My Pick of the Week

The top five Brexit clichés

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-43573752/brexit-the-top-five-cliches

FRANCE & Europe

French fairground ride hurls man to death

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43608220

French armed officers spark Italy migrant centre row

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43606225

Paris ceremony for hero policeman Arnaud Beltrame

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43562038

Scammers impersonate French first lady Brigitte Macron

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43598055

UK, USA & Canada

YouTube shooting: Female suspect ‘angry over video postings’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43638221

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Five reasons why trade wars aren’t easy to win

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43262278

Finnland’s “universal basic income” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/finland-universal-basic-income-lower-stress-better-motivation-work-wages-salary-a7800741.html

HEALTH

Breaking the period taboo in Pakistan

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-43573746/breaking-the-period-taboo-in-pakistan

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Microsoft gambles on a quantum leap in computing

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43580972

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

The strange phenomenon of ‘twin films’

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43371881

The Real Roots of Sexism in the Middle East: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/04/the-real-roots-of-sexism-in-the-middle-east-its-not-islam-race-or-hate/256362/

Poland’s surprisingly beautiful cheese

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180327-polands-surprisingly-beautiful-cheese

Are the French really rude?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43554165

5 pop songs you didn’t know were about God (and the only one I remember is from the 60s)

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43547436

TRAVEL

In pictures: Christians celebrate Easter around the world

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-43608809

In pictures: The churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-43582880

MISCELLANEOUS

The country where the British are blamed for everything (Afghan conspiracy theories)

http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43560523

‘Smoking’ elephant in India baffles experts

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43551715

 

 

BBC (etc.) website articles week 14 2018
Don`t copy text!