In an estimate of the expiring year 2017, the Washington Post newspaper said that everything was not so black and cited 17 good things that happened.
Among them are the conviction of war criminal Ratko Mladic in The Hague and the defeat of the Islamic state in Iraq. The magazine warns that all 17 good things may not be positive for all the readers.
Among these is the election defeat of Republican Roy Moore in Alabama in the special senate election against Democrat Doug Jones. Moore supporters do not read Washington Post, who published the testimonies of women Moore had sexually harassed decades ago.
At the beginning of the list: global economic growth
Washington Post put US and world economic growth first among most positive events that happened this year, followed by the defeat of ISIS in Iraq.
High in the rank is legalization of same-sex marriages in Australia and the conviction of "Balkan slaughter" former commander of the Army of Republica Srpska Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment.
The list also includes people who quickly came to help the victims of hurricanes in the US and the Caribbean; Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election against the extreme right Marine Le Pen, the continuing fall in the rate of pregnancy among American teenagers, the departure of the former President of Gambia Yahyje Jammeh, who 22 years abused the power.
Other positive events :
- Women in Saudi Arabia will be able to drive cars
- Great progress in genetic therapy
- Progress in the operation of the subway system in the US capital
- Refusal of the ban on travel by President Donald Trump to US courts
- Confessions of women about the sexual harassment of celebrities and powerful.