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Royal weddings, political turmoil, natural disasters and celebrity deaths.

2018 has been a busy year with Sky News publishing around 17,000 articles.

Follow this thread to look back at our most popular stories
Our most read article of the year showcased the first official royal wedding photos from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's big day po.st/wYfMaN
Is the public falling out of love with Meghan? In this opinion piece @SkyRhiannon questions recent rumours po.st/b5cFJS
In February actress Emma Chambers, best known for her roles in The Vicar of Dibley and Notting Hill, died aged 53.

This was our second most viewed article of 2018 po.st/V7Lz5K
Lewis Pugh took on a huge challenge in July - swimming the length of the Channel. Many of you followed his journey, making this the third most read #OceanRescue po.st/MIG6qq
The fourth most viewed article on @SkyNews in 2018 - Sir Alex Ferguson had emergency surgery in May after suffering a brain haemorrhage po.st/TZHM6u
We reached our #MakeDebatesHappen target in early December, with the petition passing 100,000 signatures.

@adamboultonSKY explained its significance po.st/wKjHXD
April 2018: Donald Trump confirmed "precision strikes" on targets linked to the Syrian government's chemical weapons programme.

This reached the sixth spot in 2018 po.st/FDnrcV
Stephen Hawking was one of many famous faces we said goodbye to in 2018. The 76-year-old passed away in March.

This article was the seventh most read in 2018 po.st/VYRDEO
Our fifth most viewed article of 2018 was this Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? contestant, who pinpointed a Scottish castle ruins on Loch Ness after crashing there in 2012 po.st/yKhkkh
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Confused about what's going down in Westminster? We've got you covered. 👍

Here are all the possible outcomes of today's vote of confidence against Prime Minister Theresa May.
If Theresa May loses, she will be forced to resign and a Tory leadership election will follow.

But even if she wins, Labour could still table a vote of no confidence in the Government.
If the Tories manage to form a new government with a new leader. They could return to Brussels and attempt to renegotiate a new Brexit deal.
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Ahead of of #PMQs, here's what is actually happening with #Brexit at the moment (thread):
Theresa May's government has become the first in history to be held in "contempt of parliament" after refusing to release the full legal advice offered on the Brexit divorce deal po.st/WgEww8
MPs have won the right to have a "meaningful vote" on Brexit plans if the PM's withdrawal agreement is defeated in parliament next week po.st/zc58Dr
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BREAKING: Confidence in the government's negotiating of #Brexit has plummeted, new polls from @SkyData find.

10% say @theresa_may's administration is doing a good job, compared to 23% in March.

78% say it is doing a bad job, compared to 55% in March.
Theresa May's personal ratings have taken a substantial hit, our new @SkyData poll finds.

24% of people are satisfied with her performance as PM, compared to 41% in March.

74% are dissatisfied with her performance as PM, compared to 60% in March.
A majority of people want a referendum on the final Brexit deal, our new @SkyData poll reveals.

50% say there should be a vote on accepting the government's deal, quitting without one and staying in the EU.

40% say there shouldn't be.
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Most hilarious news of the day!!

That "chip" note, which claimed to end fake currency & kill black money is now going to have a premature death..

Even Tughluq cant stop laughing 🤣 theprint.in/economy/india-…
Now my prognosis:

Dont fall into the news that these notes are going to be withdrawn, they will stay there!!

RBI is in a dilemma with these ₹2000 notes, which used as a quick fix solution, yep, they are facing the proverbial situation of between devil with deep sea.
₹2000 notes was a quick fix solution during DeMon to replace ₹1000 notes, which are in circulation, numbering 6.858 billion, which constituted 38% of the total Currency in Circulation (CIC).

Why?

If you change the denomination, you should need only 3.429 billion ₹2000 notes
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#Thread I'm doing a book-pitching event for a manuscript I'm working on about the #AltGov resistance movement. I appreciate so much those of you who are interested and have retweeted those with the (#)pitmad hashtag. Here are 5 things I've learned in my 9 months of research.
1. They are all over the country and usually don't know who each other are. They use a system of 3rd-party vetting to know whom to trust, because they are afraid of getting fired or being harassed.
2. They have more than 1 MILLION unique followers, some of whom they have close relationships with and talk to in Twitter messages every day.
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#Thread: Our chair Omingo Magara articulated The Centre for Multiparty Democracy's memorandum to the Building Bridges to Unity Advisory Taskforce consultative meeting with stakeholders held today at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre. #BuildingBridges
The Building Bridges to a New Kenyan Nation is premised on the fact that Kenya has made progress towards consolidating its democratic landscape, but much remains to be done in addressing underlying challenges that threaten political, social and economic standing of the country.
Our democratization process and stability have been characterized by challenges that are well outlined in the Joint Communique of March 9th 2018 by H.E. the President Uhuru Kenyatta and the former Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga.
#BuildingBridges
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Russia and Iran are engaged in disinformation campaigns aimed at US citizens. Twitter just released over 10 million tweets from over 4500 Russian and Iranian accounts engaged in influence operations dating back to 2009. We've analyzed the data. Here's what you need to know...
Russia's influence operations are far-reaching, aimed at a number of countries. This, of course, includes ops aimed at US voters in 2016, but also includes their own people. 58 Russian-language accounts tweeted regional "news" related to Crimea, Syria, and other military action.
44 US-directed local "news" accounts amassed over half a million followers. By using local-sounding news source names, they were able to dupe Americans from *other* regions to share what they thought was authentic news.
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#Thread As Kerala is recovering from the devastating floods, a Kasargodu native is heading India's first comprehensive flood monitoring system in Kolkata funded by Asian Development Bank. Follow the thread for more about the project which will be functional from next month.(1/n)
Gopalakrishna Bhatt, A hydro geologist from Badiyaduka is the technical consultant of the project. It has been designed to
provide forecasts as well as real-time updates from sensor
nodes installed in key points throughout the city. Read Here:manoramaonline.com/news/latest-ne… (2/n)
The system includes: weather forecasts; flood models for
various intensities of rainfall; real-time information on
pump status, sump and canal water levels, actual rainfall, inundation levels,; and messaging system to
provide warnings to officials
and citizens. (3/n)
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#Thread Here's an incredible story about a young man who was busy with loading and unloading in #KeralaFloods relief centres. Only days later people came to know that he was none other than, Kannan Gopinathan, the Collector of Dadra & Nagar Haveli! (1/n)
He travelled in KSRTC buses and covered 5 districts in 10 days without revealing identity. He took leave for serving his homeland in the time of crisis. Kannan is a native of Kottayam. Even his relatives were not aware of his unofficial visit! (2/n)
It was only after Eranakulam Collector Y.Safirulla's visit to centre at KBPS press, the volunteers of the camp came to know that the guy who was helping in loading goods was an IAS officer! (3/n)
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