BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
Can a life-swap exercise stop a community tearing itself in two?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39727185
WORLD NEWS
Moon Jae-in: Who is South Korea’s new president?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39860158
South Sudan crisis: One million child refugees
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39844495
Mayhem in Macedonia: Searching for an end to volatile stalemate
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39799208
FRANCE & Europe
French election: What next for Macron after win?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39825005
Emmanuel Macron: What’s inside the ‘Big Mac’?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39844406
UK, USA & Canada
V Did President Trump fire James Comey as part of a cover-up?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866645
Trump tells Abbas ‘very good chance’ of Mid-East peace deal
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39791715
V Trump’s authoritarian allies
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-39852695/trumps-authoritarian-allies
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Goldman Sachs boss: City ‘will stall’ over Brexit risk
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39812120
HEALTH
There are diseases hidden in ice – and they are waking up (plot for disaster movie?)
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-up
France bans extremely thin models
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39821036
Are there downsides to ‘breast is best’?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170503-are-there-downsides-to-breast-is-best
Female shop mannequins are ‘medically unhealthy’ and ‘unrealistic’
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Exam revision students ‘should smell rosemary for memory’
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-39780544
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Google Docs users hit by phishing scam
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39798022
Albatrosses counted from space
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39797373
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Is it time to scrap gender specific awards?
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39513543
Anne of Green Gables: The most popular redhead in Japan
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39809999
How a classic film* became a thrilling opera (*Luis Buñuel’s The Exterminating Angel)
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170428-how-a-classic-film-became-a-thrilling-opera
English language ‘losing importance’, EU’s Juncker says
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39816044
TRAVEL
The rail-line operated by children
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170502-the-rail-line-operated-by-children
V On rare occasions the Grand Canyon fills with thick cloud (time-lapse photography, eerily beautiful sound, no commentary)
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170502-on-rare-occasions-the-grand-canyon-fills-with-thick-cloud
Where people eat carnivorous plants
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170502-where-people-eat-carnivorous-plants
MISCELLANEOUS
Locked up for love: How London couple ended up in a Turkish jail
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39791610