11 September

World Trade Centre Attack: US commemorates 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, mourns deaths of thousands

Some 9/11 memorials elsewhere already included sickened rescue, recovery and cleanup workers, and there is a remembrance wall entirely focused on them in Nesconset, on Long Island. But those who fell ill or were injured, and their families, say having a tribute at ground zero carries special significance.

Miss America - 1 Trump - 0; this year's national beauty pageant takes on a more political note

Savvy Shields won the Miss America pageant but Miss New York Camille Sims won social media when she threw shade at Trump in a very dignified and classy manner.

September 11 attacks: Osama bin Laden's dead but conspiracy theories are still alive

At the Quindecennial anniversary of the infamous attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon just outside Washington, Americans would be forced to revisit and relive the “horror” that they witnessed.

Brexit reflects a growing global sense of conservatism, xenophobia

Brexit (Britain’s referendum vote to exit the European Union) is a landmark that will be long remembered, but it is part of a process that has been in play for some time — and will continue. It is a process of increasing conservatism, spilling into xenophobia, which is increasingly a part of the political discourse, not only in Britain, but in many countries of Europe and beyond.