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