INKSPOT TERM 1 FINAL COPY PDF

THE INKSPOT

ISSUE 1, 2017

What’s happening in the world outside Somerset??

USA: Share and dollar prices dropped over 0.5% on Monday after Trump’s healthcare bill failed in Congress. However, this hasn’t affected the almost 3 trillion dollar rise in the US stock market since he came to power.

RUSSIA: Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the streets of Moscow in an anti-Putin rally on the weekend.

AUSTRALIA: Severe tropical cyclone Debbie was upgraded to a Category 4 and hit parts of North Queensland causing severe damage.

JAPAN: An avalanche in a ski resort in Nasu (190km north of Tokyo), has injured 40 people while 8 are presumed dead.

ENGLAND: A terror attack in Westminster, London over the weekend has resulted in 5 deaths (including the attacker), and multiple injuries due to many civilians being struck by a speeding car and falling into the Thames.

AUSTRALIA: The world’s biggest

dinosaur footprints have recently been found in Western Australia, with researchers referring to the coastline as the real life ‘Jurassic Park’ * cue the music*