My Pick of the Week
10 explosive revelations from new Trump book (Fire and Fury – confirms the impressions we already had)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42559436
WORLD NEWS
Six charts that explain the Iran protests
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42553516
From slavery to Italy’s fashion world
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-42558868/from-slavery-to-italy-s-fashion-world
20 Democrats for 2020: who might the Democrats field next time around? (Bernie Sanders or Oprah?)
Does Donald Trump have a nuclear button?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42557778
FRANCE & Europe
Boris Becker responds to ‘clearly racist’ AfD tweet
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42597842
Emmanuel Macron announces ‘fake news’ law
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42560688
UK, USA & Canada
Trump scraps his own voter fraud commission
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42561699
Steve Bannon says ‘treason’ remark not directed at Trump Jr
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42597764
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
The changing buzzwords of business books
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180104-the-changing-buzzwords-of-business-books
US blocks sale of Moneygram to China’s Ant Financial
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42549537
HEALTH
War and fertility: How losing a pregnancy in Iraq changed my approach to miscarriage
http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42160056
Does drinking fizz make you fat?
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42542818
Sport
Borussia Dortmund bus bombing suspect ‘did not intend to kill’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42603840
EDUCATION, FAMILY & SOCIETY
Consumer culture has found its perfect match in our mobile-first, fast-fashion lifestyles
https://qz.com/359040/the-internet-and-cheap-clothes-have-made-us-sport-shoppers/
An illustrated guide to making better decisions (interesting, subtitled video. Just an introduction, really)
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180105-an-illustrated-guide-to-making-better-decisions
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Could these apps help you lose weight for good this year?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42603480
CES 2018: Tech preview of the show’s coolest new products
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42574569
Northern Forest: Plan to plant ‘ribbon of woodland’ across England
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42591494
CES 2018: Byton unveils futuristic ‘truly smart’ car
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42599345
Trump plans to expand offshore drilling in Pacific and Atlantic
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42573579
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
17 of Seth Meyers’ best jokes from the Golden Globes (read the jokes, then watch the video)
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42603822
10 words and phrases we rarely used before Trump (an update on the so-called “Trump era”)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42582478
TRAVEL
6 well-governed countries (4 you might expect + 2 surprises)
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180107-what-its-like-to-live-in-a-well-governed-country
MISCELLANEOUS
Israel dig unearths prehistoric ‘paradise’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42598519
Catherine Deneuve defends men’s ‘right to hit on’ women
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42630108