products distributed by aid agencies near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: PTI
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Balukhali : Rohingya Muslim women, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, stretch their arms out to collect sanitary products distributed by aid agencies near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: PTI

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Trump’s firsts and near-firsts


 
From being the surprise winner of last year’s US presidential election to having the lowest approval ratings of any president in the past quarter of a century, Donald John Trump has had an eventful year, to say the least. From his walking out of the Paris climate deal to suggesting in a recent tweet how a bit of “good old global warming” might help with the December cold; from banning travellers from some countries in West Asia to recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and from giving a hefty tax cut