My Pick of the Week
Would you choose a partner based on their ‘citizen score’?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43335813
WORLD NEWS
Stephen Hawking dies aged 76
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008
Life in Vladimir Putin’s Russia explained in 10 charts
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43210257
US-North Korea talks: What could happen now?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43340272
Post-Brexit UK financial markets ‘offer’ for Gibraltar
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43324620
FRANCE & Europe
France labour: Firms to be fined over gender pay gap
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43320041
UK, USA & Canada
The Alt-Right is Killing People (scary!)
https://www.splcenter.org/20180205/alt-right-killing-people
Austin police say deadly package explosions ‘linked’ (more alt-right activity?)
Rex Tillerson: Battles ahead after another Trump sacking
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43350632
UK-Russian spy:
What are Novichok agents and what do they do?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43377698
State TV anchor warns ‘traitors’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43330498
US gun debate
Trump backs off on assault rifle curbs (Didn’t the NRA give permission?)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43369991
The gun debate isn’t about what [Americans] think
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/10/04/gun-culture/724571001/
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Trump blocks Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm on security grounds
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43380893
Why some firms are still using models to sell cars
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43318708
HEALTH
Sugar tax: The Norwegians travelling to Sweden for sweets
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-43381411/sugar-tax-the-norwegians-travelling-to-sweden-for-sweets
Chinese takeaway can bust your salt allowance
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43375015
Can we bring hearts back from the dead?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180301-how-heart-patches-could-save-patients-from-cardiac-arrest
History
What the distant past told us about work in the future
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180312-historys-unfounded-fears-over-the-future-of-work
EDUCATION & FAMILY
The girl who sabotaged her own wedding
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43305697
UK parents help less with homework
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-43316741
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43385677
Climate change ‘impacts women more than men’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43294221
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Hubert de Givenchy: A career in pictures
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43375310
Frida Kahlo: Row erupts over Barbie doll based on artist
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43339428
MISCELLANEOUS
The girl who convinced the Maasai to stop FGM (& see the other BBC Outlook Inspiration stories)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-43349594/the-girl-who-convinced-the-maasai-to-stop-fgm
‘Super Monster Wolf’ a success in Japan farming trials (a robot to keep boars away – how Japanese!)
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43303781
Think you know Mary Magdalene?
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43369511