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The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating syste…
The WannaCry ransomware attack affected more than 400,000 computers worldwide, including systems used by the National He
The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May and a final on 13 May 2017, held at the Intern…
Eurovision Song Contest: Portugal won the contest for the first time, with the song "Amar pelos dois," performed by Salv
On 31 May 2017, a truck bomb exploded at a crowded intersection in Kabul, Afghanistan, near the German embassy at about 08:25 local time during rush hour, killing over 150 and inju…
A car bomb exploded near the German embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing more than 90 people and injuring 463 others
The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered…
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (soldiers pictured) opened the Second Battle of Raqqa, the final phase of
The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered…
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces opened the Second Battle of Raqqa, the final phase of the Raqqa campaign,
The Myanmar Air Force is the aerial branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar. The primary mission of the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) since its inception has been to provide …
A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashed into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, killing all 122 people on board
On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. A total …
A fire severely damaged Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, killing 72 people
A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware began on 27 June 2017 that swamped websites of Ukrainian organizations, including banks, ministries, newspapers, and elect…
Websites of Ukrainian organizations were swamped by a massive cyberattack, blamed on Russian military hackers, using the
The Boundary Fire was a 2017 wildfire in Arizona that burned 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests. The fire was ignited on June 1 when lightning stru…
In Arizona, the Boundary Fire (pictured) burned out after 32 days, burning 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) of the Coconino and…
In May 2016, the Islamic State conducted a series of bombing attacks in and around Shia neighbourhoods in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, killing and wounding hundreds. According to …
One hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad
The 2016 Aktobe shootings were a series of shootings on civilian and military targets in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, in June 2016. On 5 June, two attacks occurred at gun stores, while a th…
Two shootings in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, kill six people
Christian Joseph, known online as The Rizzler, is an American social media personality from New Jersey. He is best known for his "Rizz Face", an expression where he squints his eye…
The Rizzler, American internet personality
Chyna, also known as Joanie Laurer, was an American professional wrestler, fitness model, bodybuilder, actress, adult actress, and television personality.
Chyna, American wrestler (born 1969)
Doris May Roberts was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award duri…
Doris Roberts, American actress (born 1925)
Patricio Aylwin Azócar was a Chilean politician, lawyer, author, professor and former senator who was the 30th president of Chile from 1990 to 1994. He was the first president to b…
Patricio Aylwin, Chilean politician (born 1918)
Prince Rogers Nelson, known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, and actor. Often being credited as one of the greatest musicians of his ge…
Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1958)
Ingeborg Viktoria "Inge" King was a German-born Australian sculptor. She received many significant public commissions. Her work is held in public and private collections. Her best …
Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (born 1915)
Tamio "Tommy" Kono was an American weightlifter of Japanese descent. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Kono set world records in four different weight classes: lightweight, middlew…
Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (born 1930)
The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 at 18:58:37 ECT with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The very large thrust earthquake …
Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures more than 230,000
The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The Paris Agreement …
The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming
Fort McMurray is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands…
Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through
Harry Wu was a Chinese-American human rights activist. Wu spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, and he became a resident and citizen of the United States. In 1992, he founded the …
Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (born 1937)
Dmytro Mykhailovych Hnatyuk was a Soviet and Ukrainian baritone opera singer and a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament.
Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian singer (born 1925)
Renato Tereso Antonio Coronado Corona was a Filipino judge who served as the 23rd Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2010 until his removal from office in 2012.
Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1948)