My Pick of the Week
The tactics of a Russian troll farm
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43093390
WORLD NEWS
Have the Winter Olympics repaired North-South Korea relations?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43063399
FRANCE & Europe
France to let wolf population grow despite farmers’ fears
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43122088
National service will be obligatory – French government spokesman
http://en.rfi.fr/france/20180213-national-service-will-be-obligatory-french-government-spokesman
Maëlys
Former soldier confesses to ‘accidental’ killing of nine-year old French schoolgirl who went missing at a wedding (possible links to other murders)
Colleagues donate leave to mother
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43090196
UK, USA & Canada
Six radical ways to tackle US school shootings
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43118865
In Florida aftermath, US students say ‘Never Again’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43105699
How US mass shootings are getting worse
Seven key takeaways from the Russian indictments
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43093260
HEALTH
Ultra-processed foods ‘linked to cancer’
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43064290
Austria’s plan to stub out smoking ban prompts health plea (another reason to fear right-wing populists)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43057842
EDUCATION & FAMILY
One in six children ‘affected by conflict’ – Save the Children
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-43059413
‘Guns and survivalists, but no school until I was 17’ (“home schooling” [was] really « no schooling »)
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43038598
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Bringing solar power to a remote community in the Himalayas
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Photographer Stephen Wilkes shows day to night in one image
Rio carnival: Samba school wins with anti-corruption message
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43067679
How Paris changed how we think
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180213-how-paris-changed-how-we-think
MISCELLANEOUS
Mexico theme park offers illegal migrant experience (as a deterrent, they say)