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?)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/03/us-election-2020-democrats-bernie-sanders-oprah-winfrey

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

BBC (etc.) website articles week 2 2018
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