The Associated Press has released its list of top news stories of 2016. Other major stories not included in the top ten are: Europe’s migrant crisis, the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the spread of the Zika virus across Latin America and the Caribbean.
1. The U.S. election. The arc of 2016’s top story, in the AP’s view, can be traced back to Donald Trump’s descent of an escalator to the Trump Tower lobby on June 16, 2015. The rest is history.
2. Brexit. The U.K. vote in June to quit the European Union stunned pollsters and political commentators and felled a prime minister.
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