My Pick of the Week
How to handle the flood of GDPR privacy updates
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43907689
WORLD NEWS
Koreas summit: Will historic talks lead to lasting peace?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43932032
How world leaders have handled Donald Trump
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43961618
FRANCE & Europe
Legal row over who owns France.com domain
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43949289
UK, USA & Canada
Why does the US still have ‘debtors’ prisons’?
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-43916040/why-does-the-us-still-have-debtors-prisons
David Davis expects MPs to back customs union exit (good video presentation of the EU Customs Union)
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43892222
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Apple in $100bn share buyback as more money returned to US
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43965870
HEALTH
Donald Trump wrote own health letter, says physician Harold Bornstein
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43970908
How your diet could influence the age of your menopause
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43948399
Five things you might be surprised affect weight
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43822604
What causes us to get hungry?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180425-the-brain-science-that-explains-hanger
US soldier gets world’s first penis and scrotum transplant
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43873058
The unique way the Dutch treat mentally ill prisoners
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180423-the-unique-way-the-dutch-treat-mentally-ill-prisoners
History
Peru child sacrifice discovery may be largest in history
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43928277
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Learning to speak Shakespeare like the actors do (decoding 16th English with the RSC)
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-43729168
Young can ‘only read digital clocks’
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-43882847
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Australia to fund Great Barrier Reef restoration and protection
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43940063
Health warnings after toxic caterpillar outbreak in London (chenilles processionnaires)
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-43930702
WhatsApp to raise minimum age limit to 16 in EU (Can they even do that?)
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43888647
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Étienne Terrus museum in Elne uncovers fake art in collection
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43933530
The secrets behind Paris’ best baguettes
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43922784
10 films to watch in May
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180426-ten-films-to-watch-in-may
Will Abba’s new music live up to their legacy?
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43925749
MISCELLANEOUS
Biblioburro: the amazing donkey libraries of Colombia (feel-good tale – with a little chill)
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180410-biblioburro-the-amazing-donkey-libraries-of-colombia
Iran pushes app with ‘Death to America’ emoji
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43891478