EDITOR'S PAGE

摘要

With this month comes the end of a decade. Here is an attempt to highlight the major happenings across the globe. Politics saw Emmanuel Macron becomes youngest president of France, UK holds referendumfor Brexit, US-North Korea summit, legalization of same-sex marriage, Elizabeth II becomes longest-serving British monarch, First abdication by a Japanese monarch, Hong Kong extradition bill, Royal weddings, Google leaves China, Burj Khalifa is officially opened, Wiki leaks, The Panama Papers leak, Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid was closed after 168-years, Malala Yousafzai was youngest recipient of Nobel Prize, Greta Thunberg sat outside Swedish parliament, Saudi Arabia allowed women to drive, death of Osama bin Laden, The Me Too movement, Howdy, Modi. In India, the 92-year-old railway budget is merged into the general budget, INS Viraat was decommissioned after 30 years of service, Goods and Services Tax (India )Act came into force, withdrawal of 500 and 1000 banknotes, attack on Indian security forces, verdict on Ayodhya dispute.