In 2014, Suzy was hailed "Queen of the Commercials" due to her numerous endorsements deals, ranging from cosmetics and clothing to basic commodities like sugar. In May, Suzy was cast for the movie "The Sound of a Flower" playing the character Jin Chae-sun, Korea's first female pansori singer. The film portrays the struggle of a singer who has no right to appear to the public because of her gender during the Joseon Dynasty. To prepare for the role, Suzy received Pansori training for a year. "The Sound of a Flower" premiered on November 25, 2015. In the same year, Suzy collaborated with Taiwanese singer-actor Show Luo on the single "Together In Love."
In January 2016, Suzy released a digital single titled "Dream" with Baekhyun, one of EXO's lead vocalists. The song quickly reached the top of the charts online in real time and debuted at the top of the Gaon weekly digital chart. "Dream" was a great success, receiving five awards from music programs and the Best Collaboration Award from the Mnet Asian Music Awards.
She then starred in the drama melo-romance "Uncontrollably Fond" with actor Kim Woo-bin. The drama debuted in July 2016, and was broadcast simultaneously in 11 countries; Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. Suzy has released two soundtracks for the drama, "Ring My Bell" and "When It's Good," the latter having been self-made.
In September 2016, a wax sculpture of her at Madame Tussauds in Hong Kong had her exhibition. Suzy is the first Korean celebrity to receive a wax sculpture in the museum of wax figures. In November 2016, it was confirmed that Suzy will be starring alongside Lee Jong-suk in the drama "While You Were Sleeping", which will premiere in 2017. This drama will mark the second collaboration between her and screenwriter Park Hye-ryun, after working together in the hit drama of 2011 "Dream High".
On January 23, 2017, Suzy made her debut as a solo singer through the release of the title track "Yes No Maybe" and the extended play "Yes? No?" The week before its release on January 17, "Pretend" was released, a pre-release single that quickly reached an all-kill on South Korean music charts. For the promotions of her EP, Suzy starred in her own reality show titled "Off the Record: Suzy". On February 28, 2017, she collaborated with singer Park Won in a duet titled "Don't Wait For Your Love".
In March 2015, it was confirmed that Suzy and South Korean actor Lee Min-ho are in a relationship. On November 16, 2017, the agencies of both artists confirmed the separation.
Russian presidential election, 2012
The 2012 Russian presidential election was a presidential election. It occurred on 4 March 2012 in the Russian Federation. The election was for an extended term of six years.
Incumbent president, Dmitry Medvedev, decided not to run for a second term.
Vladimir Putin, from United Russia, easily won the election. He received 64% of the vote.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe gave an overall positive review of the election, but they did notice some issues. They found that Putin was given more airtime than other candidates. There were also some cases of carousel voting (which is a type of electoral fraud where supporters drive to multiple polling stations and vote multiple times).
Ruža Tomašić, a OSCE observer from Croatia, noted that there were no violations at the five polling stations she observed.
A few days after the election, 15,000–20,000 people protested in Moscow against the results. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation did not recognize the results.
Jidai Matsuri
The Jidai Matsuri is a traditional Japanese festival held every year on October 22 in Kyoto, Japan. It is enjoyed by people of all ages, participating in its historic reenactment parade, dressed in historic costumes representing different periods of Japanese history.
This festival started when the Japanese capital of Kyoto moved to Tokyo in 1868. This involved the movement of the Emperor of Japan and his family.
The Jidai Matsuri begins early in the morning with small shrines brought out of the Kyoto Imperial Palace so people can pay their respects. The five-hour parade starts in the afternoon, with 2000 performers dressed as samurai, military figures, and common people from the Meiji era.
Meknès
Meknès or Meknes, Moroccan Amazigh : ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ - "Ameknas", Arab: مكناس - "Mknas", is a city in the north of Morocco. About 632,000 people were living in this city in 2014.
Meknès is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco. The city dates from the 11th century. It lies north of the Middle Atlas.
Flurlingen
Flurlingen is a municipality of the district of Andelfingen in the Swiss canton of Zurich.
Freienstein-Teufen
Freienstein-Teufen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Geroldswil
Geroldswil is a municipality of the district Dietikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Glattfelden
Glattfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Gossau, Zürich
Gossau is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Alain Defossé
Alain Defossé (11 February 1957 – 14 May 2017) was a French novelist and translator. He was born in Nantes, France.
His first novel, " Les fourmis d’Anvers", was published in 1991. He also translated several books from English into French. For example, he translated "Crazy Cock" by Henry Miller in 1990. He also translated "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis in 1993.
In 2006, he translated "The Night Watch" by Sarah Waters. Two years later, in 2008, he translated "Rant" by Chuck Palahniuk. Other novelists whose work he translated are Irvine Welsh and Joseph Connolly.
Defossé died on 14 May 2017 in Paris of lung cancer at the age of 60.
Dilbagh Singh Athwal
Dilbagh Singh Athwal (12 October 1928 – 14 May 2017) was an Indian geneticist, plant breeder and agriculturist. He was known to have been a pioneering scientist in the research in plant breeding.
Athwal was a former professor and the Head of the Department of Plant Breeding at Punjab Agricultural University and an associate of Norman Borlaug, the renowned biologist and Nobel Laureate, with whom he has collaborated for the introduction of high-yielding dwarf varieties of Wheat. He was well known as Father of Wheat Revolution, he was important in developing ‘PV 18’ in 1966 and the most popular amber grained wheat variety ‘Kalyansona’ in 1967. In 1967, he joined International Rice Research Institute's management team and ultimately served as the Institute’s first deputy director general.
Athwal died at his Princeton, New Jersey home on 14 May 2017 from complications of liver failure at the age of 88.
Bruce Hill (racing driver)
Bruce Hill (July 9, 1949 – May 14, 2017) was an American former stock car racing driver. He was born Topeka, Kansas. He competed in the Winston Cup Series, ARCA, and in the NASCAR West Series. He also competed in late model races around his hometown of Topeka later in life.
Hill died in 2017 due to complications from esophageal cancer at his Topeka home at the age of 67.
Nasser Givehchi
Nasser Givehchi (, November 12, 1932 – May 15, 2017) was an Iranian wrestler. He won the silver medal in the Featherweight division of Freestyle wrestling in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and also competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he managed to get to sixth place in the 62 kg division.
Givehchi ranked fifth at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships in Tokyo. In the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo Givehchi managed to win the bronze medal of the 62 kg division.
Givehchi died in Tehran, Iran on May 15, 2017 at the age of 86.
Jean-Yves Le Drian