My Pick of the Week
The five countries that set world culture (Is France among them?)
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180701-the-five-countries-that-set-world-culture
World
Thailand cave rescue: Boys ‘could be in cave for months’
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44692813
Trump-Putin summit to be held in Finland on 16 July
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44637244
Europe
Finland has second thoughts about its women soldiers
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44541440
Germany migrants: Interior minister Seehofer will not resign
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44685727
Lafarge cement giant in terrorist funding probe
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44643703
America
US ambassador to Estonia resigns ‘over Trump comments’
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44665862
Mexico election: Trump and López Obrador discuss ‘development deal’
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44691497
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Trump administration seeks to block China Mobile in the US
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44692752
Deutsche Bank’s US unit fails Fed’s stress test
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44646775
HEALTH
Simple steps that could help you live to 100
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-44662189/simple-steps-that-could-help-you-live-to-100
A South Korean ‘prison’ for people seeking peace and quiet
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180702-a-south-korean-prison-for-people-seeking-peace-and-quiet
The seven ages of eating
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180629-the-seven-stages-of-life-that-affect-how-we-eat
Could psychedelics transform mental health?
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44575139
Sport
Why athletes need a ‘quiet eye’
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180627-is-quiet-eye-the-secret-to-success-for-athletes
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Why female suicide in Afghanistan is so prevalent
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44370711
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Pokemon Go: Hiding Pikachu may hold key to AR’s future
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44638604
Facebook abandons its Project Aquila flying internet plan
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44624702
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Switzerland’s mysterious 4th language (preserving historic, minority languages)
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180627-switzerlands-mysterious-fourth-language
TRAVEL
The Egyptian hike (randonnée) that’s rewriting history
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180626-the-egyptian-hike-thats-rewriting-history
MISCELLANEOUS
Redoine Faid: Paris helicopter prison break for gangster
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44673753
‘I jailed the man who raped me as a child’
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-44520273
Indiana child fires handgun found in sofa at Ikea
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44617081