BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
V = video report
MY PICKS OF THE WEEK
V Can plastic roads help save the planet?
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39693091
V Syrian boy Moustafa lost his parents, but not his fight
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39662217
WORLD NEWS
Iran election: Rouhani set for showdown with rival Raisi (short introduction to politics in Iran)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39662470
Trump orders Iran nuclear deal review despite compliance
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39642272
FRANCE & Europe
Paris police shooting: In pictures
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39661880
EU’s Brexit plans ‘unchanged’ by snap election announcement
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39630969
Greece’s refugee children learn the hard way (“[far-right] Nationalists demanded that Greeks should come first, not refugees”)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39621097
French election
V Macron heckled by pro-Le Pen workers
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39723285
Macron v Le Pen: What are their visions for France?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39705744
Five things we have learned
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39691111
UK, USA & Canada
Has Trump kept his campaign promises?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39697637
Theresa May’s election U-turn
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39628533
Officers rue the return of US ‘war on drugs’ (“Attorney General Jeff Sessions likes to reminisce about the aggressive law enforcement of the 80s”)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39623671
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
How working from home ruins everything
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170418-how-working-from-home-ruins-everything
HEALTH
Why an American went to Cuba for cancer care
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39640165
‘Phenomenal’ progress in fighting tropical diseases
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39631039
OTHER SITES
Why Trump lies (When you hear Trump lie, pause to ask yourself which type of lie it might be)
https://medium.com/@theonlytoby/why-trump-lies-7489e35997e6
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Live, long and black giant shipworm found in Philippines (either an April Fool or a remake of Alien)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39626131
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Is 2017 the year of virtual reality film-making?
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39623148
TRAVEL
The black islands rising from the sea (and maybe joining 2 Scandinavian countries)
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170414-the-black-islands-rising-from-the-sea
MISCELLANEOUS
Sheep are not stupid and they are not helpless either (“served up with mint sauce on your dinner plate”)
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170418-sheep-are-not-stupid-and-they-are-not-helpless-either