BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
Erdogan’s Turkey (long but fascinating report on yet another “populist”)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Erdogans_Turkey
REFLECTION
How western civilisation could collapse (includes analysis of the underlying causes of the Syrian war)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170418-how-western-civilisation-could-collapse
WORLD NEWS
Why did Turkey hold a referendum?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38883556
Borussia Dortmund attack: Iraqi suspect ‘linked to IS’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39587161
V Mother of Beslan siege victims seeks answers
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39586058
V Trump reverses course in 24 hours from Nato to China to Fed
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39591032
FRANCE & Europe
French election: Sharp-tongued Mélenchon galvanises left
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39627681
UK, USA & Canada
The loopholes that let domestic abusers keep their guns
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39581887
Kansas election: Republicans mull narrow win in deep red state
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39557751
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
IMF says pace of global economic growth is picking up
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39629000
HEALTH
The deadly danger in foods we love
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170413-the-deadly-danger-in-foods-we-love
Sport
V World’s ‘most colourful 5k run’ (Paris’ Color Run – no video commentary, just noise)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39614232
The man who catches marathon cheats – from his home
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39584495
OTHER SITES
The Ultimate Guide to Running Lingo
http://greatist.com/fitness/ultimate-guide-running-lingo
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Green groups warn of ‘race to the bottom’ (Brexit will ‘prioritise trade and growth over the environment’)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39592515
Saturn moon ‘able to support life’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39592059
The racist professor, the bones and a university naming row (eugenics: discredited pseudo-science)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39376013
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Why (political) reality is now too strange for satire
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170412-why-reality-is-now-too-strange-for-satir e
Will podcasts ever really catch on?
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39477851
The cake French people cook on a spit
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170407-the-cake-french-people-cook-on-a-spit
TRAVEL
VVVV David Dao dragged off United flight files court papers
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39586391