My Pick of the Week
Hawking: Did he change views on disability?
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43399921
WORLD NEWS
Russia election: Putin basks in election he could not lose
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43454830
What do young Russians think of Putin? (not as brainwashed as you might expect)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43088445
FRANCE & Europe
French police hold ex-president Sarkozy over ‘Gaddafi funding’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43469316
Sex doll ‘brothel’: Paris council to decide on future of Xdolls games centre
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43463625
Mayotte unrest: French island residents round up ‘foreigners’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43443716
UK, USA & Canada
Trump urges death penalty for drug dealers
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43465229
Florida shooting: Survivors reject the arming of teachers
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-43441226
Texas explosions: FBI investigating new blast at FedEx plant
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43470397
Miami bridge: Meeting over crack held hours before collapse
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43440501
The White House revolving door: Who’s gone? (the list is already out of date)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39826934
Trump inspects border wall prototypes in California
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Uber halts self-driving car tests after death
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43459156
The German entrepreneurs celebrating their mistakes
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43287225
IMF says digital currency tech can be used against crypto criminals (good ol’ Christine Lagarde!)
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43387319
HEALTH
How deep brain stimulation silenced food cravings
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180312-how-electronic-brain-stimulation-silenced-food-cravings
Stem cell transplant ‘game changer’ for MS patients
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43435868
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Did my parents leave me on a hillside to die?
http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43420678
Creating debate on arranged marriage via a board game
http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43376355
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Ditch the traffic jam. This may be your future commute
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180319-ditch-the-traffic-jam-is-this-the-commute-of-the-future
Is leaving Facebook the only way to protect your data?
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43469656
Trump campaign data firm accused of harvesting Facebook data
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43444791
Bottled water: WHO launches plastic health review
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43389031
Self-flying air taxi lifts off in New Zealand
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43386917
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Cirque du Soleil: Aerialist Yann Arnaud dies in Florida show
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43450805
YouTube admits it has a neo-Nazi music problem
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-43416117
MISCELLANEOUS
Hamburgers usurp classic baguette sandwich in France
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43476542
Trump, Pence, Jerusalem: the Christian Zionism connection
https://www.opendemocracy.net/paul-rogers/trump-pence-jerusalem-christian-zionism-connection