My Pick of the Week

Giant plastic catcher heads for Pacific Ocean clean-up

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45438736

World

Sergei Skripal and the Russian disinformation game

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45454142

International Criminal Court threatened with US sanctions

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45474864

The Commonwealth countries where it is illegal to be gay

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-43822234

Europe

Europe and nationalism: A country-by-country guide

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36130006

Paris knife attack: Seven injured, four seriously

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45468082

EU banks on last minute Brexit deal this autumn

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45428008

Why Macron is fretting over the big change to how the French pay income tax

https://www.thelocal.fr/20180903/why-is-macron-worried-about-changing-the-way-french-workers-pay-tax

America

US 2018 mid-terms in charts: Should Donald Trump be worried?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44314914

The farmers who trust Trump – but not without worries

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45451692

How do hurricanes form?

https://www.bbc.com/weather/features/24056514

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

The entrepreneur creating Ghana’s next generation of inventors

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44846317

HEALTH

Probiotics labelled ‘quite useless’

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45434753

Sport

US Open 2018: Naomi Osaka wins after Serena Williams outburst

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/45462014

History

Lyon’s secret labyrinth: an ingenious escape route (from the Nazis)

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180906-lyons-secret-labyrinth-an-ingenious-escape-route

EDUCATION & FAMILY

The words you’d love to hear your children say – but never do

https://www.bbc.com/news/education-45450648

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

British Airways breach: How did hackers get in?

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45446529

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change may force us to conjure water from thin air

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180821-climate-change-may-force-us-to-conjure-water-from-thin-air

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

NYT Trump column: Linguistic clues to White House insider? (Could it be Mike Pence?)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45435813

Why avoiding conflict at work is a terrible mistake

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180905-why-becoming-more-argumentative-will-make-you-smarter

MISCELLANEOUS

How to shake the fakes out of politics

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44397484

Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45442417

 

 

BBC (etc.) website articles week 37 2018
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