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