BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY

V = video report

My Pick of the Week

Do baby boxes really save lives?

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39366596

WORLD NEWS

The deadly danger you can’t see (MINES)

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170321-the-deadly-danger-you-cant-see

FRANCE & Europe

France election: Ex-PM Valls backs Macron for president

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39428649

Marine Le Pen urges end to Russia sanctions

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39375969

Russia denies it is supplying the Taliban after NATO general claim

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39383726

France anaesthetist investigated for poisoning patients

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39428713

UK, USA & Canada

Article 50 letter delivered

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-39424391

Trump blames Democrats for failed healthcare bill (« We couldn’t get one Democratic vote … so we pulled it. »)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39388815

London attack:

Pictures from Westminster ‘terrorist incident’

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39351280

French students injured on bridge

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39357930

Man held for ‘driving at crowd’ in Antwerp, Belgium (copycat?)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39369202

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Should you eavesdrop your way to the top? (or Audible Osmosis in Open Office)

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170322-should-you-eavesdrop-your-way-to-the-top

HEALTH

Night-time toilet trips ‘linked to salt in diet’

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39382339

Tonga gives away thousands of chicks in anti-fat drive

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-39351605

OTHER SITES

The sideways dictionary (of IT terms) https://sidewaysdictionary.com/#/

Example: Ad Blocking – “It’s like auto-skipping the ads on recorded TV. The ads fund the programs, but if people can find a way to avoid watching them, they usually do.”

Sport

V Italian football’s first woman to manage a male team

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39348633

EDUCATION & FAMILY

The disturbing YouTube videos that are tricking children

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-39381889

Life in the land of ‘candle princesses’ (the pan-Asian prejudice against darker skin)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37816155

Is public speaking fear limiting your career?

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170321-is-public-speaking-fear-limiting-your-career

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Trump climate: Challenges loom after Obama policies scrapped

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39428442

The student project that changed the world (= Google)

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39129619

Earth Hour switches lights off around the world

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-39396407

Trump administration approves Keystone XL pipeline

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39381324

Groundhog day for a keystone cop-out?

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39385362

Google advertising row spreads to US brands (even Google can’t have their cake and eat it)

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39360431

‘New’ wave-like cloud finally wins official recognition

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39351843

Plans for coal-fired power plants drop by almost half in 2016 (chew on that, Donald!)

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39342818

Two major US technology firms ‘tricked out of $100m’

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39351215

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Why this striking rainbow may carry a hidden message (Did you know that rainbows can be dated?)

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170321-why-this-striking-rainbow-may-carry-a-hidden-message

TRAVEL

Machiavelli’s secret tunnel to fame

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170317-machiavellis-secret-tunnel-to-fame

Japan’s unusual snow-food cuisine (natural refrigeration for a sweeter taste)

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170316-japans-unusual-snow-food-cuisine

MISCELLANEOUS

Naked demonstrators kill sheep under Auschwitz gates

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39383988

‘My life was ruined by a typo’

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39328853

North Korea: Who would dare to piggyback on Kim Jong-un?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39361984

Montserrat celebrates its Irish roots

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39341211

 

 

Roy Smith – BBC website articles Week 13 2017
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