June 23, 2016★★★★★
Brexit referendum
Voters in the United Kingdom choose, by about 52 per cent, to leave the European Union.
Politics· United Kingdom
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November 25, 2016★★★★★
Death of Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro, leader of the Cuban Revolution who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century, dies in Havana.
Death· Cuba
Ongoing
2013 – 2016★★★★★
West African Ebola epidemic
The largest Ebola outbreak in history, centred on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, killed more than 11,000 people.
Disease· Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone