The Washington Post called Lorde a bigot in a full-page ad after she canceled her show in Israel.
Lady Gaga signed a Las Vegas residency deal for $75 million at MGM Park Theatre.
A British surgeon admitted to branding his initials on patients' livers.
A suicide bomber made an attack in Mogadishu, Somalia.
The online dictionary, Merriam-Webster, stated their most searched word of the year was 'Feminism.'
A trial for Huntington's disease procured positive results.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, directed by Rian Johnson, premiered in Los Angeles.
Scientists discovered the most distant supermassive black hole.
Starbucks opened its largest cafe in the world in Shanghai, at 29,000 square-feet, which is 1/2 the size of a football field.
The Austrian courts ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in 2019.
The US Supreme Court allowed President Trump's travel ban to come into effect for six predominantly Muslim countries.
The first pizza party was held in space.
A rainbow in Taiwan was visible for a record-breaking 8 hours and 58 minutes.
Eight Donkeys were freed from jail after four days in Orai, Uttar Pradesh, India.
A ghost ship from North Korea washed up on a beach in Japan with eight skeletons onboard.
A baby girl named Vanellope Wilkins had her heart successfully put back inside her body.
The Georgia Dome in Atlanta was blown to smithereens in a controlled demolition.
Shawn Mendes claimed his third number 1 single on the Billboard list, making him the first person under the age of 20 to do so.
Nineteen countries vowed to gradually phase out coal at the United Nations Summit in Bonn, Germany.
The first-ever Barbie wearing a hijab was revealed at Glamour magazine's Women of the Year summit.
An Iran-Iraq earthquake killed 630 people and injured over 8,100.
All schools and colleges in Delhi, India, were closed for a week due to dangerous levels of smog.
President Donald Trump's attempt to ban transgender persons from serving in the US military was blocked by US federal judge.
The first successful operation of conjoined twins joined at the head was completed in New Delhi, India.
Scientists in India discovered a 152-million-year-old fossil of an extinct marine reptile called the ichthyosaur.
The Lancet published a study that found pollution contributes to 1 in 6 deaths worldwide.
Uganda Ministry of Health announced they were under an outbreak of a Marburg virus, a virus similar to Ebola.
Astronomers witnessed the first neutron star collision.
Marvel superhero film 'Thor: Ragnarok' premiered in Los Angeles, California, US.
Northern California's wine country was devastated by sweeping wildfires.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May was 'pink-slipped' during her speech at the Conservative National Conference.
O. J. Simpson was released from prison.
Mass murderer, Stephen Paddock, shot dead 59 people and injured 869 while firing at 22,000 concertgoers in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
Epic Games released the video game Fortnite Battle Royale.
Saudi Arabia became the last country in the world to lift a ban on women driving cars.
Large pieces of plastic polystyrene were found in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.
A Jellyfish was discovered and became the first-known animal that sleeps and doesn’t have a brain.
President Donald Trump threatened to 'totally destroy North Korea.'
Singer Selena Gomez shared on Instagram that she had a kidney transplant due to her struggle with lupus.
East London sewers were blocked by an 829-foot (253 meters), 260,000 lb (23 ton) giant fatberg.
The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
The tomb of a goldsmith family dating back 3,500 years was discovered near Luxor, Egypt.
Hurricane Irma hit the Atlantic Basin area of the United States.
Peggy Whitson set a NASA record for spending the most cumulative days living and working in space at 665 days.
The late author Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels were destroyed by a steamroller, as it was his last dying wish.
Matt Vogel became the new voice for Kermit the Frog.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully through the streets of Barcelona due to a terrorist attack.
A Massachusetts lottery player, Mavis Wanczyk, won a staggering $758.7 million, claiming the largest lottery win in the US.
Instant divorce was banned in India, which became a giant leap forward for women's rights in the country.
The USS Indianapolis warship, which sank during World War II, was discovered in the Pacific Ocean 3.4 miles below the surface.
